This is an update on my last post about taping a tray ceiling and that awful 135 degree angle. I was having horrible trouble with the joint — keeping it crisp and straight.
I ended using Super Flex No Coat. Strange stuff — the only mud applied over the tape is a skim coat over a paper flange (it’s bedded in thinned mud). However, I’m very pleased with the result. Took me two skim coats and a bit of fussing, but it works as advertised. Costs about $50 for a 100 foot roll.
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I ain't gettin no hits from that google guy about Super Flex No Coat.
I'd be interested in more info if you have it.
Here you go:
http://www.no-coat.com/
you gotta type in English
sheeesh <G>
edit to add- How's Ian's quest for a lathe going?
Edited 10/3/2007 12:10 pm ET by Shep
First he's got to pay for the computer he got from his cousin"No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it's only a question of degree." - W.C. Fields
So he's learning how to spend more than he takes in?
LOL
Yep, Shep, Now we know why the Canadian economy is doing so well.;)
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I know a lot of 'murricans who have the same philosophy.
particularly politicians
Logging on after some absence. Not sure what you are trying to find out. I found the superflex fine for my need - an obtuse angle. Skim coating the paper edge was a bit tricky, but the seam (now primed) is absolutely crisp and straight. It's probably overkill for a 90 degree angle, and simply splathering more coats on metal or plastic corner bead might be quicker and less fussy. For inside 90 degree corners I'm coming to like the metal reinforced paper tape. Very straight seams.For some reason, it took me some time to get used to the idea that much of the tape receives no mud!I'm a DIYer but fairly experienced.