yeah, it's amazing how bad drywall mud can look before finished. I'd wait this out and see what happens.

Pictures one looks like a really bad job. Drywall compound should be put on in very thin coats.

Most of that will have to be sanded off. Be sure to turn off your ac/heating when he sands as this stuff will be all over the house.

Also don’t run the dryer, bathroom vents or your vent hood over the stove while they’re sanding this down. You can try taping off the room with plastic sheeting if they haven’t already, which will help a little bit, but you’ll still find a fine layer of drywall dust everywhere. The dust can be a bit sticky too, depending on the humidity. A vacuum with a good HEPA filter is your best friend!

The first pic looks pretty bad and all that mud should never have been done in one coat.But the others are fine my drywall guy hardly sands at all he is that good the only time there is sanding is that final coat to make everything smooth . Are having a smooth finish or textured ?

It's fine for now.

My husband just finished a drywall mudding job, and I'm pretty sure that first pic is going to need a bunch of sanding. I'm sorry- the dust will be atrocious! Turn off your A/C!

Our drywall was just completed. The job took about 4 days from taping to mud. There were many broken edges on the drywall that i was worried about as far as a smooth finish. Having said that, our job was just flawless. There was not a spot that looked anything like what is happening at your job. Your workers are not good. A lot can be done with sandpaper,, the job will be longer and messier than it should have been, but hopefully they can smooth your walls. best of luck

It’s going to be textured finish when complete. Guys are coming back for their second visit tomorrow. Appreciate all your insight. I told them they better have lots of plastic handy to tape off where they are going to sand so dust doesn’t go everywhere

shut off ac, and if you h ave vents in the wall, or floor, tape something over them.

Are textured walls what you want? I would stop right now, review your contract, and make sure all your expectations are in writing! Of ALL remodeling projects, sheetrock dust is the worst in terms of getting everywhere and defining who's job it is to clean it up!

Yes, it can look "bad" during the process, and maybe turn out ok, but it they are planning to do it right, why would they make more work for themselves along the way?

Personally, their work so far would worry me. Just MHO.

The first mudding typically can look not great (although your first picture gives me pause). Good sheetrock folks rarely sand much and certainly not at this stage. I will say, however, that textured walls require a lower skill standard as they can hide a lot of ugly when the texture goes on. As others have said, make sure you really want textured. Many consider it an outdated look, and when you have to do future repairs or move a receptacle, etc., it will be very difficult to match the existing texture. This is not a problem with smooth wall....

Few things are going on in your pictures, pitting is one of them, it's a series of small pits or craters on the taped surface. The pits are small air bubbles that were not properly

filled. Air bubbles are the result of overmixing or undermixing drywall compounds... they also could appear on a wet surface if insufficient pressure is applied when smoothing the drywall compound.

The image with the crack is shrinkage... Most likely when they did the 2nd coat, the 1st coat was still damp, when that happens drywall compound could shrink excessively and as the compound dries it shrinks and cracks where the compound is thickest.

That said, it's a sloppy taping job, they created more work for themselves. I'm sure they will fix it and they will sand everything out (wet sanding or dust controlled sanding would be the best to eliminate all that dust) and they will touch everything up, so wait until they are done with the 3d coat and see how everything looks before painting.

Good luck

I would see how the day goes, when they come back, but, quite honestly, If they dont do a better job, I would fire them, and hire someone else. They put way too much mud there, and is too thick and thats why its cracking and looking bad. It should be done in thinner coats, and the first coat should be totally dry before the second, and if it needs a third, the second should be totally dry before the third. It looks like they just slopped a bunch on the wall. I would be very concerned. A professional, that knows his or her job, would never have it look like yours does.

IMO textured walls are a drywaller best friend since there is no need for perfection I would never have textured walls in any space .

I am glad. Thank you for coming back to let us know.