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Tim0282

Good one Huff!!

Huff RnR

well, the last time someone said they could finish drywall and it was never, ever, blever, schmever, a problem, i looked at it, and well, i was not impressed.

but you might have to learn how to use a knife and make things dissappear. first time someone says "sanding between coats" you should learn how to use that knife to give them a light, but firm smack in the head. learn how to spackle. from someone who knows. do the work when the mud is WET, not with the sanding pole later.

i must see one of these "level 5" "spray" finishes. and like i said before, drywall was the last one of those improvements, and you might also note that i was not trying to justify using logs again or even plaster and rock lath, so i would NEVER be averse to doing something new that works and is pluses all around, but i have to see that it is in fact that. i also do very small remodeling jobs constantly, where everything you're saying would be so silly cost wise to set up it wouldn't be funny.

if it works better, do it! i apologize for anyone who got the impression that i would like to be in the stone age, although i have no idear how you would've... i was just attempting to explain "why they invented drywall in the first place"

one love, dawg.

Tim0282

And I just liked reading both posts! Well written.

D's

And I think that's exactly the point... why pull out your knives to do a 3rd coat when you can just spray the entire ceiling with next to no sanding, and leave a perfect surface once painted.

Hey Huff let's really go back, way back, backer before black was back, backer than Barack... to Africa where it all started with bros mixing straw and clay into blocks, then plastering it with cow ****! Looking at the trade magazines you have to wonder if the next hotest thing isn't Venetian Plasters and Clay Renders. The more things change the more they stay the same.

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Mudstar

I might of not made myself clear about the sanding of the prime and paint between coats.

By doing that instead of spraying mud will gain the smooth finish hes looking for is my solution for smooth wall finishing

Its the painter that make or breaks the final finish

Go figure for some reason some drywall finishers think there finishing the wall and that's up to the painter period.

I don't paint!

Yeah you hit the nail right on the head Huff but now where talkin in another forum. Any framers here?