Hot mud vs pre-mixed in a bucket - I finally picked a side after 10 years

I used to swear by the pre-mixed all-purpose stuff from the big box stores. Thought it was easier since you don't have to mix it up yourself. Then last month I had a job in a basement with no AC and the pre-mixed stuff was actually sweating water on me while I was trying to tape. Pushed me to finally grab a bag of hot mud and a paddle mixer. After about 3 tries I figured out the right consistency and man what a difference. It sets up in like 30 minutes and you dont have to wait overnight for it to dry. The dust is a bit annoying when mixing but the time savings is huge. Has anyone else made the switch and stuck with it or did you go back to pre-mixed?

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mia_anderson28d ago

Took me one humid job to learn that lesson too.

abbyl4928d ago

I get that "lesson too" part, but honestly I have to disagree a bit. I've done plenty of humid jobs and they never really changed my mind. Humidity just makes everything sticky and miserable, but I still take the same approach every time. Like when I had to redo a bathroom caulk job in a steamy July? I just dealt with the sweat and didn't learn any big lesson from it. I think sometimes we give too much credit to bad weather teaching us something when really it's just annoying.