Hey folks,
I’m in the midst of a project which includes “veneering” over Homasote walls with 1/4″ DW. For a whole bunch of reasons, there’s going to be areas where I’m going to be left with gaps for instance where a wall/ceiling joint is. I’d say typically 1/4 to slightly more in width. Obviously I could run trim, but I’d like to avoid that for a few reasons esthetic and financial. Any suggestions what would work well for this? I’m concerned that typical joint compound is going to crack down the line…
Thanks.
PaulB
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a quarter inch is nuttin..mud it tape it mud it again.
Or go with the dmix every one is talking about.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Sell your cleverness, Purchase Bewilderment"...Rumi
Hmmm... Maybe I'll give that a try. But this is a pretty high paying job for people that I'm quite friendly with and I'd sure hate to get a call in a few months that those gaps are cracking. What would you consider the upper limit of taping and mudding to span a gap? Are the rapid setting compounds any less likely to crack?
Thanks Duane...
I have mudded 1/2 inch easily with plain old JC.
Let the filler dry completely and recoat as needed.
I am not a pro at SR finishing, but never had a problem by just following common sense and some teaching from pros.
One guy filled huge voids by mixing Plaster of paris with his mud..this was 15 yrs ago I saw that..worked fine.
A quarte inch is real common...in the real world, esp. in remodeling.
The paper tape will suck in as the under filler dries, you want that, just add more JC in that new hollow.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Sell your cleverness, Purchase Bewilderment"...Rumi
OK... I'll go with it. Ordinarily I wouldn't be concerned but since this is hopefully going to eliminate the need for molding I'm be a tad neurotic. Once I finish this job I hope I never see Homasote again. The original people covered everything with it, floors, walls and ceilings. Ugh...
For big gaps I apply some FG tape, then splather in a setting type compd, e.g. Durabond 90. No problems. "Big" = > .5". I agree that 1/4 " is nothing. This is common even on new work.
Well, sounds like I'm being overly neurotic.
Thanks for reassuring me, after reading Jeff's recent thread I guess anything within 5" is OK ;)
PaulB
Edited 3/25/2005 3:11 pm ET by PaulB
Flat tape the gap with durabond then tape as usual.
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