On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:39:35 -0000, a particular chimpanzee named
"Colin" randomly hit the keyboard and
produced:

The supplemental question is... does the board need to be skimmed
afterwards? (I have had good success using tapered-edge and simply painting
the boards after - I was wondering if skimming was a requirement for
building regs.)

Not skimming, but the joints should be taped and filled to seal the
gaps between the boards.
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