Why is my drywall mud cracking?

soup_sam

First of all, I'm new to all this. I recently applied mud to the corners and did some texturing in my basement. Two days later I notice there are cracks in some places. Why is this happening and what should I do about it? UPDATE: Putting it on too thick was definitely what happened. I was just slathering it on like no ones business. Lesson learned...

Originally asked by Programmer on Stack Exchange (diy) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

"Why is this happening?" The drywall mud was applied too thick "what should I do about it?" Either apply additional thin coats (sanding between each), or scrape it down and start over, this time using several thinner applications and sanding between each

Full answer by Jimmy Fix-it: https://diy.stackexchange.com/a/91267 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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