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505 days ago |
Topic tags/keywords: scrap sheet rock sheetrock wallboard gypsum question Sorry if this is the wrong place but it seemed the closest match. I just finished sheetrocking my woodshop. Yay!! However, this leaves me with several pieces of scrap sheetrock. Some of them are a 7 or 8’ by about 1’. Others are in the area of 2’ by 4’ with some other assorted sized as well. I figure there has to be some sort of project that can be done with them. Perhaps some sort of P&F or related project for some piece of utilitarian shop furniture or something. It seems such a waste to just bust it up and trash it. Plus I spent money on it, and I am a cheap b*d. :) -- Absinthe |
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#1 posted 505 days ago |
I kind of doubt it. It has no structural strength. Apart from saving some of the better pieces to make repairs down the road, I can’t think of anything to do with it. Well, if you have kids/grandkids, you can always make sidewalk chalk out of the smaller pieces. What’s “P&F”? -- My broker promised me he would treat my money as if it were his own. Trouble is, he did. |
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#2 posted 505 days ago |
Those are the kinds of cut-offs I am good at parting with. Not good for anything that I’ve discovered! -- Don't anthropomorphize your handplanes. They hate it when you do that. -- OldTools Archive |
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#3 posted 505 days ago |
scrap and garbage is just part of the sheetrock business…a few years back i had heard something about being able to use it in some sort of gardening application like a fertilizer, but I’d look into that a lot more before i’d chop it up and sprinkle it over your wifes flower bed -- It's made of wood. Real sturdy.--Chubbs Peterson |
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#4 posted 505 days ago |
sooner or later you will need a small piece of the stuff. Maybe a hole in a wall from falling furniture or a repair where too many people hung pictures or for replacing a power fixture. Save it somewhere safe. -- When the moderator chooses sides, his site sucks. |
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#5 posted 505 days ago |
Congrats on your shop improvement. Now do you have a dust collector closet? If not building a closet to house the dust collector would help to cut down the noise and dust, a good way to use all those small pieces. -- I don't make mistakes, I have great learning lessons, Greg |
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#6 posted 505 days ago |
Probably best to toss it. It’s tempting to save some “just in case”, but it’s seldom worth the effort. If you just gotta keep some, store it laying flat in a dry location. In a year, or so, you can ask yourself why you even bothered. – lol -- Adversity doesn't build character...................it reveals it. |
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#7 posted 505 days ago |
I would donate it to the dump. There are better things to use storage for such as lumber. If you should ever need a small piece for a repair it is easy to obtain and usually for free. -- Every step of any project should be considered your masterpiece if you want the finished product to reflect the quality of your work. http://www.FineArtBoxes.com |
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