Blaze & Daze

tyler.durden said:
Weather sux, windy and rainy. Cleaning up before my pianist buddy arrives. Gonna drink whiskey, smoke weed, play chamber music, and have great conversation. It is the way to spend a Saturday night. Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.
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That sounds like fun. Working 3 12’s is fkn exhausting and with no lunch break . exhausting, one hour to go . Been sleep deprived for 2 days. Sunday has become my recover day. What kind of whiskey? I should stat drinking whiskey.
 
DCcan said:
Wet sanding fills the voids and ends up smoother, don't have to do as much skim coating.
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Depends on which mud I'm using, Quick Set doesn't wet sand as nicely and tends to chunk up. With just regular lightweight mud I'll come in after about 4-5 hours and ligthly wet sand it with a sanding sponge around 240grit to smooth it out. Gets it smoothed out.

Yesterday's mudding was the first coat, filling holes, cracks and whatnot before putting up tape today, so quick set for a rock hard bond. I use lightweight mud for the last 2 coats over the tape.

I haven't had a reason to skim coat yet, I just get it flat enough to prime and texture and prime again for paint. Going to Level5 smooth and then texturing seems redundant to me; I know some do it for perfection but I don't want to buy that much mud.
 
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Dr.Amber Trichome said:
That sounds like fun. Working 3 12’s is fkn exhausting and with no lunch break . exhausting, one hour to go . Been sleep deprived for 2 days. Sunday has become my recover day. What kind of whiskey? I should stat drinking whiskey.
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It was great, really fun. We were drinking Dewar's on the rocks, it is the only blended whiskey I like. It is inexpensive, but the buzz from it is one of my favs. Hope you get to recover today, Doc. Great day for sleeping...
 
tyler.durden said:
It was great, really fun. We were drinking Dewar's on the rocks, it is the only blended whiskey I like. It is inexpensive, but the buzz from it is one of my favs. Hope you get to recover today, Doc. Great day for sleeping...
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I know Dewers from my waitress days in Boston at the Ground Round. Dewers in the Rock it seemed like a very sophisticated drink back then and made an interesting combination with the free popcorn. I never tried it though because I thought it smelled repulsive but that was a long time ago and my tastes have changed.
I did sleep for like 12 hours straight. Got up to shop for some stuff for the new place and am exhausted again. The stress of moving, new very fast paced new job has been overwhelming..but, from here on out it should get easier.
 
RetiredToker76 said:
Depends on which mud I'm using, Quick Set doesn't wet sand as nicely and tends to chunk up. With just regular lightweight mud I'll come in after about 4-5 hours and ligthly wet sand it with a sanding sponge around 240grit to smooth it out. Gets it smoothed out.

Yesterday's mudding was the first coat, filling holes, cracks and whatnot before putting up tape today, so quick set for a rock hard bond. I use lightweight mud for the last 2 coats over the tape.

I haven't had a reason to skim coat yet, I just get it flat enough to prime and texture and prime again for paint. Going to Level5 smooth and then texturing seems redundant to me; I know some do it for perfection but I don't want to buy that much mud.
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I’m not a taper but have done shitloads of it. I’m alright i guess. Def not as fast as my taper buddies who do it for a living, but the only time a wrung out sponge comes out is when feathering some new taping into an existing textured+painted wall.
 
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