"Harry K" wrote

not want much, just enough to barely go through the paper and to the
next
level a tiney bit.

Thanks! That's a good idea. I'd better get a fine belt; dw will get
eaten
up in no time with that sander.
I do not know if my method is 'traditional'. It was something my Mom
taught
me when I was much younger. Makes for a nice finished wall.

Your mom? Excellent! Usually it's the dad! You have a good mom there.

Anyway, who cares about tradition. I just wanted something to work.
Yours
sounds like a good idea.

It will make a big mess for one, and greatly weaken the dw sheet where
you put the fasteners in for two.

It does not make a mess. You seal it later. I'll add unless he seam is
along a beam, you do not fasten it there. Unlikely he landed right on a
beam there.

with a very think coat under it, keep the next two coats very thin and
feathered will out. The slight bulge will be unnoticeable unless you
shine a light down the wall. If you ran your seams horizontally (the
professional way) almost all your butt joints will fall above doors
and above/below windows and thus practically invisible even under the
worst conditions.

Invisible both ways but you do not have to do horizontal (harder unless you
have a team of people), just do it carefully and right if vertical seams.
Most of the houses I see with the visible seams, are horizontal ones.