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   butch | Oct 06, 2005 10:36pm | #1

   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.

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   davidmeiland | Oct 06, 2005 10:48pm | #3

   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.

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   butch | Oct 06, 2005 11:07pm | #4

   Than I'll go out on a limb hereand say that priming before texturing is probablynot needed if not troweling is being done.

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   Mark | Oct 06, 2005 10:46pm | #2

   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.

   " If I were a carpenter"
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   craigf | Oct 06, 2005 11:07pm | #5

   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.