Puckdropper wrote:

I'm just giving you a hard time. Sorry that my tone of voice didn't
carry over the text well... I should have thrown in a few more emoticons.

Puckdropper

That's good. Yes, emoticons say a lot.

I got all of my vertical joints taped today. The first one came out
pretty good, and the second one was looking pretty good. Then I saw a
"speck" at the top of it which I tried to sweep away. That didn't work
out, and I then needed to sweep it vertically, and in an amazing short
period of time after that I had my 8" knife out removing the tape and
mud to start it all over from the beginning. One has to keep a sense of
humor... Morgans reminded me about this issue, and I remembered it
since the last time I played with mud 30 years ago. The phrase "quit
when you're ahead" is helpful to keep in mind!

I needed to remove one other joint completely because it had bubbles.
The 9' inside corner seem to go up really well, although I did it with
two shorter pieces of tape. Maybe it went well because "quit when you're
ahead" had already been burnt into my brain by then.

I have to mix some Durabond 90 for some of my wider joints tomorrow.
Anyone have any recipes (I didn't see any on the bag) for thick or thin
that they can share? I'm guessing it's something like 1 part water to
3-5 parts Durabond, but I would prefer a recipe. I'm planning to mix it
with a paint stick. This will get the job done, won't it?

Tomorrow I'm going to try to break the habit of cleaning my drywall
knife on my jeans...

Bill