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- Path: sparky!uunet!walter!porthos!dasher!patter
- From: patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r)
- Subject: Re: Drywall Repair Questions
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 93 01:33:07 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.013307.15212@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <1993Jan01.093719.147406@ultramac.uucp>
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- In article <1993Jan01.093719.147406@ultramac.uucp> GioF@ultramac.uucp (Gio Favignano) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec29.143654.12316@nynexst.com> smierch@fun.com writes:
- >>2) In a couple places where drywall sheets butt together, the horizontal
- >> joint is visible as a raised line on the wall.
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- >The problem here is a bad taping job.
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- If this is the only problem he has with a 30 year old sheet rock job, this
- is a damn good taping job!
-
- >There's no simple way of fixing the problem other than scraping out the old
- >joint compound and retaping.
-
- Don't touch the old tape. Smooth the joint out with a layer or two of new
- compound and repaint. No problem.
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