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Joint compound, or drywall mud, is a gypsum-based paste critical for finishing joints, corners, and repairing cracks in drywall and plaster. Selecting the correct type of drywall mud is important ...

Dear James: I am ready to put up drywall in an at-home office for my business. I have put up drywall before to divide one large bedroom into two, but the joints look bad. This room must look better ...

Dear James: We remodeled our bathroom and tried to do the drywalling ourselves. There is shadowing by the joints, and it seems worse at night. Shadowing is not a condition that resulted from you not ...

The inevitable happened: Drywall repair became a must in our family's basement space. Our kids haven't been exceptionally destructive while growing up. As a matter of fact, we haven't been plagued ...

Dear James: I have divided a large room to create an office, so I now have to tape the drywall joints. What are some taping tips so the joint locations won’t stand out? — Scarlett L. Dear Scarlett: ...

Well, a little goodling didn't turn up sufficient answers. Anybody have a good appreciation of the difference. I've always though joint compoint was harder, though more difficult to sand down ...