Joint Compound vs. Spackle
December 7, 2007 – 6:02 pm | by jaygaulardcom
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I bought a one gallon bucket of spackle a while back from Lowe’s. It cost me about $14 and change. Then, a few days ago, I bought a one gallon bucket of joint compound from Lowe’s. It cost me about $5 and change. I thought this was weird. I asked my brother, who is the joint compound king, what the difference between spackle and joint compound was. He said, “the name.”
The other night, I used the joint compound. It felt very much like spackle. It dried like spackle and sands like spackle. I am not understanding what the difference between joint compound and spackle is.
Today, I was in Lowe’s again. I was going to buy two one gallon buckets of joint compound. Over to my right, I noticed a five gallon bucket of joint compound for about $12 and change. I bought that one. Why was a five gallon bucket of joint compound cheaper than the one gallon bucket of spackle?
This confuses me. I looked this issue up on a few websites. Everyone seems to have a different story.
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