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   mark_cadioli | Oct 22, 2000 12:31pm | #1

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   An oxymoron.

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   Jerry | Oct 22, 2000 01:17pm | #2

   *Huh? Is it "the well done drywall" part? :-)Jerry

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   Ryan_C | Oct 22, 2000 03:54pm | #3

   *I've used plaster for small patches if I wanted to get it done fast. For bigger jobs when I'm in a hurry, I use Durabond quick setting joint compound. Available in 90 minute, 45 minute, and 2 minute mixes. Make sure you get the sandable stuff.It smells like joint compound with plaster added.

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   Mike_Smith | Oct 22, 2000 08:54pm | #4

   *jerry.. did you see a blue board job with skim-coat plaster ? like Diamond.. or Imperial...it looks like plaster of paris... but plaster of paris is too fast setting....skim coat plaster is plaster.. it's just that the blue board becomes the base.. the blue board looks just like gypsum drywall... because it is.. but the blue paper finish is designed specially for plaster so it doesn't suck the moisture out of the plaster before it can set naturally...if you saw plaster-of-paris..forget everything i just said

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   Jerry | Oct 23, 2000 05:25am | #5

   *Mike, Ryan,Deffinately not blueboard, standard drywall finished in the usual way except for the material used. The open bag of plaster was still there. The homeowner said that the guy who did it used to be a plasterer, but doesn't do much anymore. He also said that the guy told him he used a special mix. I don't know what that means; maybe he mixed something else with the plaster? Anyway, using one of the halogens hanging from the ceiling, I cast the light across, and it looked great. Any disavantages in the finished product using plaster? Any idea what this "special mix" might be?Jerry

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   Tim_Kline | Oct 23, 2000 05:52am | #6

   *b WBA At Your ServiceIf you really saw a bag of Plaster of Paris used to do taping and finishing, then the plasterer must have used retarder in the mix or he is secretly "The Flash". Improper bonding would be the only problem I could see. If any of the material pops after the paint is applied, you'll know the mix was a little hot. One other thing, if the joints are glassy smooth like plaster, they are going to look a lot different than drywall face paper. USG's EZ-Sand products are so good I wouldn't screw around with blending custom mixes. By the way, our plasterer told me during blue board shortages he has used Imperial skim coat over the back side of regular drywall. He claims not a single call-back.

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   Mike_Smith | Oct 23, 2000 03:30pm | #7

   *all of our additions and new construction are skim-coat ..some of our remodeling is drywall.. so we do our own taping....everything has been Durabond for about 5 years now...try a bag of the 45 for patching... and some of the sandable 25 for finish... you'll like it..no more comming back threee days in a row for a taping job...less mess.. stronger..what's not to like about Durabond ?

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   dennis_shelton | Nov 05, 2000 02:51am | #8

   *I want to make my own plaster crown moldings as I am tired of the wood /mdf moldings today. I know I need to build forms from soft "rubber" and will be making them in a tray and should be putting in either horse hair or fiberglass or burlap close to the back side. Any other suggestions.

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   Mike_Smith | Nov 05, 2000 03:21am | #9

   *yes.. you've got to make some sleds.. sheet metal profiles of the moldings that you work back and forth to build the final finish... i seem to remember a good picture article in FHB about three years agoalso.. you can use a fypon type molding as your base and do a build-up on that...

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   Jerry | Nov 05, 2000 03:21am | #10

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   I saw a very well done drywall job today. One day, no sanding, using Plaster of Paris. Is this common anywhere, it's not around here?

   Jerry