I really do appreciate all the great advice and tips from everyone. (Or buy a house with wallpaper on the walls. I'm glad we did it, but I made a vow never to put up another strip of wallpaper as long as I live. The change is tremendous from that hideous flowery wallpaper to what it is now. I finished painting last Friday and DH put the baseboards up last night. He did a pretty thin skim, so we didn't have a tremendous amount of dust. Why didn't anyone mentioned how BAD Gardz smells! What's up with that? LOLĭH did the skim coating. It was important to me to search high and low until we found it so that it would seal the torn face paper and eliminate any chance of the paper bubbling up. We finally did find a store in Nashville that did carry it, so we did that step. My bathroom project is over at last! I called all the Home Depots and Lowe's stores in our area or within a 60 mile radius, I should say, and not one of them stocked Gardz. I'd even recommend one of the ones with a couple of cartridge filters, though they're a bit pricier.Īny more questions, I'll be happy to answer! I made that mistake at first, and BLEH! NOT GOOD! Definitely buy a good respirator. Don't go for the cheap little paper things, because you'll end up inhaling the dust. Trust me, without doing that, you'll have a big mess on your hands! Make sure you wear not only goggles, but buy a VERY GOOD respirator/dust mask. When you sand, make SURE you close the door, and put towels on the crack under the door, or you'll get dust EVERYWHERE! Also stuff towels in your heater vents, etc etc. I thought it would be a nice smooth finish, but NOOOOO. It REALLY looked a mess, and nothing at all like what I thought it would look like. When you're painting on the Gardz, it's REALLY runny, so just have the rag under the brush, otherwise, it'll get all over the place, and it's a pain to get off the floor (though the floor, of course, should be covered in a drop cloth or something!)įor the skim coating, I pretty much patched only the places that needed it, which was the top 2 feet of wall, but I brought the skim coat down about 3 feet, because it didn't really hurt to do so, and I really wanted it blended in well. (Your choice, though!) I'd also recommend that you have a rag in one hand to catch spills, because YOU WILL SPILL, and the foam brush in the other hand. I wouldn't even bother pouring the Gardz into a paint tray, I just used it directly out of the can. I think the best thing to do is to apply the Gardz with one of those foam brushes. Sorry I should have let you know that in my earlier post I guess, probably would have saved you a trip. You can also mix it up with a large tater masher mixer, they have them in lumber yards, home centers & the like. If you just doing small batches you can get by with a smaller mixer and lighter drill. (small pinholes in the skimmed out mud) I use a 1/2" drill and a large mixer paddle to mix it up. A real important thing is to mix the mud extremely well, if you don't you'll get alot of pocking. For the initial phase where you are filling holes and such the mud needs to be a bit thicker than soft serve ice cream, now when you're ready to do the skimming, it will have to be thinned down, to something a syrup consistency. Also if any of the joint tape has come loose, it's best to rip it off and retape the seem/joint. Any large or deep gouges need to be prefilled and allowed to dry before you start with the skim coat. Yeah it needs to be thinned down and mixed very well before it's ready to use for skim coating. Smooth it out with a big ol' taping blade (I think that's what it's called) Roll it on with a roller (what size roller should I use? like how "fluffy"? )ĥ. I'll then mix the repair compound (thinned with a little extra water?)Ĥ. I'm going to seal the walls with the primer/sealantģ. I'm going to first sand the walls as smooth as I can.Ģ. Primer/Sealant: Pittsburgh Paints "Seal Grip" Acrylic Latex Stain Blocking Primerġ. Skim Coat Stuff: Sheetrock 20 Fast Drying Easy Sanding Repair Compound (Powder) So tell me if I'm going to do this right, and have the right "ingredients", please!! This is for a bathroom. And the wallpaper is still there, bugging the heck outta me. I ended up really ripping the heck out of the drywall, so parts of the cardboardy stuff are showing through, etc. Here's my situation: I have some wallpaper that REFUSED to come off (used DIF, steamed, etc etc). Is this ok to use, or should I use something else? I've also got some primer/sealer that I'm going to be using first. I'm going to be skim coating a wall (ack! my first time!), and I picked up some "Sheetrock 20" Fast Drying Easy Sanding Repair Compound.
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