[SlimPickins]

I use Fastex or Hamilton's Ready Spray for everything but skip trowel. I really like the way Beadex Light Taping mud throws a skip, but you have to be uber-careful when sanding it if you choose to do so.

 

[SlimPickins]

Nope not a MN thing your just talking to the wrong guys. If you want to texture with the big boys in the Mpls area you better be using bag texture.

Yeah, anyone around here doing volume texture jobs mixes powder in the rig. It's almost half the price of the boxes. I don't do spray textures for the most part, so I spin buckets as needed.

 

[SlimPickins]

we also use Hamilton redy and fastex,havnt seen fastex for a while is it still around?Tapin mud for a skip:blink: never would think to try but I bet it works fine. That beadex tapin is pretty good tapin mud. I know you dont try to spray it though

Yeah, we have it (Fastex) over here. As for the Beadex Light Taping for skipping, I think we did it one time on a whim, and loved the way it pulled off the knife (mid 90's I think)...been doing it ever since, except lately I've been using the Fastex because I've had some laying around. The taping is great not only because it skips so nice, but also because it weighs so much less :thumbsup:. I don't sand my skip unless I want that specific look, but it sands really easily which is a bonus compared to the rock-hard texture muds.