Patching and Plastering - Still good?

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Jay11J
04-04-07, 09:49 PM
I have a friend who had his kitchen done last fall, and has some drywall compound left. He said I can take it off his hand since I am putting sheetrock up in my garage. He has kept it out in his unheated garage all winter, and I question of this is something i should pass up on? We had temps down to -20 at times over the winter.

thezster
04-05-07, 04:50 AM
Leave it with your friend.... leftover mud tends to get crusty/lumpy/moldy and a pain to work with... At $12/5 gallons - it's too cheap to be frugal with......
Jay11J
04-05-07, 06:49 AM
Thanks for the reply, I wasn't sure if the mud will be good sitting out in the freezing garage for 3 months or not..

spdavid
04-05-07, 07:17 AM
If your friend left any latex paint he might have used in his project in the same conditions it is no good as well.
Jampac
04-05-07, 07:12 PM
More then likely it's junk even if it dosen't have clumps in it, old compound won't bond well to the drywall paper resulting in a poor finnish.
mitch17
04-05-07, 07:36 PM
As Zster said, the stuff's too cheap to take a chance. Buy your own.
Jay11J
04-06-07, 06:14 AM
Thanks for the advise guys. Off to the store to get the sheetrock, and a fresh bucket of mud!
mattison
04-06-07, 06:27 AM
I once opened a 5gal bucket of mud that was about the same age and wished I had never opened it. Smelld like rotten milk or something of the sort.

If I don't end up using it all I give the rest away or leave it open to dry out and trash it.