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Had an old timer tell me my butt joints were too tight and he was right after 10 years of doing it wrong
I used to jam those factory edges together so the joint was almost invisible but he showed me how leaving a credit card gap keeps the tape from bubbling up later, anyone else still fighting old habits from when you started?
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david7032mo ago
My cousin used toothpicks as spacers for like three years before someone told him that was way too much. @baker.christopher is right about humidity though, I worked a job in Arizona and you could leave a dime gap and the mud would still crack. That tight joint thing only works if you're in a climate controlled shop and even then I've seen it fail.
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baker.christopher2mo ago
Funny you mention that gap thing, my first boss swore by a popsicle stick gap for everything, but then I worked with a guy who did his butt joints so tight you could barely see them and he never had tape issues. I think a lot of it depends on the humidity where you're at honestly. Still catch myself trying to hide those seams sometimes even though I know better.
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