Took a while… After the coat of primer/undercoat, there were a little too many visible joints for my taste (and also my wife’s). So a quick trip to Rona to buy some paper tape (I only had the sticky mesh tape) and I had to reapply a little mud to smooth it all out. Tapered joints are easy to cover up but butt-joints are not so easy. Apparently, there’s no real trick, paper tape and a very wide mudding surface to create the illusion that it is smooth is the only way to go. Oh and for anyone doing work plastering work close to areas already finished Richard Vac-Hand is a wonderful gadget. Hook it up to you Shop-Vac and about 95.3% of the sanding dust is taken care of automagically! Very handful especially when sanding ABOVE your head.
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May 30th, 2008 at 11:01
The Richard vac is great for removing big blobs of drywall, but it has drawbacks…I’m using the supplied screen which is only medium grit and will not be suitable for fine finishing……it leaves horrible track marks, so only use it for rough. I’m in the process of finding something finer, (no luck so far). Also, my shop vac is a “Dirt Hawg”, very powerful, so it really makes the sander stick to the wall and you have to be very careful or you will scrape away alll your mud. I’m working on that issue as well. My reccomendation: Only buy this product if you are a sloppy mudder
June 15th, 2008 at 17:55
Thanks Andy for the comment. Additional screens are available at most hardware stores. As I said, what I like about it is the clean job result.
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