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  2. Spackling paste - Wikipedia

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    Spackling paste or spackle is a putty used to fill holes, small cracks, and other minor surface defects in wood, drywall, and plaster. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Typically, spackling is composed of gypsum plaster from hydrated calcium sulfate and glue .

  3. Joint compound - Wikipedia

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    Kitchen renovation spackling to cover holes and tape between sheetrock boards Drywall with joint compound applied.. Joint compound (also known as drywall compound, drywall mud, joint cement or mastic) is a white powder of primarily gypsum dust mixed with water to form a paste the consistency of cake frosting, which is spread onto drywall and sanded when dry to create a seamless base for paint ...

  4. Drywall - Wikipedia

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    Various sized cuts of 1 ⁄ 2 in (13 mm) drywall with tools for maintenance and installation . Drywall (also called plasterboard, dry lining, [1] wallboard, sheet rock, gib board, gypsum board, buster board, turtles board, slap board, custard board, gypsum panel and gyprock) is a panel made of calcium sulfate dihydrate (), with or without additives, typically extruded between thick sheets of ...

  5. Chinese drywall - Wikipedia

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    Drywall, also known as plasterboard, is a building material typically consisting of gypsum-based plaster extruded between two thick sheets of paper and kiln-dried.. Drywall was imported by the United States during the construction boom between 2004 and 2007, spurred by a shortage of American-made drywall due to the rebuilding demand of nine hurricanes that hit Florida from 2004 to 2005, and ...

  6. USG Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The corporation's debt was reduced by $1.4 billion and interest costs dropped from $320 million per year to $170 million per year. The plan worked and USG re-emerged to be a profitable corporation. USG once again declared bankruptcy on June 25, 2001, under Chapter 11 to manage the growing asbestos litigation costs. USG was the eighth company in ...

  7. Desalination - Wikipedia

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    The facility would produce 190,000 cubic metres of drinking water per day, enough to supply about 100,000 homes. [174] As of June 2012, the cost for the desalinated water had risen to $2,329 per acre-foot. [175] Each $1,000 per acre-foot works out to $3.06 for 1,000 gallons, or $0.81 per cubic meter. [176]

  8. Wallpaper paste - Wikipedia

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    Wallpaper adhesive or wallpaper paste is a specific adhesive, based on modified starch, methylcellulose, or clay [1] which is used to fix wallpaper to walls. [ 2 ] Wallpaper pastes have a typical shear thinning viscosity and a high wet adhesive tack.

  9. Knockdown texture - Wikipedia

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    Knockdown texture is a drywall finishing style. It is a mottled texture, it has more changes in textures than a simple flat finish, but less changes than orange peel, or popcorn, texture. Heavy knockdown applied with a spray hopper. Knockdown texture is created by watering down joint compound to a soupy consistency.