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what is a skim coat? Jeff 03-03-2006
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Posted by Jeff on March 3, 2006, 9:34 pm
I bought a tub of DAP spackling compound to use to smooth out an area of my
wall in the kitchen where I pried off some tile. The instruction say "do
not use for a skim coat". Why is that? Is it ok to use the stuff to level
out my wall?
Thanks,
Jeff
Posted by Kyle Boatright on March 3, 2006, 10:02 pm
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A skim coat is a thin coat across a wide area. Sounds like exactly what you
were planning on doing with the spackling.
You may want to return the spackling compound and get a 1 gallon pail of
sheetrock mud.
KB
Posted by Red Neckerson on March 3, 2006, 10:39 pm
I bought my wife one for Christmas last year.
Them varnits are awfully small so it must have taken lot of 'em to make that
coat...
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