Drywall jobs are a common occurrence in my line of work. I was fixing a cracked seam at a customer’s house and had about a 15 mm deep gap to fill. Generally, I’ve just used the pre-mixed stuff from a bucket, but that dries so slowly and shrinks so much that a job like this would have needed to be spread over at least four days.
Decided to give the quick-setting bag stuff a shot, and wow - what a difference. Not only could I pre-fill the gap in one day, but I also managed to get the tape over it, leaving only the finish coat for tomorrow. This will save me literal months over my career.
I love discovering good new products and tools.
That stuff is great but always be sure to clean your tools right away when you’re done. When it’s wet you can just clean it with plain tapwater but once it sets it is impossible to get it out of the mixing bit, for example. Also, never mix too much at a time because it sets so quickly
Don’t pour/rinse this down the drain.
Yes, “tapwater” gave me shivers.