On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 17:40:00 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/18/2015 4:59 PM, wrote:

On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:21:16 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

my dad taught me years ago to use the paper tape, and dip it in water first.

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That's a little counterintuitive. Do put down a thin layer of mud
first and then bed the tape in it?



That's what I used to do years ago but when I was doing some
construction for the guitar shop (built a couple of lesson rooms as
well as the stage) I used some kind of new, perforated tape that
seemed much faster and easier to use. Still couldn't get the joints
as smooth as the pros can though.



I am old enough to remember when the put a skim coat over the whole
wall and the joints just disappeared.
Now days they want to shoot it with a texture gun.

I was impressed with the Mexican guy who floated out the walls in our
addition but when I called back, the Mexicans had all gone home (the
crash) and we got some white guy who just made waves on the wall.
Fortunately we were going nautical so it wasn't a problem.

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