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   Guest_ | Apr 12, 2000 11:38pm | #1

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   I'm experimenting with rolled-on Durabond 90 setting compound at an ordinary thickness as a third coat over bare taped drywall. Durabond is very strong and sets fast -- there are faster setting varieties available, down to Durabond 5 (minutes, which means a working time of about three minutes!). Works fine, and is the method recommended in Taunton's drywall book by Ferguson, which I still resist buying ... something about owning a book on drywall bugs me....

   I'm not sure of the bonding properties of compound to paint. I'd want the paint surface to be flat, sanded, or rough. There are products to enhance the bonding of plaster to surfaces -- perhaps the same for compound?

   The Durabond package expressly warns not to mix it with other types of compound.

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   Kim_Praderas | Apr 12, 2000 11:44pm | #2

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   I'm about to apply rolled-on texture to freshly primed wall-board. The
   technique I've used before is to thin joint compound with water and apply
   this to the wall with a 1 1/4 nap roller. I had pretty good luck with this
   before, except for a patch that kept peeling when I next rolled on a coat
   latex paint. I'd appreciate any advice from folks with rolled-on texture
   on my technique. One thing I'm wondering about is mixing in some
   fast-drying joint compound in order to get a faster drying time. T