Do it yourself

In a message dated 4/10/2004 8:11:28 PM Central Daylight Time, rmcoleman@... writes: I'd go with drywall mud. Thanks to you and the other person who answered. We're going with the drywall mud. We fixed some smaller problems with spackling today on a smaller wall behind the refrigerator but I think for the larger area we'll do the drywall mud. In a related matter, I was the one who had bought a mouse sander a couple of weeks back but had not tried it when the discussion came up about the advantages and disadvantages of a mouse. Well, I used it today to sand not the spackling but some areas of the drywall where the wallpaper simply would not come off without the wallboard top layer tearing as well. That little mouse, with the finest sandpaper was wonderful. It peeled the stuck wallpaper residue right up. I couldn't spray it with water or steam it, as it would cause the wallboard that is not primed or sized to get too wet. So the mouse sander did that job wonderfully well. I would never have been able to hand sand that area. Thanks again, Sidney