I never had much luck with a squeege, and I usually am working by myself on that type of job so maybe it is better with two, (the same with rolling it on with a roller first) because if you don't lay it off fast enough it will dry on you. Each job is different, but I like doing it. Then you take a high wattage lightbulb and go over every inch. On that, if it really must be SMOOTH, I take a sanding sponge, (fine) and very, very lightly, use a circular motion and sand. staple the mesh on and it can take 3 coats to really make it "sweet". I don't sand much! The wide fiberglass mesh is good when going over plaster walls. I like skimming walls! I usually put the mud on with a 10" knife, and "lay it off" with a 14" trowel, then I skim that with a 12' knife. Hi, I read the post, and I thought I would add my "2 cents". I still chuckle when our tapers (newly-hired guys) try to slip something (crappy work) by me on a project at the drywall stage, because they think I "need them" in order to get the work done. I am still glad that it is the first skill I learned in the trades, as I consider it the most difficult, patience-racking, and advantageous skill for the line of work I am in. It is not something that you will pick-up" from doing "alot" of "drywall". The thing that you (bujaly) need to realize, is that this is something that was learned from about 5+ years of doing taping/coating/drywall fulltime (when I started off in the business). However, give me a "new" knife, that isn't shaped that way, and, there are going to be lines and edges. I can do very smooth and even, compound skim-coating with this knife, and leave virtually no ridges. That made me realize that I am half-decent at it. (Filing, if knicks developed).įWIW: I didn't think much of my taping skills/coating skills, till about 8 years ago, when a very old timer (retired) paid me a compliment, while we were both on a volunteer project. The one I still use, when I have to, is slightly curved or leveled on the edges. I don't do much coating and taping now-a-days.
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