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Originally Posted by Mr. Carlson the Bugeater
Heh, yeah that last coat of drywall mud can be a PIA. One trick I've learned is to soup up the mud a little bit, and roll it on with a lamb's wool roller, then go over it with a 12" knife to smooth it. That does a good job of filling in the pin holing and other minor imperfections.
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My brother told me the same thing. He also suggested throwing some mudinto the primer, throwing it on with a shaggy roller, and letting that cover the imperfections. One problem was that the stupid studs weren't on 16" layout, so I had to do a ton of cutting on the drywall. In addition, stuff just wasn't square, so the drywall really wasn't put up correctly. Next time, I'll know that it pays to put the drywall up nicely, even if you have to nail in some extra bracing and such to make it happen. Actually, I don't have to know that, because next time I won't be doing it. All I could think the entire time I was messing with the drywall was that I could drive down to Lowe's and pick up a truck full of migrants, and give them $100 bucks; they'd to the job better and quicker than I ever could.