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Took me 3 hours to figure out why my mud was bubbling on every joint
I was working on a ceiling patch in a basement in Aurora last Tuesday and no matter what I did, the mud kept bubbling up. I tried thinning it down, different knives, everything. Turns out the previous guy had sealed the drywall with some kind of oil-based primer and I didn't even think to check. Anyone else run into mystery coatings that ruin a smooth finish?
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colemiller2mo ago
Oil based primer will fight you every time. I learned that one the hard way doing a bathroom remodel a couple years back. The mud just sat on top like water on wax. You gotta sand the hell out of it or just use a bonding agent before you start. Once you know the trick it's easy but man it's frustrating when you're three hours in and nothing's sticking right.
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scott.grace2mo ago
That "sits on top like water on wax" thing you said @colemiller is exactly what I ran into once. I remember reading somewhere that shellac based primer can cause the same issue too, not just oil based. Had a buddy tell me he used a bonding agent and it worked way better than trying to sand all that slick stuff off. Wish I'd known before I wasted a whole evening scraping and redoing a small bathroom ceiling.
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lisa_brown1mo ago
Wait, you had to scrape and redo the whole ceiling? That's brutal. @colemiller I feel your pain on the oil based primer though, that stuff is like a force field for mud. I had to sand a whole closet ceiling once and it took forever, plus I got dust everywhere. A bonding agent wouldve saved me a weekend for sure.
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