I’m watching the second game of the Dodgers vs Cardinals playoff series. The game is tied after 4 and a half. I thought I could watch the game and paint the kitchen ceiling at the same time.
I have 18 nails pops to fix. My bro says pull all those nails and replace them with dry wall screws. OK.
I notice in the size I am using I have both fine pitch thread and coarse pitch thread dw screws. What’s the advantage of each style of drywall screw?
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coarse for wood, fine for metal
The coarse is for hanging kitchen cabinets with : ) More commonly referred to (at least here) as Piffin screws. Inside joke.
You'd better prove it to me. IIRC Piffin never specified course or fine for hanging kitchen cabinets.
I did remember he mentioned something to the tune of elliptical thread. Not?
You'll probably want to drive the screws about an inch away from the nail holes (but along the ceiling joist) for more holding strength.
In case you've been too busy gently pulling nails and then cautiously driving coarse thread drywall screws approximately 1" (along the joists) from the old nail holes, the scores is now 8-3, Cardinals...after 7.
I thought this was going to be another Rodney Dangerfield joke...
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You dont need to remove those nails, just tap them back in. Nail pops happen when the wood around them shrinks and the nails dont. When you tap them back they will be driven a little further into the wood than originally placed and they will hold the drywall just fine.
>>>When you tap them back they will be driven a little further into the wood than originally placed and they will hold the drywall just fine.
I assume you mean doing this in addition to driving the screws, right? Otherwise, the little bit of "new wood" (1/8" to 1/4" or so?) will shrink in time resulting in a new pop :-)
i've found that if u take a 2" nail and drive it in close to the popped nail, u can catch the head of it and drive it in with it. its worked for me.
Chances are pretty slim the nail will pop again. Most nail pops are the result of installing drywall before the framing lumber has had a chance to dry. I know of one jurisdiction around here where you MUST wait 30 days between dry-in and drywalling for that reason.
There are millions of houses that were drywalled with nails only with no problem. And FWIW screws pop too
My city house is forty years old. Somebody already drove them in a little farther. They did not really pop big time the second time, but enough to notice. I gouged them out with shark's tooth nail puller, install a dw screw there and and another a few inches away, covered both holes with lightweight spackling coumpound, and painted the whole ceiling with medium quality primer, Kilz latex interior general purpose.
Some of the nail pops disappeared. Some appear lighter than the rest of the ceiling. Especially in that the texture of the finish is different.
I intend to rework the spackling. Hits the shinny spots again with my miny roller. Wait one hour. Paint the whole ceiling with best quality big box ceiling paint, Behr Acryllic Latex.
I'm going to do this while John is choking George's chicken.
Paint the whole ceiling with best quality big box ceiling paint, Behr Acryllic Latex.
You can't be serious.....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
I'm gonna sell the place. Just the primer looks better than the old job. The Behr paint was on sale buy one get one free.
I've use BM, SW, P&L. I think the results depend more on the painter than the paint.
That may be true, and behr paints are not all that bad, but seeing them called top of the line kind of took my breathe away!
;)
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I only said top-of-the-line-big-box. Never did I say best quality overall.
OTH, I've seen consumer reports place SW low in the pack. That's right big box was five or six cans up the line.
We had a local chain of like 10-15 stores that SW bought. The quality service has dropped off from the old days.
Most everybody seems to think paints aren't what they used to be.
Mine too...
I saw an article in our local business section that they were uder class action suit for product failure and customer suport...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
So what did it say about the product failure?
Inquiring minds just gots to know.
Didn't read the whole article...
I had my baptism with Behr some time back and won't touch the stuff now...
cost me a bundle .. No more.. Once was enough...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
What color was it?
kind of an almond....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Not sapphire, then?
Nope...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
I repainted the cieling in my family room with Behr paint. White over white and it took three coats. DW made a stink and got our money back. Its colored water. Behr-ly covers.
At least they back the stuff up with a guarrantee. Still not good enough, I'll never buy it again.
When the second coat blistersand wrinkles the 1st coat on about 30 lovered doors ...
and you get a geeze that's too bad it's not us streak of BS from Behr...
primer, 1st and 2nd coat all Behr... Was looking good till the 2nd coat was put on the next day and the blisters formed wthin in an hour of application......
End up getting new doors and doing it all over..
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
ouch!
Rob Kress
Hah to ben sarcasim...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
I painted that ceiling the other night with the Behr Expressions Acryllic Latex. Yesterday was overcast and gloomy here. But today we have brilliant sunshine.
Your right about the Behr paint, the primer looked better than the finish coat. It's easy to see the 30" x 30" squares where the roller has been.
Hi Dave,
It's easy to see the 30" x 30" squares where the roller has been.
I had this same exact issue 8-10 years ago when I tried Behr for the first time and that was after 3 top coats! Never touched the product again, been loyal to BM.
Chris
On the bad nail that you put a new screw/nail next to it. you should use tape over the exacavated nail. Why? Because that rock is damaged and will not hold the mud well.
galvanized Piffenscrews
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