Just got a quote for a drywall job, hung, taped, textured. The sub is specifying a coat of VB primer after taping and before the texture goes on. Is this typical? Necessary?
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Is this typical? Necessary?
Typical, that is anyones guess.
Necessary, I think it helps with the mud bonding uniformly
and for aristex it is recommended. It also helps when doing
any knock down that the texture is drying uniformily which
helps when it comes time to trowel it.
On an unpainted wall that has been finished but not painted the
texture will dry at different rates, drying faster on the mudded parts
versus the unmudded which to me makes it more difficult to trowel.
Maybe I'm getting my terminology slightly confused. I asked the sub for a light sprayed texture, he has spec'd light orange peel texture. I am not thinking knock-down, no troweling after it hits the wall.
Than I'll go out on a limb hereand say that priming before texturing is probablynot needed if not troweling is being done.
Yeah, what butch said. I have found that about 25% of the drywall contractors that I have worked with are on board with this. The rest just are still living in the olden days.
It really does make for a superior end product. The problem is that way too many drywallers have the "I've been doing it like this for "" years and it always worked just fine" attitude. They seem to be the most 'resistant to change" trade in the construction field. I don't know why.
The first time I encountered this practice it was actually suggested to me by my drywall contractor (first time I had used him) I had never heard of the practice before and called my painter to ask him if he could accomodate. His respolse was "It's about time you started doing it like that!" I'll tell ya what, It really made me feel like I had been out of the loop.
The guy that taught me about drywall always primed first and threw a little paint in the texture. He felt the texture would bond better on a sealed surface. I don't know if that is true, but I have done it because that is the way I was taught. Just an observation-I always adjust my pattern on scrap pieces and unprimed drywall does seem to suck the water out pretty fast.