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High-Speed Drywall Finishing

The next stop on the Simplex tour is the drywall finishing area. To speed up the process, they use what is known as a taping bazooka. The bazooka extrudes tape and joint compound at the same time to reduce application time and insure an even amount. The process Simplex uses requires to additional coats of joint compound before the walls are sanded and primed.
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High-Speed Drywall Finishing

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" All right Dave what's this contraption over here well Bob this is called a bazooka yeah. And surely a little bit familiar with the -- in the spackle process. Again everything we do here is tied in to speed. So again this contraption. Helps us to install the spackle. And the tape at the same time. In a much faster process than you do that we're doing each person you call it spackle I call it joint compound to campaign there right that's okay. And so. So you'll see here that he's gonna start the process and he'll just walk right along hate. Can be much coming out of the same time. And then. We'll follow up this process with a -- He added that the kind of tool that -- average do it yourselfers. You know -- now it's I don't know you can rent them but. I'm sure you probably can but it's something that makes them timing after practice -- actually all right. So is it quick drying tobacco a lot of stuff we -- there Bob is that this happens and it helps keep. Speed up the drying process because again we're. Building a house -- quicker time frame than an obstacle yet you're taping it here at one station and -- get a second coat gonna get two more coats to mark out. And that's gonna happen. -- OK so once you've had. What three coats was factually or joint compound. You're at the sanding point here. We're standing here they've gone through with the the pole Sanders and now they're just fine sanding. "

" All we always have to worry about it Bob and that's why we go back all that screwing nailing and metal straps that we've been putting on all along that's to help prevent this cracking. Yeah and so at this end of the box there already standing. The process we have with a spray process. The first gentleman's. Spraying and then once the spray process is -- we back roll his back rolling back we'll she's calling it a little large. -- put pressure on the wall after it's great. And you can get this just -- primer for you don't get any finish."

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