[Noisebridge-discuss] Wall Status

jim jim at systemateka.com
Tue Nov 29 03:04:38 UTC 2011


i've had that happen, too, but that's while applying 
mud. my suggestion is to try it after the mud is dry. 
the hope is to avoid the obnoxious dust. 



On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 16:14 -0800, Leah Klearman wrote:
> Having been one of the people who tried using a damp sponge while
> mudding rather than sanding after, my experience was that it was much
> easier to get a smooth surface using the putty knife than the sponge.
> the gaps between the upper and lower walls were so big that they will
> almost certainly require two passes on mudding.
> 
> unless I end up with gobs and gobs of job interviews this week, i'll
> probably put in another afternoon's work, but i don't really have a
> plan yet as to which day that might be.
> 
> -leah
> 
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:13 PM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:
>         
>         
>            we might be able to smooth the wall surfaces with just
>         a damp (or wet) rag. that, or maybe smooth them enough to
>         require only a little final sanding.
>            standards of smoothness are quite elastic at noisebridge,
>         seems to me: there's always the "natural" or "primitive"
>         standard of "fuck it".
>         
>         
>         
>         On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 10:38 -0800, Liz Henry wrote:
>         > On 11/28/11 10:13 AM, Shannon Lee wrote:
>         > > Hi Mike,
>         > >
>         > > I believe that the mudding is finished in Church; what's
>         going to be needed
>         > > in there is sanding and painting.  If you feel like
>         contributing, grab some
>         > > sand paper from the drawer in the shop and get to it!
>         > >
>         > > Warning: this is an incredibly dusty endeavor.
>         > >
>         >
>         > So, there are orbital sanders that hook with a long hose
>         onto a vacuum
>         > cleaner so that the sander dust is sucked up into the
>         vacuum.  Like this,
>         >
>         >
>         http://www.amazon.com/Porter-Cable-7800-Drywall-Sander-13-Foot/dp/B00002267Z/ref=sr_1_9?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1322505330&sr=1-9
>         >
>         > Does anyone have such a thing that they might lend to
>         Noisebridge?
>         >
>         > Otherwise, we could rent one.  They have them for rent here,
>         >
>         >
>         http://www.aaa-rents.com/equipment.asp?action=category&category=83&key=SANDDW-1
>         >
>         > Maybe there's somewhere closer to SF to rent them?  If not,
>         I can rent
>         > htis one and bring it up.
>         >
>         > - Liz
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         _______________________________________________
>         Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
>         Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>         https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>         
> 





More information about the Noisebridge-discuss mailing list