Mudding Concrete Walls

Bag of portland cement into a wheelbarrow.

Mudding concrete walls.

Use the all purpose mud for your base first coat to seat or cover the tape and lightweight mud for the final coat. Get enough mud for your job. And finally check the mortar before all of this simply tap on it with the hammer and listen for the hollow sound. There are several brands and grades of mud.

The right plaster can be smoother than drywall. Fold the two materials together with a spade until thoroughly mixed. Sift any rough material from the sand before pouring into the wheelbarrow using a screen placed over the wheelbarrow. Mud over concrete does t work.

Of masonry sand and half of an 80 lb. Spread a layer of slightly thinned all purpose joint compound on the walls with a heavy nap roller. I d suggest doing as the locals do and use materials they use. You ll get shrinkage if you mix it too wet.

Concrete walls are most common in basements and are prone to water and chemical damage causing discoloration cracks and leaks. Mix all purpose joint compound to about the same consistency as mud you would use for bedding tape the consistency of mayonnaise or just thin enough to roll on the wall. As a rough estimate figure about 1 gallon 3 7 liters of mud for every 100 square feet of drywall. Push the sand through the screen to sift out any gravel.

A wall collapsed at an echo park building leading to a mud and debris slide that crushed two vehicles and left a home red tagged on thursday. Remove as many high spots as you can this will reduce amount of mudding. Such walls have been subject to much abuse and become disfigured with hairline cracks holes and chipping. Sometimes is easier to chip all of the mortar off that to mud over it.