[kanadaeh]

Hello all,

I have a vinyl job coming up and I'm wondering if anyone has applied the paste directly to new drywall without priming. The last one I bid I allowed for primer and was underbid. I found out later that this company didn't prime. They used Roman 880 directly to the drywall. The product specs allow it and the general didn't have a problem with it. I would be worried about stripping the vinyl later on but apparently this is not an issue. Does anyone have any feedback?

Thanks
Kanadaeh

 

[Faron79]

Use the sizing...!

Well, at least those people can "hang" the installers who didn't prime/size...if they change their mind about the paper!!!

Stress to clients the grief they'll encounter when deciding to take down the paper in the future!! I should know...we hear it EVERYDAY in the store..."So & so didn't 646nq&$**t0#%%r9*@-ing size the walls b4 hanging the paper... "

Keep stressing this!!

If they just don't want to size the wall, it'll also cost them more$$$ to repair, etc., the walls when it's time to strip & repaint.

Faron

 

[ProWallGuy]

Unfortunately, it is commonplace to hang over bare rock with vinyl. Use a strippable clear like Dynamite 234, or Roman's 880. Not my style, but it is done. Kinda like new construction painters who prime the ceilings and call it done.

 

[In Demand]

gotta feel bad for the guy who eventually tries to take that stuff down, you should write under the vinyl that you hope he bid it T&M. That would really piss me off if I was trying to strip it 10 years from now, and seen a smart ass comment like that on the drywall. But then again all the paper is gonna pull off the rock when he tries to strip it , so the poor bastard will never see it anyways.