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"Drywall mud questions"
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Lately I've seen more and more people use dry wall mud and I'm VERY interested in trying it but I have a few questions.
1) Do you just buy a bucket at a hardware store water it down and play or is there more to the preparation?
2) How is clean up does it just dissolve with water and is it plumbing/ shower safe?
3) How is clean up on floors walls ect?
4) How is clean up on skin and more so hair? I'm a full coverage kind of guy and while I'm not super hairy I don't like overly difficult clean ups and I don't want to lose any hair any where either. I've heard it dries out skin is this true? and is it something a quick after show lotion can fix?
I think that's all the questions I have for now, Thanks in advance and stay messy!
1) Do you just buy a bucket at a hardware store water it down and play or is there more to the preparation?
2) How is clean up does it just dissolve with water and is it plumbing/ shower safe?
3) How is clean up on floors walls ect?
4) How is clean up on skin and more so hair? I'm a full coverage kind of guy and while I'm not super hairy I don't like overly difficult clean ups and I don't want to lose any hair any where either. I've heard it dries out skin is this true? and is it something a quick after show lotion can fix?
I think that's all the questions I have for now, Thanks in advance and stay messy!
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Very bad idea. Mud is mostly calcium carbonate (limestone) It's pretty alkaline and will suck the water right out of your skin as it dries. You do NOT want to let it dry on your skin though, unless you are 100% shaved hairless. It will grab onto any tiny hair and try to yank it out. Very annoying.
Just go buy some methyl/ethyl cellulose powder and a few buckets. You'll have a much better day.
Just go buy some methyl/ethyl cellulose powder and a few buckets. You'll have a much better day.
1) Yes, I just buy by the box or bucket. You can water down if you want or leave it thick as-is. You can mix in tempera paint for coloring too.
2) Cleanup is a bit of a pain. Collect as much as you can and put it back in the bucket for disposal or reuse (I've reused multiple times). When washing away, part of it dissolves and part is left as a sandy layer in the bottom of the tub. Lots and lots of water, and when its gone lots more to make sure there isn't any left in the drain trap. I wouldn't recommend if you're on septic, but I've never had an issue with it going down or with long-term damage on city-sewer (and have actually done small sessions on septic without issue, 1-gallon buckets every couple months).
3) As long as its wet, it wipes up with a wet paper towel easily. Towels or a rug you will want to clean before it dries (or of course, remove them from the area first). Once dry, it chips off non-porous things like counters or floors, and a wet paper towel will scrub it away. The biggest problem is if it dries on a drywall wall. Good prep makes this a non-issue though.
4). Lots of water and it comes right off. As it is alkaline it breaks down oils in skin and hair leaving them very dry. Otherwise, rinse while scrubbing off clods, then soap, rinse, done. No worse than cake batter, really.
As for other's comments, moisturizer afterward and your skin is fine. It takes a long while to dry on unless you use a super-thin layer (and who gets messy with as little as possible?), and even if it does a little water quickly rehydrates it. If you were to cover yourself with a fairly thin layer and fall asleep for a few hours, maybe you would have an issue, but so long as you stay conscious you'll be fine. I am quite hairy, and never an issue.
Yes, its semi-abrasive, but so is peanut butter and other things. It's not enough to have ever irritated me.
Start small, buy a 1 gallon bucket before the bigger 4.5 and see how it goes, then work up. My record in the old house was three whole 4.5 gallon boxes (and for under $30 total, hard to beat).
2) Cleanup is a bit of a pain. Collect as much as you can and put it back in the bucket for disposal or reuse (I've reused multiple times). When washing away, part of it dissolves and part is left as a sandy layer in the bottom of the tub. Lots and lots of water, and when its gone lots more to make sure there isn't any left in the drain trap. I wouldn't recommend if you're on septic, but I've never had an issue with it going down or with long-term damage on city-sewer (and have actually done small sessions on septic without issue, 1-gallon buckets every couple months).
3) As long as its wet, it wipes up with a wet paper towel easily. Towels or a rug you will want to clean before it dries (or of course, remove them from the area first). Once dry, it chips off non-porous things like counters or floors, and a wet paper towel will scrub it away. The biggest problem is if it dries on a drywall wall. Good prep makes this a non-issue though.
4). Lots of water and it comes right off. As it is alkaline it breaks down oils in skin and hair leaving them very dry. Otherwise, rinse while scrubbing off clods, then soap, rinse, done. No worse than cake batter, really.
As for other's comments, moisturizer afterward and your skin is fine. It takes a long while to dry on unless you use a super-thin layer (and who gets messy with as little as possible?), and even if it does a little water quickly rehydrates it. If you were to cover yourself with a fairly thin layer and fall asleep for a few hours, maybe you would have an issue, but so long as you stay conscious you'll be fine. I am quite hairy, and never an issue.
Yes, its semi-abrasive, but so is peanut butter and other things. It's not enough to have ever irritated me.
Start small, buy a 1 gallon bucket before the bigger 4.5 and see how it goes, then work up. My record in the old house was three whole 4.5 gallon boxes (and for under $30 total, hard to beat).
nick_mi said: 1) Yes, I just buy by the box or bucket. You can water down if you want or leave it thick as-is. You can mix in tempera paint for coloring too.
2) Cleanup is a bit of a pain. Collect as much as you can and put it back in the bucket for disposal or reuse (I've reused multiple times). When washing away, part of it dissolves and part is left as a sandy layer in the bottom of the tub. Lots and lots of water, and when its gone lots more to make sure there isn't any left in the drain trap. I wouldn't recommend if you're on septic, but I've never had an issue with it going down or with long-term damage on city-sewer (and have actually done small sessions on septic without issue, 1-gallon buckets every couple months).
3) As long as its wet, it wipes up with a wet paper towel easily. Towels or a rug you will want to clean before it dries (or of course, remove them from the area first). Once dry, it chips off non-porous things like counters or floors, and a wet paper towel will scrub it away. The biggest problem is if it dries on a drywall wall. Good prep makes this a non-issue though.
4). Lots of water and it comes right off. As it is alkaline it breaks down oils in skin and hair leaving them very dry. Otherwise, rinse while scrubbing off clods, then soap, rinse, done. No worse than cake batter, really.
As for other's comments, moisturizer afterward and your skin is fine. It takes a long while to dry on unless you use a super-thin layer (and who gets messy with as little as possible?), and even if it does a little water quickly rehydrates it. If you were to cover yourself with a fairly thin layer and fall asleep for a few hours, maybe you would have an issue, but so long as you stay conscious you'll be fine. I am quite hairy, and never an issue.
Yes, its semi-abrasive, but so is peanut butter and other things. It's not enough to have ever irritated me.
Start small, buy a 1 gallon bucket before the bigger 4.5 and see how it goes, then work up. My record in the old house was three whole 4.5 gallon boxes (and for under $30 total, hard to beat).
2) Cleanup is a bit of a pain. Collect as much as you can and put it back in the bucket for disposal or reuse (I've reused multiple times). When washing away, part of it dissolves and part is left as a sandy layer in the bottom of the tub. Lots and lots of water, and when its gone lots more to make sure there isn't any left in the drain trap. I wouldn't recommend if you're on septic, but I've never had an issue with it going down or with long-term damage on city-sewer (and have actually done small sessions on septic without issue, 1-gallon buckets every couple months).
3) As long as its wet, it wipes up with a wet paper towel easily. Towels or a rug you will want to clean before it dries (or of course, remove them from the area first). Once dry, it chips off non-porous things like counters or floors, and a wet paper towel will scrub it away. The biggest problem is if it dries on a drywall wall. Good prep makes this a non-issue though.
4). Lots of water and it comes right off. As it is alkaline it breaks down oils in skin and hair leaving them very dry. Otherwise, rinse while scrubbing off clods, then soap, rinse, done. No worse than cake batter, really.
As for other's comments, moisturizer afterward and your skin is fine. It takes a long while to dry on unless you use a super-thin layer (and who gets messy with as little as possible?), and even if it does a little water quickly rehydrates it. If you were to cover yourself with a fairly thin layer and fall asleep for a few hours, maybe you would have an issue, but so long as you stay conscious you'll be fine. I am quite hairy, and never an issue.
Yes, its semi-abrasive, but so is peanut butter and other things. It's not enough to have ever irritated me.
Start small, buy a 1 gallon bucket before the bigger 4.5 and see how it goes, then work up. My record in the old house was three whole 4.5 gallon boxes (and for under $30 total, hard to beat).
Thank you! I knew enough people on here have used it with out warning that there had to be tricks and tips! Thank you thank you! Now any tricks into taking the fiance into it lol
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