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A friend of mine would like me to tape and mud his garage walls and ceiling then paint it all. This is a 2 1/2 car garage, with the house and garage being built in 1973. The dry wall has never had paint on it and 5 sheets in the ceiling need replaced. My concern with finishing the dry wall is that its to old to work with. I am leaning words suggesting to him that I put OSB on the walls and ceiling and paint it. Any thoughts on this? Thanks for your help.
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Tape and float a wall and see what happens, if the paper hasn't seperated its good, its a garage and sounds like your customer just wants it to look better with as little expense as possible.
*There are a number of products out there for stabilizing older drywall. Smooth wallpapers either glued or epoxied on; and, mix Weldbond with water (about 4:1 I think) and painting it on are two that I've actually seen used. When they painted my neighbour's garage (also unfinished drywall that had been sitting about 8 years at the time), the painter just mixed up a bunch of left-over paint, thinned it down, and painted a "soak-in" base coat on the wall to consolidate it - looks like it worked too.
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A friend of mine would like me to tape and mud his garage walls and ceiling then paint it all. This is a 2 1/2 car garage, with the house and garage being built in 1973. The dry wall has never had paint on it and 5 sheets in the ceiling need replaced. My concern with finishing the dry wall is that its to old to work with. I am leaning words suggesting to him that I put OSB on the walls and ceiling and paint it. Any thoughts on this? Thanks for your help.