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Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
fredk #409100 12/26/14 04:30 AM
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Mario cart and Smash Bros bigger than life! What's that you say Nick? Quit foolin around and finish the damned screen? laugh

The kids give two thumbs up to 110".


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Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
fredk #409104 12/26/14 05:16 AM
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Kirby or picachu!

We played for 2 days straight a few years ago on our screen. We were pretty much cured of it after that! Glad you are having a blast with your new toy.

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fredk #409105 12/26/14 05:21 AM
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Kids got a Wii U (free) from points.
It came with Smash Bros and Mario land. We added Mario cart 8, Batman lego 3 and sonic.
It was a good day.



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fredk #409107 12/26/14 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted By: fredk
Mario cart and Smash Bros bigger than life! What's that you say Nick? Quit foolin around and finish the damned screen? laugh

The kids give two thumbs up to 110".


SMH.... You were warned, LOL....

Awesome that you are enjoying it though.


Farewell - June 4, 2020
Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
nickbuol #409144 12/29/14 05:08 AM
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I've finally got the first coat of primer on. I'm not entirely happy with how smooth the wall is, or more correctly, isn't. I struggled to get the mud spread evenly over the wall and by the time I had it sanded flat, some areas were down to the paint again. The sandpaper seems to have taken up more of the mud than paint, so there is shallow pitting.

I need to do two coats of primer because the wall is down to a darker layer of paint in some places, so I'm hoping that a light sanding of the first primer coat plus the second primer coat will smooth things out more.



And here's one for the soup can crowd. Haven't seen one of these in a while.



Oh, hey CV, Gator wants to know when the pit party is. smile


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Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
fredk #409148 12/29/14 05:27 PM
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Well, that didn't work. The good news is that the primer coat should give better adhesion for the next try at skim coating.

Having spent some time on the internets this morning watching videos on skim coating I was on the right track, but a little short on technique.

Moar mud, better tool = skim coat try two...


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fredk #409149 12/30/14 05:05 AM
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Watching drywall mud dry is much more fun than paint. It makes a damned good screen too. It is, however a real pita to get on in a thin even coat. I probably have a third coat to do tomorrow to fill in the last of the low spots before sanding again.

This wall is going to look strange when I move out...


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Wallpaper over it.
Lol.



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fredk #409153 12/30/14 05:43 PM
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Oh man, the fine dust just kills me! Gets everywhere....

That M80 is the biggest mouse pad I've ever seen. grin

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Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
fredk #409154 12/30/14 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted By: fredk
Watching drywall mud dry is much more fun than paint. It makes a damned good screen too. It is, however a real pita to get on in a thin even coat. I probably have a third coat to do tomorrow to fill in the last of the low spots before sanding again.

This wall is going to look strange when I move out...

Mudding and sanding is an art; more so than almost any other home building process IMO.
I've found that even reading about and testing techniques that i can't seem to get a smooth surface that won't stick out from the background board, yet my wife can feather in the edges to make a patch unnoticeable.
Obviously she's more artistic with clay.
I'm more like Patrick Swayze in Ghost where he comes in behind Demi Moore and utterly ruins the clay pot.
Ya, that's who i'm like....Patrick Swayze.
grin


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