http://design4kitchen.com/2008/09/16/how-to-skim-coat-new-drywall/ New design ideas for your kitchen Mon, 21 May 2012 23:53:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://design4kitchen.com/2008/09/16/how-to-skim-coat-new-drywall/#comment-1052 daileyent Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20080916184752AA8oyjh#comment-1052 If you’ve taped and mudded the joints, what do you expect to accomplish by skim coating all of the wall. Flat walls (no texture) is the normal finish for regular drywall. The only drywall i’ve seen skim coated (other than to repair walls where wallpaper was stripped) wasn’t really drywall at all, but blue board, which is plaster board. I roll joint compound on when i’m texturing ceilings, but you need to be quick, and if you’re trying to finish it flat, you’ll need to keep the knife wet and free of debris to get a fairly flat smooth coat. If you’ve taped and mudded the joints, what do you expect to accomplish by skim coating all of the wall. Flat walls (no texture) is the normal finish for regular drywall. The only drywall i’ve seen skim coated (other than to repair walls where wallpaper was stripped) wasn’t really drywall at all, but blue board, which is plaster board.
I roll joint compound on when i’m texturing ceilings, but you need to be quick, and if you’re trying to finish it flat, you’ll need to keep the knife wet and free of debris to get a fairly flat smooth coat.

]]> http://design4kitchen.com/2008/09/16/how-to-skim-coat-new-drywall/#comment-1053 Luke H Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20080916184752AA8oyjh#comment-1053 Yeah. I would skim the whole thing with the all purpose compound. but first make sure you fill any deep areas with your un-thinned mixture of compound. Im assuming you got the premixed compound. If that’s the case, I would thin it down a bit. but not nearly as thin as paint, you still want to have control over it with a drywall knife, and yes a wide (12″-14″) drywall knife. after the skim coat dries, you might have ridges that you should sand off with a high grit sandpaper on a drywall sanding tool, or wet-sander. Just dont sand down to the paper of the drywall board, if you do, recoat that spot. Make sure everything looks perfect before you paint it, because once you do, every little flaw will show up. I have gone to the job site when its dark, and taken a bright halogen like at different angles to the walls to see more flaws, that works well. Oh, and no. the Premixed Joint compound you used for the joints is fine for the skim coat Yeah. I would skim the whole thing with the all purpose compound. but first make sure you fill any deep areas with your un-thinned mixture of compound. Im assuming you got the premixed compound. If that’s the case, I would thin it down a bit. but not nearly as thin as paint, you still want to have control over it with a drywall knife, and yes a wide (12″-14″) drywall knife. after the skim coat dries, you might have ridges that you should sand off with a high grit sandpaper on a drywall sanding tool, or wet-sander. Just dont sand down to the paper of the drywall board, if you do, recoat that spot. Make sure everything looks perfect before you paint it, because once you do, every little flaw will show up. I have gone to the job site when its dark, and taken a bright halogen like at different angles to the walls to see more flaws, that works well.
Oh, and no. the Premixed Joint compound you used for the joints is fine for the skim coat

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