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The worst mud I ever used was from a job in Tacoma three years back
We were finishing a whole apartment block, and the boss brought in this super cheap, no-name mud to save cash. It felt gritty right out of the bucket, like sand was mixed in. By the second coat, it was setting up way too fast, maybe 15 minutes, and left a texture like orange peel no matter how much I watered it down. Sanding it was a nightmare; it just gummed up the paper. I told the foreman it was junk, but he said to just get it done. We ended up having to skim the whole place again with proper stuff, which cost more time than the cheap mud saved. Anyone else get stuck with a batch of mud that just would not work right?
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ninam762mo ago
Tbh, that sounds like a bad batch but maybe not a total disaster. I've had mud set up fast before and just mixed smaller amounts. The orange peel thing is rough, but sometimes a different knife technique can save it. Honestly, it seems like the bigger issue was the foreman not listening to you guys on the ground.
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