![]() I have done skim coating of ceilings and walls for 25 years now, I have done hundreds of houses this way, A guy I use to work for calls me the Durabond King. I hope this helps and it adds some value or ease to your jobs Works much better than the metal knockdown blades. ONE more thing, when doing brocade or knockdown, Ames tools sells a plexiglass knockdown blade, and it works great! when I was in Texas, I did a bunch of knockdown, and a guy told me about them. 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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