6
That old timer at Lowe's got me thinking about drywall mud
Was grabbing some compound yesterday and this older guy maybe 70s overheard me asking the clerk about setting-type mud. He said back in the 80s he'd mix his own drywall mud from a powder sack with just water and a paddle bit, none of this premixed bucket stuff. Said it cost him about 4 bucks a bag versus the 15 I just paid for a bucket of premix. Got me wondering if we've lost something by not mixing our own compounds anymore. Has anyone here tried going back to the powder mix and found it worth the elbow grease?
3 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In3 Comments
karenb971d ago
Oh honey, that old timer was off by a bit. Powder mud was way cheaper than 4 bucks a bag back then, more like a dollar fifty. And you still gotta mix it yourself, it's not like they stopped selling the stuff.
4
robert6591d ago
Damn, what I don't get is why nobody talks about how the mud formula itself changed over the years. My dad was a drywall guy in the 90s and he swears the old powder had way less dust and dried harder. Stuff now seems chalkier no matter what you pay.
2
michael_green441d agoMost Upvoted
Old powder was less dusty" - yeah, that's true. They changed the binders sometime in the 2000s to cut costs and it never dried the same.
4