Wow! Bright walls.

[admin]

Time to get rid of the steps, and put in a ramp.

It's ADA-mandated, anyway. To deal with your handicap.

[Edwin Pawlowski]

I'm in Putnam, CT I thought about taping, but I figured it is a garage, not my living room so drywall itself is extravagant compared to what was there. Some of the seams will be covered with pegboard, shelves, etc. Ed [e-mail]

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Maybe I did jump the gun a litle. Dry humor is a risk at times.

Do I have to give you a hug to make up? Ed

[Bay Area Dave]

I'll be here! Give a holler.

dave

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[Bay Area Dave]

Well...I guess that's ok...even my wife can't tell when I'm kidding sometimes! It spoils the fun a bit when I have to explain that I was kidding, but it IS fun to act all serious when I first make the comment. She does it to me ALL the time, and I fall for it too, so I DO UNDERSTAND the concept of misunderstanding someone's dry humor. I've jumped the gun on several occasions here on the Wreck, prompting my humble apologies. None is needed on this on, but it's 'preciated just the same. I can't say I will bother to do the smiley face thing in the future every time I'm joking around, so please assume I'm not being mean spirited right off the bat.

dave

Edw>>Thanks, Dave; I use them liberally. But I'm afraid I use them so much

[Lazarus Long]

How do you do that? Set off a small explosive charge in the middle of a bunch of paint filled ballons? Use a firehose to spray paint?

[Charlie Self]

Lazarus Long asks:

More like the fire hose. Rent a pro capacity airless sprayer. 1200 sf of ceiling, 3 coats finished in 8-9 hours, about 2-1/2 of which was actual painting time.

Charlie Self

"The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf." Will Rogers

[Edwin Pawlowski]

OK, then we can skip the hug. Ed

[Rico]

They'll be jealous, but they'll get over it because they too realize you are special :)

Rico

Bay Area Dave wrote:

[david]

I gotta agree with Hank. As I've been sheetrocking sections of my garage, I just do a quick tape job. Got the adhesive fiberglass mesh drywall tape, and give it a "quick" cover with some mud. Doesn't even have to cover it 100%. Just enough to seal it up. then hit it with your single coat of primer.

Something about taping the seems (even a crappy tape job), makes it feel finished.

-David

[admin]

I think it was the day he couldn't find the drill, for the paint-stirrer. and chucked it in the 3-1/2 hp router, instead. "Soft-start" took care of the varying distances.

[Larry Jaques]

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:05:21 GMT, Dave Balderstone pixelated:

A) Send all your money to me. (Got my address?)

B) I'll pray for you in my own special way.

C) Pray for Salvation Without Religion.

No, no, no. Wipe up that drool. I said "salvation", with only one "i".

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And you really ought to stop talking with the troll.

[Henry St.Pierre]

If you're not going to tape, no problem. If you decide to tape after painting it just makes sanding a PITA. Do you have a detached garage? Most codes require an in the dwelling garage to be taped. Sorry about Cn. (meant Ct., honest.). Hank

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Detached. That makes it harder to heat, thus the insulation. I don't think there are code issues, but did use EPS foam insulation that in a home requires to covered with sheetrock, but mostly because it just looks better this way.

I've not done anything for a ceiling yet. One half has a couple of sheets of OSB over the 2 x 6's where we store some stuff. The other half has nothing. It would help to cover that also, but if I make a true insulated ceiling, then I get into ventilation of the "attic" space.

I bought some white plastic sheeting with fire retardant to use as a vapor barrier. I've thought of just stapling that on the joists as a heat holding barrier but I don't know if it will make it worse in the summer. Ed

[Dennis M. O'Connor]

Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say that. Not taping is his right, of course, but mudding and taping isn't just cosmetic. It serves to reinforce the edges of the sheet, preventing the sheets from cracking when put under tension. Anyone who has hung drywall has had the drywall crack off a bit while being fastened to the stud at the edge: mud and tape makes that much less likely.

And if you don't care about cosmetics, a quick single application of mud-and-tape and some sanding isn't all that difficult.

[Keith Carlson]

Reminds me of an episode of Mr. Bean. He did exactly that... used an explosive charge to paint an entire room at once.