Im trying a texture on a wall that's almost like a mediterain style...A somewhat thick coat in some spots 1/16-3/8 coat thickness variation. I bought plus 3 joint compound. It is cracking on me in spots and im wondering if there are any tricks or additives to prevent from cracking when it dries?

Im trying a texture on a wall that's almost like a mediterain style...A somewhat thick coat in some spots 1/16-3/8 coat thickness variation. I bought plus 3 joint compound. It is cracking on me in spots and im wondering if there are any tricks or additives to prevent from cracking when it dries?

Totally agree with The Kilted Guy... he's a great guy. I've been doing drywall for 14 years now. That whole soap thing I think is dumb, it's just not needed if you know what you're doing. I've tried it, it makes no difference that I can tell, especially with paint adhesion lol primer and paint coated just fine, and after a week held strong. The only thing I wouldn't do is try to mix a bucked of compound with a paint mixer lol I'd use an actual mud paddle 🤣

It only needs to be mixed with water by people that don’t know what they are doing and are looking for a shortcut or avoiding doing any amount of strenuous labor. In other words, hacks that haven’t learned how to finish drywall properly. Old plasterers could finish entire buildings without sanding because it’s not a necessary step of the process if you know how to do it well. Hack drywall finishers now want to do it as quickly as possible which means they need to thin down the compound and make it as easy as can be. The reality is you degrade the strength of the material and why you see every seam in drywall anymore.

As far as the drill comment goes, I've mixed over 500 gallons of mud with a full size paddle using my 12 year old fully abused M18 brushed Drill (Just regular old drill that comes with the impact in a combo kit) in an attempt to kill it, and it has yet to die..

Na….you can still get em.

​@inkstain7193 it does help though, I use green apple dish soap in mine, smells so good. 🤣

Yea it does I don't use soap jus a lil water

It does absolutely nothing.

@Tekagi Thanks for the reccomendation because I'm still trying to tweak the recipe to this day 😭. I didnt even search through this channel's content 🤦‍♀️, this short just came up lol & I thought maybe I was missing something in the mixing process to get that smooth & creamy consistency. I'm trying to create a special recipe for a personal project. I'm not building anything that requires safety codes or would put anyone at risk, just something for future projects. I see the person you reccomended has videos on how to choose the right drywall as well as some other tips that could be useful, so maybe those were the videos I needed since im still playing with the recipe lol. So thank you! 🙏🏼

@@lenardogriffiths thank you!

A little bit of soap helps make it fluffier and get the bubbles out so it goes on smoother. You just want to add a tiny bit 👌

​@@caranewhartHi, just a friendly tip, that mixing paddle youre using increases bubble formation by adding all that air. Try a paddle mixer that spans the entire diameter of the bucket to get a full, consistent, air free mix.

Absolutely nothing! This is an old wives tale. If you put an ounce of thought into the logic of this practice you’d see how ludicrous it is. What does soap do when you add it to water or vice versa? It’s acting as a surfactant just like the water is, it’s decreasing the surface tension in the mud simply because you’re thinning the mud by adding anything more fluid than the mud itself. Add cooking oil and see if it’s any different, it won’t be! By adding bubble fluid and agitating it with a high speed egg beater you are CREATING BUBBLES! You might not see them like you do in the kitchen sink but they’re there. That’s why the mud gets light and fluffy, you’re introducing air and diluting the compound. What you’re doing is making it easier on yourself because you need a short cut to do something that people(professionals)spend years learning to do correctly by not using these hack tips! Do you think the chemical engineers employed by the companies that make joint compounds are to dumb to think to add dish soap to their product or didn’t realize they could add more water to a bucket and increase the profit margin? Look you bought it and it belongs to you so you can use it anyway you like. I’m only pointing out that when you make a video showing these silly hacks, it makes you look like… well, a hack.

​@@2blackdanesDoes she look like an intelligent being? She's spackling in a yoga outfit. 😂

@@age_of_reason intelligent enough to know that 99.9% of the views that she gets are from people that only watch because she is working in yoga pants, not for her craftsmanship and knowledge!

Is it?

This has got to be the dumbest comment on the internet. You really should stop polluting simple peoples minds with your stupidity!

What a class act you are.

Yes! You don’t want too much or it won’t set up properly 👌 little goes a long way

2nd that! Props to ya🤜🤛you know what your doing! Guys or commenters on here are straight tripping! They act like you dumped a whole bottle of dish soap into a pint of mud 😂

@@caranewhart why dawn?