Had a chat with a old timer Gary on my last job site about pre-filling seams

I was bitching about how long taping takes and Gary just laughed and said he spends 20 minutes pre-filling every joint with mud before taping, no tape first. Said it cuts his finish time by a hour per room cause the mud shrinks even. Has anyone else tried pre-filling first or is that just some old school thing?

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diana1557d ago

20 minutes of pre-filling per room sounds like it eats into that claimed hour savings pretty quick. I tried it once on a small closet and the mud still cracked in the corners. Maybe Gary's onto something with custom drywall mud, but I'm not convinced it's some magic trick.

lane.angela6d ago

Ngl @diana155, that 20 minutes is nothing when you're not fixing cracked corners all week.