Customer Reviews for USG Sheetrock Brand 4.5 gal. UltraLightweight Ready-Mixed Joint Compound

Love this stuff easy to apply and sand

Light weight poor mans plaster...and it looks great

Excellent product. After using all-purpose compound for taping, I used the ultralight compound for all my joint work and skim coating for a level 5 finish.

This product is the best for amateur fixer, whi want to smooth a wall. Cover once, dry for a day, then once again (thin coat) to eliminate sanding and any powder film. Then paint after another day of drying.

I used USG ultra light to smooth out my ceiling after removing popcorn ceiling. Great product.

I used this when finishing my basement. It turned out quite well.

Great Mud!!

This mud is extremely light weight goes on without leaving bubbles and leaves a smooth job my crew has been really impressed with this product

Used it for skim coating walls. Worked great!

Ready to use from the bucket. Good consistency for easy application. No additional thinning required unless maybe you are doing skim coat. Since 4.5 gallons is a bit much to drag around I scoop a bunch into a 3.5 quart bucket from previous jobs and just carry that light one up and down the ladder.

Add a little water and is sprays great texture. Easy clean and good dry time.

Note the way the different compounds held the paper tape in the test pictured. Some peeled away clean in spots (not good) and others held so well that the tape actually delaminated meaning perfect adhesion. Light Green Ultralightweight was the best of bucket muds in my test. Quick Set Light is one of the few with perfect adhesion. USG DuraBond also has perfect adhesion in this test. Based on this, I would trust Ultralightweight for taping over most other compounds if I could not use DuraBond or Quick Set due to using automatic taping tools or some other reason. ProForm Black fails this test as does their Blue. Unfortunately, my phone is only allowing one photo. I'm not able to post the proform test picture for comparison. It will be in my proform quick set reviews.

I like this product 3rd remodeled home that this product has been used.

Good texture applied easy and smooth

I loved this joint compound ,most because it don't make so much dust,dries quickly and it's very lite weight.

I have been using this on a room I am renovating and I absolutely can not get the tape to keep from separating from the wall with this compound. I have tried multiple times even scraping all the compound off a joint and doing it all over only to get the same results. very frustrated and unhappy with this product. I have wasted almost a whole week trying to make this work and now have to scrape it all off and start over with a better product.

Excellent to use and I would highly suggest it for many uses in the home...I designed my own "knock down" using this Ultra Lightweight joint compound by USG.....the cure rate is faster than any I have used and sands easily if needed before sealing. I was able to do my entire interior walls in my home without any problems. Even the contractor was impressed! :)

I know it works great. We use it all the time

Easy to apply. Worked well with paper tape on butt and corner seams. Added a splash of water for skim coat. Easy sand for smooth finish.

Price has went WAY up just in the last few months. GREEDY company

Easy to use. Very affordable.