The Proper Way To Mix Up Easy Sand Quick Set Joint Compound- Warsaw, Syracuse, Columbia City, Goshen 

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Becky B Hope it works well for you.

Great to hear!

Glad it helped.

Awesome!

Brian Mowers Sounds great. Hope it works well for you.

Good to hear Joe!

Glad it helped.

Thank you.

My pleasure!

You bet.

Brian Link I am glad that works for you Brian. That has not worked for us in the past, but has created more lumps and seemed to take more time trying to guess how much powder to add to get the right consistency.

Yea does take more time. For some reason today at work was thinking about that while mixing up some 20. But hey if it works it works. Great vid btw

Glad it was helpful!

Glad it helped you.

Good observation.

Glad you found the video.

Never tried one.

Maybe your water is too warm. Use very cold water. Colder the better or use 90 mix instead. You can shorten the work time by using warm water but you can't really lengthen the time.

@@strangerland9791 it was cold water from the tap. I’m a contractor of 40 years and I’m so baffled and frustrated seeing how fast it keeps setting. Are you not supposed to use a power mixer? I start perfectly clean every time.

@@Jimmy_Cavallo I am guessing power mixer will probably raise the temp due to how fast it mixes the water and powder. Probably slow mixing using the knife will not raise the temp. Of course if you have to mix a lot, I guess use slow speed and try to mix a bit runnier initially? Like I said, I usually just use 90min. and it starts to harden up pretty quick. I would mix runny and by the time I get done at the end (like 20-30 min later), it becomes pretty thick like PB consistency. Try using ice cold water (Put couple of bottles of water in refrigerator - not actual ice) and see if you get longer work time.

@@strangerland9791 Thanhs. I’m just so baffled being how many years of experience I have in the trade. I’ve mixed them tossed half out because it set so quickly

Switch to 90 minute and try that.

No, I would not do that.

Ha ha! I like that guy.

Try 90 minute. It does not set up so fast. Also, add water sooner throughout the mixing process rather than mixing until the water is gone. That is when the chunks form. Also, make sure you are really working your putty knife into the bottom of the mud pan to get any powder that is down there. Some folks like to put some water in first, but I have not tried that.

I have never measured. It becomes second nature after a half dozen tries. That is a good idea though. One could simply by measuring cups figure this out.

Website says 3 to 1. I always eyeball it like he does.

I have heard of these but have never tried one.

Good point. Add water until you have a pudding consistency basically. You could practice with measuring cups of powder and water and come up with your ratio.

hairburger62 Glad that works for you. See my reply to Brian.

Amen!