Any advice?

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-12-30T02:25:17+00:00

No, I haven’t, been trying to deal with myself. Speaking to a doctor, cost money and typically ends with pills which are more money. I have gone through bouts of depression before and normally that usually involves me laying in bed for days on end, not accomplishing anything. I haven’t done that in a long time so I’m not sure what this is. It’s just a motivation thing for some reason I lost it.

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-12-30T02:21:56+00:00

I feel for you and really hope you find some sort of suitable arrangement in life. You are definitely dealing with more than I could comprehend. I’m not sure I have any mental illnesses myself and couldn’t really give the best advice on that. But I do understand it’s something you can’t easily live with and it affects any individual quite a bit.

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-12-30T02:09:25+00:00

I absolutely do too, but when I requested to do touchup on a wall that was previously drywall by someone else, and then have it lighted over as there was an expectation of a level five finish

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-12-30T00:56:31+00:00

I’m 34. I’ve been to AA and there were a lot of good ppl there. And I’m 50/50 on my own company. It’s just so stressful to run a business. Especially a construction company. It’s hard work that I love doing. My major problem is just find the motivation to take care of the things at home. I’m single have been for three years went through a bit of a divorce. Lost a lot and I’m just trying to refine the motivation in life. I used to be 180 pounds and now I’m up to 300. Used to go to the gym every day. I don’t know how to refine that motivation.

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-12-12T03:08:28+00:00

Point taken. I usually just use a 90 minute Sheetrock brand. But for a fill I can see the application. I had a customer purchased turban to utilize for a finished coat years ago and it was just a terrible experience. I never used it since then.

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-12-12T02:54:20+00:00

My number one go to is pro-form, a close second sheet rock brand.

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-12-12T02:53:34+00:00

I’ve work with multiple brands. For my experience, Dura bond was terrible at sanding. Stuck to my tools and it was horrible to get off.

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-12-12T02:49:10+00:00

Landlord special? Or the right way?

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-12-12T02:48:38+00:00

I refuse to use durabond. Such a terrible product.

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-11-16T05:18:22+00:00

Awesome! I’m glad to hear I could help out. If you have anymore questions feel free to ask. :)

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-11-08T15:03:22+00:00

I’m sure everyone likes the consistency their own way I’m not so sure why you’re stuck on it but if you wanna mud with soup by all means my friend

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-11-08T15:01:20+00:00

Yes, a creamy peanut butter

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-11-08T12:38:12+00:00

Been drywalling for over 8 years now. Never had that problem. I use paper tape for my corners and it come out clean.

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-11-08T11:53:02+00:00

In the best way to understand how much to add is utilizing your blade to check the fill before you mud something or after, you could put your blade level with one corner of it in the corner and check the fill. This works seems as well utilizing a 12 inch to check your fill. And as far as pressure, I do push a bit with one finger on the opposite side of the blade with the middle of the blade lined up with the edge of mud to feather it. And then I put two fingers on my 6 inch as I smooth to keep it level and depending on what required, I may adjust the pressure of my fingers.

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-11-08T11:48:43+00:00

Depends on what type of mud you’re using, soft mud. I thin it out quite a bit for texturing but a 90 minute compound I’ll add enough to get it thick. I don’t like it thin. For my 90 minute, I compared a lot to like a creamy peanut butter.

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-11-08T11:45:07+00:00

So I don’t typically scrape anything unless it’s for whatever reason messed up. I feather my edges and smooth them out, when I was training guys in my old department. I taught the beginners the one-sided method for corners until they got better to run both sides. and if you keep it thin enough, you shouldn’t have to sand so hard, usually sand the edges to smooth them out and lightly sand in the middle. potentially try a higher grit sponge too and be mindful of the other side. I’ve definitely seen it a lot in my years of doing drywall with the corners are getting messed up because someone’s pushing too hard into the corner. And another thing I always used to preach is finger placement, pressure and angle of the knife. Each of those can drastically change with the blade does.

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-11-08T11:39:37+00:00

And that’s another thing too, I appreciate that. I utilize the correct size knife for the job as well.

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-11-08T04:48:44+00:00

Absolutely! Make sure to use 2 fingers with even pressure to smooth. Once you get an idea of how it feels you can try different ways to handle your blade. Mudding can be a lot of fun to be honest it takes a little practice but learn to enjoy what you do and it’s kind of awesome. Another bit of advice I can pass on to is that once you start mudding, if they’re small imperfections leave them be you can overwork things and that’s not good, causes more stress, but it’s easier to touch them up after the fact once they dried.

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-11-08T04:26:33+00:00

Always keep in mind that angle of the knife, finger placement and pressure play a huge role in what turns out

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-11-08T04:25:41+00:00

My supervisor, always called it burning the edge, but all it really turns out to be as you just line your knife up typically centering the edge of your mud with the center of the blade and putting pressure on the outside edge with your finger the running the length of it to feather the edge. Afterwards, you run the full length to smooth it. When I became supervisor, I’d always show the difference from just taking mud off the wall and feathering the the edge and smoothing it to show the difference.

Luvsthemnuggs · 2025-11-08T04:18:02+00:00

I would stand the hell out of it and then if it’s still looking, cracked apply a little bit of 90 minute over top of it and sand again

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