Can we talk about people who don't pre-fill their nail holes before taping...

Watched a guy at a jobsite in Austin last Tuesday try to tape right over a dozen unfilled nail pops and then act surprised when the mud cracked two days later, has anyone else dealt with this kind of laziness messing up your finish work?

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oliver_baker4910d ago

Started carrying a nail set after fixing 15 pops on one wall last month.

quinn3416d ago

That nail set and spackle idea seemed like overkill until I had to fix 12 pops on a single wall myself. Now I grab them before every walkthrough too.

caleb_bell510d ago

Texas humidity makes it worse too. I started carrying a $4 nail set and a tube of spackle in my pouch, just fill them on the spot before the taper even gets there. Saves me from having to come back and sand their mess.

the_hayden9d ago

Preaching to the choir on the humidity making it worse. My trick was to start bringing a small tub of lightweight spackle and a cheap plastic putty knife with me on the first walkthrough. Hang a board, give it a quick tap, and if it pops I just fill it right then before the tapers even see it. It saves me the headache of getting a call a week later to come sand down a big glob they left behind. A little bit of prevention goes a long way on a job site.