Hanging drywall, spreading "mud" and finishing is one of my least-favorite chores.
The best time to do drywalling is when you are totally pissed-off at the world. At least the chore will not make you any grumpier or harder to live with.
Drywall work is a Catch-22 situation. It involves a lot of "knack". If you do a lot of it and don't take long vacations "it is easy" and comes out looking nice. If you are "cheap" and a home-owner who jousts with the chore once every five-years...not so much.
I used to work with a guy who owned rental property. His "hot tip" was to learn dry-walling. "Renters are hard on drywall. REAL HARD! It don't gotta look all that nice when you are done. They are just gonna wreck it again anyway."
"Here's to mud in your eye!"
I'd rather take a beating than do drywall...or paint for that matter. But then, in my 40+ years as a carpenter, we had people to do that.
ReplyDeleteHanging and mudding, no issue. Sanding? I'd rather spend time in the county jail. (grin)
ReplyDeleteAlan E.
My dad, before he died, made a passing comment about using wet rags rather than sanding.
DeleteI tried it and it has potential.
My dad was a self-employed plasterer until he died at 81. If you hate drywall, try applying it wet!!
ReplyDeletesam
Have fun getting plastered!
ReplyDeleteAre you suggesting I approach the task "gin"gerly?
DeleteFloat is simple. Put up loads of mud, and keep scraping it off. Use BIG THEATRICAL ARM MOVEMENTS. Realio trulio. Use what's called a 'knockback texture'. Roll a layer of mud with a 1/2 inch roller, and then skim it off with a big mud knife (knock it back). Use an exothermic (e.g, 45 min) mud to allow you to roll the surface, and before it sets you can simply knock it down, or add textural detail sufficient to supply a fresco.
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