kitchen remodel 19

Mudded the drywall tonight. Some of it.

It took a little bit to put plastic out. Then I taped and mudded the patch above the stove. Then I taped and mudded the ex-soffits on the west side of the room. I'm using mesh tape instead of paper tape, in case anybody was wondering (j/k, I know you're not wondering). On the west wall I used the mesh tape along the corner at the ceiling. It seemed to work pretty well.

Then I remembered that I had bought some metal inside corner beads (I guess it's not a "bead" if it's for the inside corner, but I forget what they call them), so I put those up. Then I was just about out of joint compound. I never thought that bucket would empty! And I have to buy more mud. Hopefully I can get away with just a gallon. Seems like I started with less than a gallon, but I'm not sure. And not sure how much more I'll need, compared to what I've used.

Anyway, after doing those corner beads, I taped the rest of that side of the room, and called it quits. Spent a while cleaning up.

One problem I discovered - some of my joints are too wide. When Bill cut down the soffits, he went in with the saw at an angle. I left it that way, with my drywall butted up against it. But I should have cut those angled edges perpendicular, because they're now too wide. If I put too much mud in, it pushes down the mesh tape, and/or runs through it. There was one spot that was really wide, that I jammed some drywall scrap into.

I'm taking some or all of tomorrow off work to continue.

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dead celebrities

I don't usually get too upset about celebrities dying, even the ones I'm a fan of.

Charlie Watts died a couple of weeks ago. He was the drummer of The Rolling Stones for over 50 years. Fifty! There was quite a to-do after he died. It was much like it was when David Bowie died. Though he was "just" the drummer for the band, Keith Richards said that the core of the band was himself, Mick and Charlie. Without all three of them, it would never be The Stones. They will go on without him, of course (they're on tour right now), but I'll be a little surprised if they make new music without him. I was glad to hear the stories about Watts, showing that he was, in fact, a decent fellow.

There is a video going around right now, of Dan Rather's interview with Geddy Lee, bassist and singer of Rush. We lost his bandmate, drummer Neil Peart to brain cancer, a year and a half ago. We have Permanent Waves" in the player now, and I was listening to Peart's words and beats, and feeling a little sad about his loss.

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