cole_baker•28d ago

Stopped by a commercial job site in Denver last Friday, noticed the tape crew was using a different mud mix than we do

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karen_sanchez4928d agoMost Upvoted

Ha! I heard some crews out west are switching to lightweight all-purpose now.

murphy.mason27d ago

That lightweight pre-mix stuff caught my eye on a job site out in Aurora last spring. My crew tested out a batch for a week on a four-story office building and I gotta say, the wrist fatigue was way less noticeable by the end of the day compared to the regular mud. The one thing that bugged us was how it seemed to shrink a little more in the corners, so we had to double back on the second coat to get a clean edge. Still, for the main walls, it saved us time on sanding and the foreman didn't complain about the dust cloud covering his finished floors.

william_harris28d ago

Oh man, I actually read something about that the other day! A buddy of mine out in Phoenix said some of the big commercial crews out west are testing out a lightweight pre-mix that's supposed to be way easier on the wrists after a long day of taping. He said the bond seems good on the test patches they did, but he's still not sure about how it holds up on really tall ceilings or in that dry desert air. I guess the big advantage is less dust when you sand it down, which is a huge deal on those tight job sites where you can't have a ton of airborne junk.