[Stopper]

The simplest ifx might be to use a softer mud to do the touch ups with and tint that.

That way a light sand won't affect the original coat.

I just use the same mud myself untinted and use a little piece of blue masking tape and stick that next to it, I've never see tinted mud, I'm colour blind and forgetful as hell so its masking tape for me, can't help but not see it.

 

[Stopper]

The simplest ifx might be to use a softer mud to do the touch ups with and tint that.

That way a light sand won't affect the original coat.

I just use the same mud myself untinted and use a little piece of blue masking tape and stick that next to it, I've never see tinted mud, I'm colour blind and forgetful as hell so its masking tape for me, can't help but not see it.

????double post... apologies....

 

[Stopper]

One nz made mud we have is a reall shocker for it, Dare touch that

Promix all purpose was a buggar for doing that, it didn't always behave like that though, I've stopped using it.


The problem with some muds is that when you apply a very thin touch up coat they tend to POLISH on, this polished coat is harder than the unpolished mud around it and under it. Villaboard finishing compound is the worst for it.

 

[Stopper]

What are you using now?? Im tradeset 90ing the beads and flats first coat though, Multi corners tape and top.

I'm using the Yellow Multi to tape fill and second coat after pre filling with Tradeset 90, and I tape the corners with it too, but then I top coat with the Green heavy weight Trade finish. The Green heavy weight stuff is the only stuff I use though my angle heads too.
I go round though and put all my beads on with T90 and run about a trowel length of joins or corners off those beads before I start taping, I know its a lot of pissing about but I don't want setting compounds going over air dried and I don't like putting beads on with air dried compounds.

I'm finally figuring out what my problem is with that damn Bazooka after watching 2Bucks videos, he warns not to get mud on the chain. Well when I first got that Bazooka I tried it out on a few small jobs, and of course didn't have time to get it really messy and it worked well, but as soon as I tried to tackle a whole house with it it all turned to pooh, was dragging the tap a lot and I found it almost impossible to manually wind the cable up , and I assumed it was because the piston in the tube was seizing.
But on this last house I made sure to keep the tube lubed, and although I managed to tape it up fine the cable drum still seized up to the point where I could barely turn it by hand. So I'll assume its the chain getting ****ty, next time I'll keep a eye on it to rule it out. Got a very big house coming up so don't want any issues.

I hadn't used it in months, and on this last job I put it down next to my mud pump while I primed the pump, well I gave it one pump too many and sent a blob of mud flying onto my bazooka all over the tape guide and chain !!:furious: not a good start.

I didn't bother using it to tape the corners and vowed never to use it again and was gong to sell it on trademe, but not long after I started taping corners with my banjo I realised how fricking slow a banjo is compared to a Bazooka, So I'll persevere.

I've still got a long way to go before I can go as fast as the pro's though...as it is I can easily under cut other finishers in my town and still make good money so can't complain

 

[Stopper]

Stopper, if your mud is drying up that hard on the chain, you need to let it sit in a bucket of water when you aren't running. Keeps all that mud wet. We tape all flats, take a break, the taper head is soaking at this time. When we start angles, the head gets scrubbed. A crummy head while running angles will cause you grief. If it gets crusty while running angles we'll scrub it again.

To be honest I wasn't paying much attention to the chain when I was using it, it wasn't till after I got home and watched a few of 2Bucks videos and saw him mention "not getting mud on the chain" that I thought that that might be my problem. I rule the tube out as the plunger was sliding nice and free, I kept a wet rag stuffed in the end of the zooka to keep it moist.

t if i know im using it the next day then the night before i will spray it up with lanox, .

Thanks I'll try that. :thumbup: I've ordered some St Johns Wort too