I just finished a big wall repair project. There is a new kind of dry wall filler. It doesn't shrink very much as it dries. It is pink when wet and turns white when dry. I know that doesn't do us much good but it should help identify it at the home center. Sue said she felt like she was frosting a cake. It looks like and has the consistency of cake frosting.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: m...@maxsmusicplace.com Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. funwithtransistors-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <dleav...@puc.net> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] knowing what your walls are made of? And filling up wholes in your wall? > Don't know the cost, seems to me that a 30 pound pail of pre-mixed plaster > is about 35 bucks but I don't remember and it would be a lot more than you > would need. You can buy small pales and even boxes of powder to be mixed > with water quite cheaply. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Blake Hardin > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 5:40 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] knowing what your walls are made of? And > filling up wholes in your wall? > > > > Hi, how much would this stuff cost? I would say tat the plaster mud > would be the most expensive. > > On 8/25/10, Dale Leavens <dleav...@puc.net> wrote: > > Drywall and jiprock or sheet rock are the same thing. > > > > Filling holes depends a little on the nature of the holes. If they > don't go > > right through then you just spread and force the mud right over the > hole. > > You may need to spread a thin layer of plaster and embed paper tape > into it > > to give better strength if it is badly cracked. If the hole goes > through > > there are a number of different methods used depending on the size of > the > > hole. > > > > You may be able to just stuff some wadded paper in there and work > plaster > > over it, you might work some adhesive tape to the back side of the > jiprock > > with enough exposed sticky to hold a little paper to form a base enough > to > > apply layers of the plaster mud allowing to dry as you build up the > hole. > > > > Large holes may require you to cut a square out, screw some strips of > wood > > onto the back side with screws through the board on the front > overlapping > > enough to allow you to cut a filler piece and screw it into the strips > of > > wood then apply a thin layer of plaster around the cracks and press > paper > > tape firmly into the sticky mud before plastering over the lot > including > > filling the screw holes. This usually takes a couple of applications > because > > the plaster shrinks as it dries and the screw holes reappear through > the > > first couple of applications. The paper tape is used to reinforce the > cracks > > otherwise the shrinking plaster will form cracks which become visible. > > > > Many people now prefer the adhesive mesh tape. this is stronger but it > is > > also thicker and I don't much like using it because it takes a lot more > > plaster to build up and hide the stuff and I find the lump left behind > > unacceptable. It isn't bad along the formed edges of drywall where > there is > > a bit of a valley but across the ends and other butt joints requires > more > > work than I like to do. > > > > You sand smooth and paint. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Dale leavens. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Blake Hardin > > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 7:49 AM > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] knowing what your walls are made of? And > filling > > up wholes in your wall? > > > > > > > > Hi, ok what is the difference between dry wall and sheetrock? Or are > > they the same thing? Also, a room that im in has quite a few wholes in > > the wall and i was wondering how do i go about fixing them? I know you > > can use sheetrock mud and patch them up but how exactly do you do it > > step by step? Do i just buy the mud if thats what its called, spread > > it throughout the wholes as evenly as posible, then wait for it to dry > > and take a piece of sandpaper and sand it down to be even with the > > rest of the wall? I know that after its done you have to pait over it > > but thats fine with me because this room needs to be repainted anyway. > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > -- > Interested in guitar lessons? 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