Jeez.

I finally get all the mud on, feathered and sanded and feeling good. I know the rule in body work that if you can feel something, you'll see it in the paint. Damn sheetrock is just as bad but different.

I got the first primer coat on, had a couple minor spots I could barely feel. Under the primer most of these spots disappeared and I could no longer feel them or see them. But, by golly, did a bunch of isty bitsy pocks stand out once the primer was dry. Several spots had apparently had some small air bubbles, which I sanded through. The result was a few areas that had little divits in the dry compound that I could not feel, even though I could see them. This afternoon was spent laying in a small amount of mud to fill these divits.

Seems like everything I take on is an art form of its own.

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Mike Tangas
'73 280SEL 4.5 (9/72)- RIP
Only 8,173 units built from 5/71 thru 11/72

'02 CLK320 Cabriolet - wifey's mid-life crisis

2012 VW Jetta Sportwagon TDI...at least its a diesel

Non illegitemae carborundum.

Well Mike that huge house across the street from me that you saw was built with sheetrocker money, so if you get real good at it......

I occasionally eyeball the walls in my house from the corners to gauge "trueness", and all I can say, is not ALL sheetrock hangers are as particular as you are...

...but wall texturing and faux paint hides practically every flaw that may exist...works for me!

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Damn Mike, that what TEXTURE is for...to hide that stuff!!

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

To be honest I thought about doing a subtle knockdown texture...but, the rest of the house is lath and plaster. Because of that I opted for the smooth finished look. You never know though, by the time I move on to the next room I might be using some of that popcorn ceiling texture on the walls :p

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Mike Tangas
'73 280SEL 4.5 (9/72)- RIP
Only 8,173 units built from 5/71 thru 11/72

'02 CLK320 Cabriolet - wifey's mid-life crisis

2012 VW Jetta Sportwagon TDI...at least its a diesel

Non illegitemae carborundum.

I hate doing any of this kind of work because I suck at it so badly...

I don't mind the labor, but my role should be confined to the "grunt" that hauls all the trash away and ferries supplies back and forth.