I am going to be install a few sheets of Dense Armour Plus in a basement.
I undertand the rough surface needs more finishing thatn paper based. I have also heard that the newer products is not as course a fiberglass “cloth” on it.
I know that there are high fill primers that can be used. But most of them have to be sprayed.
SW says that they have one that can be rolled, but it comes in 5 gal and I am only doing 6 sheets.
So other than a skim coat of light weight, what over options are there.
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
to not by the rollable primer is cheap
to not skim is lazy
You shouldn't be doing the work
Buying 5 gallons of primer to finish a 160 sq of DW and probably won't hve any need for it for a couple of years is not matter of being cheap. It is a matter of being logical.And I never said that I did not want to do it "right".I was asking for information from people that had used this before and if skin coating is needed for this product or if it can be treated as "regular" DW..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
I don't think the difference will be noticable. I finish it like regular DW, and I have a very bitchy eyeball. You should be alright without skim-coating. I guess it depends all on what the end result has to be. Roll on a qaulity primer, let it dry and sand. Two coats of a good building paint and you should come out with a uniform surface, not glass-smooth, but nice. For smooth surface walls, your regular 3/8'' nap cover is what I'd use. If you go with a S/G paint and there's a lot of light, maybe skim-coating would be worth your while. "I wanna be a race car passenger. You know, the guy that bugs the driver. Say, man, can I stick my feet out the window? Do we have to keep going in circles? Mind if I turn on the radio? Boy, you really like Tide."
I do not have any experience with S-W high build primers, but I did use another high build primer once. I forget which brand it was. The customer provided it, but all I really needed was basic drywall primer.
I could not detect any difference between the high-build primer and regular primer so I would be very leery about buying 5 gallons unless I got some pretty good confirmation that it was going to work as expected.
i used it in a total bath redo. the texture and the tape joints[since they were smooth] did show on the first coat of paint,but then when the second coat went on it was fine,this was with a 3/8 nap roller. i guess if a guy hit the first coat with a ro sander a little it would help it a little.
you might just take a little scrap and play with it to make sure after 2 coats it will be be to your liking,but i thought it was fine. i also use kiltz quite a bit ,then sand with the ro sander,that would really slick it up.larry
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