Back in the spring of ’99 i was hired to tape, mud texture and paint an addition a couple had built; with the help of friends and relatives. I hired a helper that a contractor friend of mine had used, and the first day i taped and mudded the upstairs. that night i got sick. i called the helper and told him we wouldn’t work the next day. He went to the house anyway and taped mudded the main floor of the addition and collected the money for his hours from the homeowner. i never saw him again. the following day i arrive to the worst mud and tape job i have ever seen. I spent a day and a half just sanding down the first coat to the level of the bevel joinst. i removed the areas that bubbled and retaped and mudded them. then on the second coat other areas bubbled, so i replaced them. this happend through three layers of mudd, one layer of primer and then two layers of paint. usually if there is a ploblem with bubbles it happens with the moister from the first layer of mudd. So, my question is…has any oneelse had this happen to them.I’ve talked to several other contractors and sheetrockers in the past several years and no one has had this experience.my thought is that most contractors never get the oppertunity to fix such a horrable mud job. the home owners were good about it, but i did work for two weeks for free trying to make everything look good. they offered me more money then i bid the job for. i told them that it was my responcibility. I hired the guy not them. besides my reputation is more important than the money. thanks
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I can't say I've experienced your problem, but for a high quality tape job I have always prefilled with hot mud. You may already know, but blisters are generally caused by not enough mud and air bubbles under the tape. It sounds to me that maybe the other guy used topping to tape with.
Your guess that not to many people have had to fix a blotched job is unfortunately incorrect. I've fixed several. Lots of fly by nights out there.
Mike
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thanks for your input mike. I've never had tape bubble past the first layer before, or since, that time. thanks again. jack
use room temprature mud and use sheetrock green top bucket and or use durabond . i had similar problem but it was my dang house lol. used blue topping to tape with and that dang bubble got me 2 times. I used durabond and no more problem. Can also try that mesh tape as it "grabs" mud better. good luck....
I've seen that happen when not enough mud was applied in back of the tape creating air pockets.
You go into a lot of blame for some reason I dont understand when we are only interrested in the problem.
Its missing mud number one .
Also sounds similar to a pluss three tape job or topping mud where joint compound should be used.
If a taper says they have never ran into the problem he or she is lying . Mebbe not that much of course but theres a bubble or two on every job. Which would also mean they have never fixed a job for a home owner . BS.
Tim
Edited 8/3/2006 6:24 pm by Mooney
As you apply mud the paper swells a little - if there's insufficient mud under the tape, then there'll be a bubble. So, each time you mud, it''ll happen. I'd be a liar if I said it never happened to me, so I have to either cut out a segment of paper, or lift the edge and get mud (or glue) under it. Sometimes, tho, I've been know to leave the bubble and it shrinks back. However, as soon as you paint it, there's the bubble again. But it's moisture again, and when the paint dries, it has disappeared. ('Course, wouldn't want to do this in a bathroom, and I would not do it if there was someone other than me painting)
All the best...
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