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Remember when we used to mix mud in a bucket with a drill?
Got a call for a patch job in an old Portland apartment, found the wall had three layers of rock lathe behind the drywall. My drill motor gave out halfway through mixing a big batch of 90 minute mud. Had to finish the mix by hand with a paint stir stick, took forever. What's the oldest building material you've found hidden behind a wall?
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joel_brown198d ago
Found a whole section of wall stuffed with old newspapers from the 1920s once. They used them like insulation. Could still read some of the headlines. That rock lathe is a nightmare, especially when your tools quit on you. Hand mixing that thick mud is a special kind of arm workout.
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ninah108d ago
What was the weirdest headline you could still read?
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