Sunflowerslaughter
Sunflowerslaughter t1_izfcfn9 wrote
Reply to comment by spinswizzle in Advice for first time drywall patch by astropiano1998
Here in ohio when the housing market got wild we saw a lot of very poorly done quick buy and flips which looked awful, but still sold. One such house had globs of paint that they never bothered to sand down. It was a shit show. Some of the best finishers I've worked with come from doing houses, but also all the worst finishers I've worked with come from doing homes too haha.
Sunflowerslaughter t1_izfa8qc wrote
Reply to comment by spinswizzle in Advice for first time drywall patch by astropiano1998
Yea, i tell people to brush down in diy work because it can be a pain to sand down a lap mark you coated over, and i expect lower quality work from diy home owners. Scraping down with a 6 definitely works okay for diy though.
Sunflowerslaughter t1_izd5s93 wrote
Reply to comment by sdfree0172 in Advice for first time drywall patch by astropiano1998
I find, at least personally, a lot of carpenters over estimate their work and underestimate how bad it can look. I'm biased, but carpenters are the bane of my existence
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Reply to comment by sdfree0172 in Advice for first time drywall patch by astropiano1998
I do it professionally, doing work for the union in cleveland for a multi-million dollar company. You don't "finish sand" on bed coats, you do what we call a brush down. The goal is any lap marks or edges will be buffed out, which means it's easier to box over. Then at the end you finish sand, using lights and hand sponges to make sure it's smooth. Some guys don't sand and just cut edges with a knife but personally i think their work looks worse than just brushing it down.
Sunflowerslaughter t1_jebcvsg wrote
Reply to comment by squatch42 in I read an article about Missouri’s House cutting funding to their libraries and it made me really sad. by poopmaester41
It means no state funds. This won't harm larger cities mostly, as they usually have taxes levied to help them operate, but rural communities libraries rely on state funding much more. This will lead to potential closures, largely impacting small communities that realistically aren't doing anything the gop lawmakers are worried about.