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Hot take: I had a customer in Phoenix insist I skip the power stretcher on a big room
He said it was a waste of time and the pad would hold it, but I showed him the ripples forming after just the first pass with a knee kicker. Anyone else run into people who don't get why we use certain tools?
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robert_ross9522h ago
My uncle in Tucson tried that once and his whole living room looked like a washboard by noon.
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emma_baker6120h ago
Was your uncle mixing that stuff in a blender? Sounds like he got the mud way too thin, robert_ross95. That's a recipe for a wall that looks like a bad road.
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quinnm7720h ago
Actually my cousin in Phoenix had great luck with the same method last summer. Robert_ross95, maybe your uncle's living room had old drywall or the mix was too wet. Proper prep and a slow drying time can avoid those texture problems completely.
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