Mud dried out mid-finish on a 12 foot ceiling patch in a basement in Cleveland

Was working this basement rec room last Tuesday, had this patch on the ceiling that needed a third coat. I left my pan uncovered for maybe ten minutes while I took a call, came back and the mud was crusty and useless. Had to scrape off what I could and remix a fresh batch, which set me back almost an hour. Has anyone else had mud dry out that fast in a super dry basement or was my mix just off?

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clark.robin16d ago

Basements always suck the moisture right out of everything, not just mud.

zarar6716d ago

My three bedroom basement took almost four months to stop feeling like a walk in fridge after we moved in. The dehumidifier ran nonstop for the first two months and I still had to wipe down the walls every week. It dried out my old book collection and a couple of wooden frames got cracks in them. Ngl, basements are just hard to keep balanced no matter what you do down there.