Drywall jobs are a common occurrence in my line of work. I was fixing a cracked seam at a customer’s house and had about a 15 mm deep gap to fill. Generally, I’ve just used the pre-mixed stuff from a bucket, but that dries so slowly and shrinks so much that a job like this would have needed to be spread over at least four days.
Decided to give the quick-setting bag stuff a shot, and wow - what a difference. Not only could I pre-fill the gap in one day, but I also managed to get the tape over it, leaving only the finish coat for tomorrow. This will save me literal months over my career.
I love discovering good new products and tools.
One thing that someone that did it for a living taught me was to use way less than you think you need on each coat. Just barely cover it the first time, then knock off the high points before subsequent coats. You don’t have to get it done in one coat, and if you try, the result will be terrible and take a lot of work to get back to try again. And only do one side of a corner tape at a time.
I watched some youtube videos on how to do it and how much to use. I still think I used too much but I’m learning lol. I’ll try the one side at a time next, thanks.