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What's wrong with my touch ups?

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#1 ·
Hey guys! Got a problem here

For some reason I've been having lots of trouble with my touch ups after my final sanding. I mix my mud with professional tint from the supplier. The problem is that when I sand the touch ups, my sponge doesn't sand the tinted mud but it sands the skim coat around it... leaving a bigger touch up...

I was working with another taper who was using the same tint and he had no problem. So it's not the tint. I've tried using thin and thick mub but it makes no difference. I've also tried using less tint but I still got this problem :S

Anybody knows what I could be doing wrong?

Thanks!
 
Discussion starter · #26 ·
so the trick is not to have any touch ups I guess ^^ but it's totally impossible if you are doing commercial site. This site where I'm working at is stupid. They keep adding bulkheads, new walls, cutting the drywall, etc. and everybody is banging and scratching my walls it's ridiculous. and since the primer is not done I'm still responsible to fix every ding and ****.
 
Discussion starter · #5 ·
well, sounds like the tint your using is changing the texture of your mud, so try not to use too much tint.

I use blue chalk if needed (chalk line powder, don't use red), but even the chalk can cause the same problem. Trick is not to use too much. Make your mixture a very lite blue, not a very dark blue.
I'll try it again with even less tint then I guess. I've been waiting for primer since my last mess up like Thefinisher suggested

touch up after prime.... problem solved :yes:
The problem is that I've got too many touch ups and the painters don't like that ^^