An apparatus and method are disclosed for finishing a drywall installation which
includes providing drywall mud; providing a continuous twisted strand having a
plurality of layers of nonwoven fibrous cellulosic material, wherein at least one
individual layer of the plurality of layers of nonwoven fibrous cellulosic material
contains an accelerant effective for accelerating setting time of the drywall joint
compound; feeding the continuous strand into a cutter and cutting the continuous
strand into particles motivated by air pressure so as to generate a stream of cellulosic
fibers wherein at least some of the cellulosic fibers contain the accelerant; generating
a stream of the drywall joint compound motivated by air pressure; and combining
the stream of drywall joint compound with the stream of cellulosic fibers while
applying the combined streams onto a predetermined portion of the drywall installation
being finished.
