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That one foreman told me to stop using a 6-inch knife for my butt joints
He said I was overworking the mud and creating air bubbles. I switched to a 10-inch for the second coat and the finish came out way cleaner. Anybody else get a simple tip that fixed a problem you didn't even know you had?
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the_jesse14d ago
Read a forum post once where a guy said the same thing and it saved me a lot of time.
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craig.reese14d ago
That forum post thing is actually a bigger pattern I've noticed. You see it in cooking too - like someone will mention a 30 minute marinade that actually works better than overnight, and it changes how you do things forever. It's like real world shortcuts that don't get talked about in the official manuals but everyone who's been doing it long enough just knows them. Your mileage may vary, but those little tips from random strangers online have saved me more time than most how-to guides.
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