Box Combos

AARC Drywall

what is the best box combo to get a flat ceiling.

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CrazyTaper

If you set your boxes right you should only have to run a 7" and 10" box. I know I'll catch flak from this-but I can't argue with sucess-I've been doing this for 15 years and have not had 1 complaint about joints showing.

taper71

I use a 10 then a 12, but have really been kicking around the idea to go with an 8 and a 10 just to see. I also have knives drilled onto paiters brush extenders on a pole and wipe the ceiling after I run my boxes.

Brocktologist

I go with the 10 and 12 because I prefer to bust out the butts wider and get the hollow side full with the first box. For the seams (IMO) it really does not matter which combo you go with.

Speaking of boxes, who here has to have someone wipe behind their box because they can't do a clean job on their own?

Kiwiman

I use 7" box with setting compond over sheetrock mesh then wipe with 12" knife on a pole (keeps it back flat and helps force thru meshtape), then 10" box opened out thick with air dry topping and wipe it with the 12" knife to get rid of air pocks, then 12" box (very thin coat) with air dry topping....Finished....no wipe down....But thats just me.

Hey Brock...I hear ya man.

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Cole82

Do you guys have pic of what you are talking about. I am lost, just trying too learn. The box terminology is throwing me off.
Thanks for the help
Cole

Preacher17

10 and 12 here, and then I trowel then butts for a 3rd coat.

Sir Mixalot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agbaRBx79-Q&NR=1

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Cole82

That was crazy! I have been in the industry 10 years and have never even heard of those. I am going to have to buy those.
Side note it seams my area IA is behind the times in inovative tools. We don't get them like the rest of the country. I have to make my own backer boards, no one here has even heard of them.
Thanks a bunch

Sir Mixalot

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Cole82

No fair, no fair
I know what I am buying in 09 a bunch of new mud tools.
I am a one man show and in october I did 110 sheets of 1/2" hang, finish, and texture. Would have been nice to know about these speed tools.

Thanks!

AARC Drywall

Thanks guys, i am going to try a 10 and 12 with butt splicers.
J

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CrazyTaper

Why do you hillbillies waste your time putting so much mud on the walls when you're just going to sand it off?

Sir Mixalot

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Brocktologist

For rill! Later TapeTard!

AARC Drywall

WOW!! that was random, i wonder what happens when his brother steals his cookies. ???? All out war.?

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Tim0282

These speed tools have been around for nearly forty years. I remember having a guy demo some to us in the late sixties.
You will absolutely love them when you buy them. They are the greatest thing next to sliced bread like they used to say...
Seriously, the boxes will save you so much time. The bad thing is you will just feel like you can work more. You'll be working twelve hours a day because you'll love them so much. They are a great investment and the learning curve is low. Just mantain the blades and shoes and they will last for years. The next hurdle is deciding which kind.

Mudshark

Another fan of running the 10" with lots of mud followed by the 12"

Run the 10" on each side of butt seam and trowel in between later