Originally Posted by Canesfan27
The sheer number of articles and forums on the topic is almost overwhelming. Although I did see a few comments from drywall installers that were completely inaccurate regarding installation. One interesting experiment I came across used interior/exterior carpet glue instead of green glue and the tests had better results for the carpet glue. Apparently the indoor/outdoor carpet glue stays tacky and doesn't harden just like green glue. If the experiment were accurate the carpet glue is significantly cheaper than green glue.
I’ve seen some interesting claims … like using toothpaste as a substitute for thermal paste. Testing that suggestion out is just a bit of time and zero money. But testing out carpet glue … that’s one costly experiment.