[chris]

Nice work for knockdown:whistling2: not a big fan of it but that looked good:thumbsup: I like how you seperated from ceiling in kitchen

 

[chris]

we used to mix about 3 bags of spray mud per mid size steel garbage can... quite a bit of water dont know exactly,. The smaller steel cans work better beings you have to lift them.Dont mix it xtra soupy until spray day. We would mix cans day or 2 b4 to let mud breakdown,,like I said a lil heavier mix 1rst go around. Soup it up where u want it the day u spray.

 

[chris]

So what is the best bag mud for texture specifically knockdown?

there used to be a bag mud called for kd. I believe it was usg. We switched to box spray mud and never looked back at the bag stuff. Dont spray any kd unless pathing into existing. Fastex and readyspray in 50lb box is so much easier to work with IMO

 

[chris]

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.

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