My adventure begins at Dunkin Donuts in pursuit of the perfect cup. In the parking lot is a Bentley Continental GT . I strike up a conversation with the owner and discuss the fastest 4 seater in the world (198 mph). Then, after some of the worst service I’ve had in years, I exit the store with a 10 ounce cup of tea.
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My project is the garage where the original tapers (new house) must have used topping compound to bed the tape because it fell off about 2 years ago. In preparation, I had already ripped down all tape and sanded the surface to the drywall. I then used DB90 to set the tape once and for all. <!—->
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I mix 2.5 gallons of green top with .5 gallons of PVA primer and 7 oz of POP. Turns out my mix was a little thick and didn’t roll on very good. So I decided to trowel it on. There is a definitely a learning curve but if I can make it work (advanced amature), then anyone can. The finish is very smooth and I’m sure it will get even better as my skill with a trowel improves. As for the ridges kicked up by the trowel, don’t worry about them, just wait till the skim coat is close to drying and then spritz with water and smooth out. Works great. <!—->
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Conclusion – This is a skim coat technique. If you’re planning to bed tape and fill nail holes, you should take a two step approach because of shrinkage. First step is to make up a batch of D-mix that is heavy on the POP and bring your nail holes and tape beds up to level of drywall. Then do a regular batch of D-mix and skim coat the wall. This method is very forgiving. If something isn’t right just scrape that part off and lay on more D-mix. It works great!
You get out of life what you put into it……minus taxes.
Marv
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Hi Marv.
The whole idea is to make it rollable. Then the D mix is easy to apply and easy to finish. You got the concept. Just make it Ez with more PVA.
You can even thin the PVA with 1/3 water to save few bucks.
Few more times and you become a certified D-Mixer??
Good job.
YCF Dino
Certified?
What does it take to get certified??
Do we get a t-shirt???
:)Heck, Hook,Huck, & Hack....UNITE!
You have no idea ...yet.
I'm working on it. You want to become a certified D-Mixer?
Be ready to work with the monsters /youngsters. (hint.)
Loooooong story.
YCF Dino
I think Dino is out to change the world.
I like it.
"I can't say I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days."
Be ready to work with the monsters /youngsters. (hint.)
Dino-
You're not going to leave us hangin' without telling us what's going on are you?
Would be criminal of you to do so ya know.
I actually did a D Mix repair. I didn't have any coffee cups. I didn't have any tools to mix the mud with.
So, I got a salad bowl. I added some mud. I added some PVA. I added some POP. I got the wisk out of the drawer and pretended I was making some ommelettes.
Don't ask me how much of anything I put in, because I forgot to take the recipe with me and I had to guess, so I didn't bother measuring.
The stuff worked okay on two of the repair spots but the third area needed a very thick coating and it took two days to dry!
Maybe I should have went to Dunkin Donuts. There aren't any within 200 miles, but it would have been faster to drive there and get the coffee, than wait for that stuff to dry.
blue
Blue.
Welcome to the D-mix society.
I wish I have a picture of you with the salad bowl.
For the large repair use more pop.
2 out of three the first time is more than I was hoping from u.
And without a dd cup? You are the unofficial d-mix hero.
Salad bowl? hmm!!!!!! I'm afraid to ask what you use to apply the d-mix.
Razzman. Are you sure you want to have Blue certified?
May be you need to make up a pre-qualification committee.
See you Blue.
Dino-
You're not going to leave us hangin' without telling us what's going on are you?
Would be criminal of you to do so ya know.
Razzman.
We need few more d-mixers before we can tell the story.
YCF Dino
OK
Sounds interesting.
When you have an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.- Abe Lincoln
Hey razz. No time for secrets.
Ok. Here is the story.
Long time ago I come up with what I thought at that time was my best idea yet.
To develop new techniques and ways together with new tools and jigs in order to make few trades Ezier.
Then pimp all the D-tricks to the government for the vocational schools and job corps.
Nice. Good idea Dino. We like it. we got the congress approval. Get ready. We start ASAP.
Men, that was EZ.
And the rest is history. Dino spend $$$ and time. He signed a 5 year lease.....
Forget about it. New tools and supplies. Offices and work,work,work.
To make this story funny and get done with it, It was a great idea but not for me or the students or the trades. Someone have a better use of my idea. To use it in order to secured the funding.... for other programs.
You see...... The D-Mix was a good idea after all.
YCF Dino
To complete my story....
I rolled on the third wall. Did the top first and troweled it, then the bottom. Came out so-so.
But the fourth wall...... I rolled a 3 foot section from top to bottom. On a ladder I troweled half way down the wall. When that was smooth, I got off the ladder and troweled the rest of the way down.....Perfect! Thanks Dino.
A couple of tips. For those who have trouble with ceiling/wall corner, run the trowel down the wall a couple of times to build up Dmix on trowel and then use the trowel to put it into the corner.
When troweling in the middle of the wall, always keep the trowel clean. This way when you carefully set it down on the wall, it leaves no marks. I kept 6 inch knife in my left hand to zip the compound off the trowel before each stroke.You get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.
Marv
Ah, the big leagues.
The last of the Great Dunkin Donuts closed years ago in these here parts. (Minneapolis, St. paul )
Im going to Krispy Kreame tomorrow. Going to get my glaze fix, then hop to it.
Gotta a kitchen wall that'll be covered by cabinets, so if nothing else. No one will ever see it.
I think im going to be a believer after tomorrow.
Gotta a kitchen wall that'll be covered by cabinets, so if nothing else. No one will ever see it.
I think im going to be a believer after tomorrow.
But nobody is going to believe you ,So if nothing else. No one will ever see it.
And it will take you another day to become a believer?
I think Blue may become a believer before you. Imagine that.
Remember to take some pictures before you hang the cabinets. This way you don't become a non believer before you wait for the next day. to become a believer. One day it's a long time and I don't want you to remove the cabinets.
Good luck.
YCF Dino
I tried it there in that kitchen... and since i mixed up a whole buckets worth of the D mix... I kept on going... right out into the living areas.. bed room... dining room.
Man this stuff is easy to work with.
the Home owner was impressed.
NOw the trick is to find more jobs to do this with. Gotta try to market this.
Thanks by the way. IM IMPRESSED
Gotta a kitchen wall that'll be covered by cabinets, so if nothing else. No one will ever see it.
I tried it there in that kitchen... and since i mixed up a whole buckets worth of the D mix... I kept on going... right out into the living areas.. bed room... dining room.
Hmmm???
Hmmmm!!!!!
Razz. The D-master Mix-plan is coming together.
I think is time to open the EZ Smart schools of the trades.
Thanks for the feedback faustie.
Good job.
YCF Dino