I keep mine in a small bucket of water and clean it with a wet rag almost every run I make. I do one drag one way with small amount of flex, to get the majority. Then clean/wet the tool and get the lowest angle possible, without dragging the leading edge and go the opposite direction with a bit more pressure. I've been able to do tape and then one immediate coat over tape and done, though I usually have to come back with a second coat over the mud. I was so disappointed when you said this tool was trash awhile back. Love that you are now liking it.
Corner trowel is standard practice for a professional plasterer here in Australia - how it’s commonly used here is…. Where the handle makes a right angle and attaches to the trowel, you can hook your thumb under there and then put your pointer and middle finger on one side of the trowel wing and your ring and little finger on the other side of the trowel (like the star trek ’live long and prosper’ hand sign). If you hold it this way, you can apply pressure to either the right or left side if needed to float different sections. And also to apply pressure to the trowel sides to feather your edges more without pushing in the center of the trowel too much.
Good tip. Never considered that. I often drag my fingers on the mud if I’m not careful. Hopefully your method will balance the pressure and keep my fingers away. I’ll also bend the handle out a bit, as someone recommended here. Thanks.
Just a thought that may help you out, since you've helped me so much. When a camera sees a scene, it will meter so that the majority of the scene is 18% reflectivity. This will render a white wall as gray. The way to lighten this is to use a setting on the camera that is called "exposure compensation." See if you can learn how to do this. I'd suggest you use exposure compensation of about +1.3, or +1.5, or maybe +1.6. That will lighten up your video recordings.
Yes !! Finally this great tool gets the respect it deserves ! I know plenty on this channel use and love it. beginners will find it very useful on long ceiling runs, large room, where they can get very consistent results, quite quickly. I would recommend less mud being applied, and work your way up. It's easy to go back and add more if you need to, the tool is forgiving, and very accurate. It lays down tape very well, with just 2" of mud on either side of the corner.
I did drywall for 20 years and always used a corner trowel. When I started working with a different company, the guy I got paired with thought I was an armature when he saw me pull out my corner trowel. He even commented what kind of home owner tool is that. He changed his tune after the first job we did together. Took me half the time to get the same results as he did. Little tip. Feather your edges with a 6" knife before you use the corner trowel. You will get less mud roll.
Thats what I found to be most important thing was to feather that excess mud out before you run the trowel down. Otherwise, you have mud mounds on the edge of the blade and then you gotta pull your knife out and remove it then you may leave a few marks doing that that so then you got to re-run the trowel to get rid of the marks or excess mud if you didn't remove it. When I started doing that I could do all the inside corners twice as fast b/c I wasn't spending all that time trying to fix the mud. I don't do drywall professionally, but a trowel gives the mud a very slight rounding in the inside corners (from how the trowel is shaped). Does that do better at preventing any chip-out of the mud vs using a knife where you have no rounding of the mud and very sharp corner? With paint and other things I've always been told having a slight rounded corner is a lot better than having a sharp corner as the paint will flake the edge of sharp corner.
@@morokeiboethia6749 I have never noticed a difference in how the paint adheres to the corner over time nor have I every had any corners crack out without some kind of foundation shift, no matter if I used only my 6 or the corner trowel. Mainly because the paint is not adhering to the drywall. It is adhering to the primer. A good quality drywall primer will save a lot of headaches.
Hey, I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all your videos! I tackled a bathroom remodel that required a lot of drywall work. Your vids really helped me step up my game. The channel is awesome !
Oh man, I love my corner trowel. I work in restoration, and it comes out on every job. I think it's a must-have in restoration, they never give enough time to do one side at a time. Keep up the great content, brother.
Thanks for the video. Glad to see you saw the light on the corner trowel. If Marshalltown makes it, it's a pretty good bet it's a pro tool. I like to load my corner trowel with mud on both sides near the top (takes some practice), eliminating the first knife step you showed, and then lower towards the wall as I drag down the corner. I also find it's a very fast way to mud any type of corner tape - lots of personal preference here, many others do not like corner trowels...
I'm a DIY for 25 years, and this corner tools was one of the first tools in my arsenal. I have found it indispensable. The is also another round over tool that have helped so much. Also, regarding the corner tool, they also come is smaller versions for tighter corners. My first comment !! Love your channel !!
😊 Good 😂to know . I’ll look for that smaller one also. 😊 A my stuff was sold in my divorce that killed me I couldn’t have anything of mine, make me sell it all. 😢😢😢😮
Really good to see this. I've learned a HUGE amount from watching you - I'm self-building my own home extension in the UK and I'm doing all the drywall (plasterboarding as called in the UK) myself - mostly with what I've learned from you. Corners have been really hard for me, and I found that the corner trowel was getting me good results quickly - in fact, the thing I've been most confident with (and there are a LOT of corners because of the shape of the building). So it's nice to see you've changed your mind and to give a good demonstration on how to get it looking good. I'm at the second coat stage for everything, so hopefully I'll get the finish right. Thanks again for your videos - they've been super-helpful and you're a great teacher as well as craftsman.
For sure the corner tool is great for the narrow strips by doors and windows... Blame the framers for putting those things too tight into the corners... sometimes so tight that the trim has to be ripped/scribed to fit! The corner tool helps make you look good in those situations!
Thanks to you, I'm a serious DIY drywall guy and used the smaller corner trowel. It worked really well to set the tape. Saved me much time and effort. Glad you endorse it.
Any project I do is a long drawn out thing. I work a few hours here and there when I have time. Not any rush. Waiting for mud to dry is a perfect excuse for putting off more work until later. Or at least moving on to some other task. Thanks as always for posting!
I found using a corner tool gives me better result than I could ever get with a flat blade. As a beginner I found my biggest problem was leaving too much mud in the corners.
You videos have been indispensable for me fixing up the house I bought recently. I just replaced a lot of drywall in a closet that had been damaged by a roof leak around the chimney. I picked up the corner tool a little while back figuring "ehh, what the hell, why not give it a try" and it ended up working out for me really well. It left a nice consistent fillet in the corner, and I was able to knock down the ridges with a 6-inch knife. I can understand why professionals might not use it, but for a DIY-er who just wants to get things done and doesn't have time to perfect mudding techniques, it's a great option.
I have a smaller one that I use. I pull perfect 90° inside angles with this tool. After I pull the bed then the tape, I just feather the edges with a 6 " knife. I'd be lost without this tool. A complete time saver and a professional inside angle.
I bought an almost new Marshalltown corner trowel at a thrift shop for $2! It must have been donated by someone who saw your video saying it was trash. But as they say, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. I was thrilled to get it!
Glad you did this. I only do patches and this tool saves me time. It also works better around windows like you mentioned. I find holding my finger in the middle of the crease makes for a tighter corner. I also use the adjustable corner tool for those wonky no-coat angles. Maybe it’s just my lack of skill but it’s way cleaner and faster
I have used my corner trowel on every inside corner I have done for the last 20 years. For people starting out, don't try to mud both sides where two inside corners meet (as in this video) it will get frustrating quickly. Do vertical corner seams to get the hang of it!
I have been enjoying your content on Drywalling. I have been doing it for many years, but I have learned many different tricks from you. I can say that I have been using the internal corner tool for many years and love using it with very good results.
So this is what i got from these videos: This guy is a LONG-TERM professional with some pride in his work. Even he has trouble utilizing this tool. (My personal goal when mudding: Take as much time as you need to mud PROPERLY SO THAT THERE IS AS LITTLE SANDING AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.) So.... If you are not going to do YEARS of mudding to develop the skills to get some usable functionality from this tool, you're better off just using the standard method, and if you are going to do YEARS of mudding, this tool MAY help you SOMETIMES, AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO DEVELOP A PRACTICAL USABLE SKILL with this tool. So..... If you need it on a volume basis, and are willing to fight it for a few jobs, and have the patience to sand you're "mistakes" of your substandard "training" results until you get at least minimally functional with the tool, then it may be worth it IN THE LONG RUN. My practical advice for low-volume DIYers is to not waste your time frustrating yourself over something that you will not do at enough scale to make it worth your time to attempt to learn. But the "plank-shim" application is an INDESPENSIBLE Pro Tip! (No sarcasm!) Treasures in unanticipated knowledge!
For small repairs like this, best way is straightflex and quickset then a tight skim with lightwieght. Gives you way crisper lines and you can coat both sides at the same time without grudging your work. Plus you only need a 6" knife.
I think corner trowels were really designed for traditional gypsum plastering, rather than taping. Plasterers don't use them to shape the wet product (as you have) ....we use them to define internal angles when the applied product has almost dried - they're actually great when used that way.
TECHNIQUE. Try chocking up on the corner trowels. Your fingers along the top edge with your thumb hooked under the handle. You can put pressure on the outside edges (like with a knife) keeping it flatter. I also use it for the sub tape coat, but they really aren't as flat when I do that but it's fine for texture. Great work man.
I’m a newbie and was really battling with corners…looks like I didn’t put enough gib/mud on first. The corner tool might also make a difference. So, Kia ora from New Zealand. Cheers, Philip van Zijl. PS really enjoying your videos - looks like they were specially made for me😊
I have been using it for years. I'm a diyer but did do bathroom remodels when I was in my 20s but that was mostly tile. But I always liked the slightly rounded inside corners and thought it was easy to heavy coat the corner and make it look smoother than I could do with the knife.
I remove excess mud on the outter edges of the mud with a knife before I run my corner trowel down the mud. If you do it after, you sometimes will leave marks in your mud from the knife and then have to run the corner trowel again to get rid of those marks. Best results using corner trowel is to not have a lot of excess mud when you run it.
I’m not a contractor but a hard core diy’er… (aka I’m poor)lol. Did a 15’ wide 9’ tall layered built-in for my wife in the house I was renovating (flashbacks, was a total nightmare). I felt the same way but this trowel but turned out being a nice advantage the more I used it, especially on the built in.
I've been plastering for 27 years and I only regularly use my corner trowel on hard finish, to clean up and fill any imperfections in wet corners once the plaster has set up a good bit, for taping I prefer spatulas. The only other circumstance in which I find it useful is when square setting or repairing old, out of level ceilings, it's good for setting fibafuse into a heavy, uneven bed of mud.
Every dry wall plasterer in Australia has one and swears by it for the top coat. I use a 2" corner tool to glaze over the tape when taping corners which is not so common.
ive used one for years and it makes great corners then i just skim coat the sides the next day and done. works very well for me, im not at your level of drywall finishing but i make it work....
Yesterday I watched one of our guys do the same thing you did in the video but he couldnt get it to save his rear end. I walked over with my flusher and knocked it out in about 4 minutes. He didnt talk to me the rest of the day. Both tools work for that situation. You must have patience Grasshopper.
Good to see you changed your mind on this. It’s a different style of finishing, but it’s essentially a flusher-which I believe you use. I was turned on to this-after dismissing it like you-by the guys at Maxkil, who swore by it, and they clearly know what’s what.
I'm a total noob drywalling, and corners were a massive problem for me, once I got hold of this tool I was able to get some beautiful corners over long distances and I live in an old brick-and mortar house (my walls are 3.3mts and 4mts tall).
I've only ever bought one of these tools, and I do find that it can be easy to get a bit of a bulge if you're not careful. I think my version is narrower than yours. I have a 10' inside corner to do tomorrow, so I'll try again!
I finally bought one because it seemed impossible to get a good finish when preparing to repaint and wanting the unevenness and bumps of the inside corner covered over.
I saw your other video on it as a shim lol. I stopped using the tool. It's much better, as a DIYer to just do one side of the corner and then the other later. It makes for much better results as well.
Hey Ben, found your channel a few weeks ago seeing as I'm in the process of renovating my bathroom. Any chance you could do a more detailed comprehensive video on mud selection? I've been able to gather a fair amount of knowledge so far (don't use all purpose with mesh tape!) But it would be nice to have everything all in one place.
@@vancouvercarpenterGreat video! Is there a chance you could do a short video on mudding an outside corner? It sounds like I just replicate the inside corner info but it’s not working and I’m pretty handy. My technique is missing something that I’m sure a video from you would correct 👍
Ah, the door stop. Want a corner trowel on steroids? At least according to me, a simple DIYer. There's a product called "Advance Inside 90° Hand Corner Flusher". It's phenomenal. It looks like a gimmick, but it most definitely is not. I have no affiliation with it whatsoever. It's a tool I bought and use whenever I'm stuck doing drywall simply because it's great.
I just used one to do the corners in a conversion of a small barn, (20' x 20') into a dog training studio. All I’ve ever done before is patches, one large enough to close an attic hatch and they turned out good. All seams are taped and mudded with one coat. On many of the seams the tape shows through the mud. I know that’s not ideal but I just couldn’t get the mud to be smooth and thick enough to obscure the tape. I’ve given it a light sanding and it’s pretty smooth. Do I need to recoat the seams and then do a skim coat or can I just follow up with a skim coat?
Thanks for the video. Quick question, once you've used this tool, are you then done with the inside corner (other than some sanding)? Or do you then do a second coat using that tool after the first one drys?
Bought on recently to give a go at a corner with fibafuse joining drywall to plaster. Success on first coat! Mud felt too thick though. Second coat would have been a breeze, but I had a few lumps from the thick mud that didn’t press out all that well. Cleaned up with 6in knife on 2nd coat. Rather curious if corner trowel could have done the 2nd coat?!??
It seemed earlier that you had the chops such that didn’t the corner trowel. And now you came to the point that you have a use for it due to advancement of chops. Funny how experience and wisdom develop, even within someone who already possessed considerable skill.
I use one sometimes when I'm running angles for those annoying spots when you have an outside corner an inch away from an inside corner and the flusher head will not sit on it properly. I'll apply the mud with the applicator tip and tube like normal and then wipe with the corner trowel
I just load all the mud on one half of a 6 inch knife and make a 2-3 inch wide pass. Then I have plenty of blade to feather the mud on the cleanup passes.
Like yourself I've hated this knife since the first time I tried it. I'm hesitant, but I've learned to trust your advice. I suppose I'll try one out again given your endorsement.
My first job which was only a couple months ago, was well over 60+ feet of inside corners on ceilings and walls. It looked terrible and if it wasn't going to be a warehouse office it definitely would not fly. On my second job now and I'm slow, but everything is already leagues better than what it was before
That first job, i used the inside corner trowel a lot, but didn't really know how to use it, and the job im doing now im in the spot where i dont have enough corner to need it
Check to see how sharp the corner bend is. Some cheaper corner trowels have a larger rounded radius. I found the Marshalltown's 23D 4x5 are made with a nice sharp defined edge. Not too sharp to cut the paper, but leaves a nice sharp defined line in the corner.
I always thought the corner trowel was. hack, but I have a bunch of drywall return windows go do in a turnover and it's not a big enough job for my full kit I'm gonna try it tomorrow
I keep mine in a small bucket of water and clean it with a wet rag almost every run I make. I do one drag one way with small amount of flex, to get the majority. Then clean/wet the tool and get the lowest angle possible, without dragging the leading edge and go the opposite direction with a bit more pressure. I've been able to do tape and then one immediate coat over tape and done, though I usually have to come back with a second coat over the mud. I was so disappointed when you said this tool was trash awhile back. Love that you are now liking it.
Go buy a second corner trowel and bend the handle outwards. You can go almost all the way down to the taper without hitting the floor. 👍
@@EM-fi2qg Man your brain is so big and beautiful. Just did this with my cheap one. Gonna go get a new nice one.
Same here. I was very surprised as id found it useful.
Corner trowel is standard practice for a professional plasterer here in Australia - how it’s commonly used here is….
Where the handle makes a right angle and attaches to the trowel, you can hook your thumb under there and then put your pointer and middle finger on one side of the trowel wing and your ring and little finger on the other side of the trowel (like the star trek ’live long and prosper’ hand sign). If you hold it this way, you can apply pressure to either the right or left side if needed to float different sections. And also to apply pressure to the trowel sides to feather your edges more without pushing in the center of the trowel too much.
Good tip. Never considered that. I often drag my fingers on the mud if I’m not careful. Hopefully your method will balance the pressure and keep my fingers away. I’ll also bend the handle out a bit, as someone recommended here. Thanks.
This is the way. Though it does, like going to a trowel and hawk, requires getting acquainted.
Just a thought that may help you out, since you've helped me so much. When a camera sees a scene, it will meter so that the majority of the scene is 18% reflectivity. This will render a white wall as gray. The way to lighten this is to use a setting on the camera that is called "exposure compensation." See if you can learn how to do this. I'd suggest you use exposure compensation of about +1.3, or +1.5, or maybe +1.6. That will lighten up your video recordings.
I already like your videos. For you to say, "You know what? I was wrong" speaks volumes about your character. Great job
Yes !! Finally this great tool gets the respect it deserves ! I know plenty on this channel use and love it.
beginners will find it very useful on long ceiling runs, large room, where they can get very consistent results, quite quickly.
I would recommend less mud being applied, and work your way up. It's easy to go back and add more if you need to, the tool is forgiving, and very accurate.
It lays down tape very well, with just 2" of mud on either side of the corner.
I did drywall for 20 years and always used a corner trowel.
When I started working with a different company, the guy I got paired with thought I was an armature when he saw me pull out my corner trowel. He even commented what kind of home owner tool is that.
He changed his tune after the first job we did together. Took me half the time to get the same results as he did.
Little tip. Feather your edges with a 6" knife before you use the corner trowel. You will get less mud roll.
Thats what I found to be most important thing was to feather that excess mud out before you run the trowel down. Otherwise, you have mud mounds on the edge of the blade and then you gotta pull your knife out and remove it then you may leave a few marks doing that that so then you got to re-run the trowel to get rid of the marks or excess mud if you didn't remove it. When I started doing that I could do all the inside corners twice as fast b/c I wasn't spending all that time trying to fix the mud. I don't do drywall professionally, but a trowel gives the mud a very slight rounding in the inside corners (from how the trowel is shaped). Does that do better at preventing any chip-out of the mud vs using a knife where you have no rounding of the mud and very sharp corner? With paint and other things I've always been told having a slight rounded corner is a lot better than having a sharp corner as the paint will flake the edge of sharp corner.
@@morokeiboethia6749 I have never noticed a difference in how the paint adheres to the corner over time nor have I every had any corners crack out without some kind of foundation shift, no matter if I used only my 6 or the corner trowel.
Mainly because the paint is not adhering to the drywall. It is adhering to the primer. A good quality drywall primer will save a lot of headaches.
Hey, I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all your videos! I tackled a bathroom remodel that required a lot of drywall work. Your vids really helped me step up my game. The channel is awesome !
Oh man, I love my corner trowel. I work in restoration, and it comes out on every job. I think it's a must-have in restoration, they never give enough time to do one side at a time. Keep up the great content, brother.
Like all tools the skills follow the application over time. You'd be surprised how nicely those inside corners turn out. Flawlessly.
Thanks for the video. Glad to see you saw the light on the corner trowel. If Marshalltown makes it, it's a pretty good bet it's a pro tool. I like to load my corner trowel with mud on both sides near the top (takes some practice), eliminating the first knife step you showed, and then lower towards the wall as I drag down the corner. I also find it's a very fast way to mud any type of corner tape - lots of personal preference here, many others do not like corner trowels...
I'm a DIY for 25 years, and this corner tools was one of the first tools in my arsenal. I have found it indispensable. The is also another round over tool that have helped so much. Also, regarding the corner tool, they also come is smaller versions for tighter corners.
My first comment !! Love your channel !!
😊 Good 😂to know . I’ll look for that smaller one also. 😊 A my stuff was sold in my divorce that killed me I couldn’t have anything of mine, make me sell it all. 😢😢😢😮
Really good to see this. I've learned a HUGE amount from watching you - I'm self-building my own home extension in the UK and I'm doing all the drywall (plasterboarding as called in the UK) myself - mostly with what I've learned from you. Corners have been really hard for me, and I found that the corner trowel was getting me good results quickly - in fact, the thing I've been most confident with (and there are a LOT of corners because of the shape of the building). So it's nice to see you've changed your mind and to give a good demonstration on how to get it looking good. I'm at the second coat stage for everything, so hopefully I'll get the finish right. Thanks again for your videos - they've been super-helpful and you're a great teacher as well as craftsman.
For sure the corner tool is great for the narrow strips by doors and windows... Blame the framers for putting those things too tight into the corners... sometimes so tight that the trim has to be ripped/scribed to fit! The corner tool helps make you look good in those situations!
Thanks to you, I'm a serious DIY drywall guy and used the smaller corner trowel.
It worked really well to set the tape. Saved me much time and effort. Glad you endorse it.
Any project I do is a long drawn out thing. I work a few hours here and there when I have time. Not any rush. Waiting for mud to dry is a perfect excuse for putting off more work until later. Or at least moving on to some other task. Thanks as always for posting!
The flash has returned to save us from drywall cracks. I joke. But thanks for all of your hard work on your channel
I found using a corner tool gives me better result than I could ever get with a flat blade. As a beginner I found my biggest problem was leaving too much mud in the corners.
I've always had good results with that corner tool. I just ignored your video dismissing it. 😊
You videos have been indispensable for me fixing up the house I bought recently. I just replaced a lot of drywall in a closet that had been damaged by a roof leak around the chimney. I picked up the corner tool a little while back figuring "ehh, what the hell, why not give it a try" and it ended up working out for me really well. It left a nice consistent fillet in the corner, and I was able to knock down the ridges with a 6-inch knife. I can understand why professionals might not use it, but for a DIY-er who just wants to get things done and doesn't have time to perfect mudding techniques, it's a great option.
A true professional is open to changing his mind. Cool re-review Ben.
Ben your carpentry content is just as gold as your skate content as a carpenter and a skater I love wacthing your content man !
I have a smaller one that I use. I pull perfect 90° inside angles with this tool. After I pull the bed then the tape, I just feather the edges with a 6 " knife.
I'd be lost without this tool.
A complete time saver and a professional inside angle.
Exactly something I was thinking about for 1-day drywall jobs with a bunch of corners, thanks Ben!
I bought an almost new Marshalltown corner trowel at a thrift shop for $2! It must have been donated by someone who saw your video saying it was trash. But as they say, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. I was thrilled to get it!
Glad you did this. I only do patches and this tool saves me time. It also works better around windows like you mentioned. I find holding my finger in the middle of the crease makes for a tighter corner.
I also use the adjustable corner tool for those wonky no-coat angles. Maybe it’s just my lack of skill but it’s way cleaner and faster
I have used my corner trowel on every inside corner I have done for the last 20 years. For people starting out, don't try to mud both sides where two inside corners meet (as in this video) it will get frustrating quickly. Do vertical corner seams to get the hang of it!
I have been enjoying your content on Drywalling. I have been doing it for many years, but I have learned many different tricks from you. I can say that I have been using the internal corner tool for many years and love using it with very good results.
I been 7sing the smaller version lately 0n smaller projects, it saves a lot of time and once you get the hang of it it's time saving
I'm a DIYer with a 20 year old plastic corner trowel. I use it so rarely, but when I need it, it's just so handy.
After your last corner trowel video, I hung mine up in the shed. Might be worth another go😎
So this is what i got from these videos:
This guy is a LONG-TERM professional with some pride in his work.
Even he has trouble utilizing this tool.
(My personal goal when mudding: Take as much time as you need to mud PROPERLY SO THAT THERE IS AS LITTLE SANDING AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.)
So.... If you are not going to do YEARS of mudding to develop the skills to get some usable functionality from this tool, you're better off just using the standard method, and if you are going to do YEARS of mudding, this tool MAY help you SOMETIMES, AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO DEVELOP A PRACTICAL USABLE SKILL with this tool.
So..... If you need it on a volume basis, and are willing to fight it for a few jobs, and have the patience to sand you're "mistakes" of your substandard "training" results until you get at least minimally functional with the tool, then it may be worth it IN THE LONG RUN.
My practical advice for low-volume DIYers is to not waste your time frustrating yourself over something that you will not do at enough scale to make it worth your time to attempt to learn.
But the "plank-shim" application is an INDESPENSIBLE Pro Tip! (No sarcasm!)
Treasures in unanticipated knowledge!
For small repairs like this, best way is straightflex and quickset then a tight skim with lightwieght. Gives you way crisper lines and you can coat both sides at the same time without grudging your work. Plus you only need a 6" knife.
Thanks. This was exactly the video I have been looking for. You made this look easy and liked the results.
I think corner trowels were really designed for traditional gypsum plastering, rather than taping. Plasterers don't use them to shape the wet product (as you have) ....we use them to define internal angles when the applied product has almost dried - they're actually great when used that way.
Works great with the mesh tape, it really pushes the mud in deep
TECHNIQUE. Try chocking up on the corner trowels. Your fingers along the top edge with your thumb hooked under the handle. You can put pressure on the outside edges (like with a knife) keeping it flatter. I also use it for the sub tape coat, but they really aren't as flat when I do that but it's fine for texture. Great work man.
Kudos Ben, takes an upstanding character to admit one was wrong on anything. Well done. Love my corner tools.
Funny how this video shows up in my list after buying this tool a few weeks ago, anyway, it works miracles in for me in the corners!
I’m a newbie and was really battling with corners…looks like I didn’t put enough gib/mud on first. The corner tool might also make a difference. So, Kia ora from New Zealand. Cheers, Philip van Zijl. PS really enjoying your videos - looks like they were specially made for me😊
I have been using it for years. I'm a diyer but did do bathroom remodels when I was in my 20s but that was mostly tile. But I always liked the slightly rounded inside corners and thought it was easy to heavy coat the corner and make it look smoother than I could do with the knife.
I remove excess mud on the outter edges of the mud with a knife before I run my corner trowel down the mud. If you do it after, you sometimes will leave marks in your mud from the knife and then have to run the corner trowel again to get rid of those marks. Best results using corner trowel is to not have a lot of excess mud when you run it.
I’m not a contractor but a hard core diy’er… (aka I’m poor)lol. Did a 15’ wide 9’ tall layered built-in for my wife in the house I was renovating (flashbacks, was a total nightmare). I felt the same way but this trowel but turned out being a nice advantage the more I used it, especially on the built in.
Haha love it. I remember that video. I purchased a cheap plastic one to do my corners. And honestly as a diy using non quickset, it's an awesome tool.
❤😊😊😊 thank you I have used this on everybody home I’ve helped do drywall on. ❤😊😮😊
As a amateur DIYer I love my corner trowel, it made doing corners so easy, and they look crisp and clean thanks to it, idc if its a hack tool.
I've been plastering for 27 years and I only regularly use my corner trowel on hard finish, to clean up and fill any imperfections in wet corners once the plaster has set up a good bit, for taping I prefer spatulas. The only other circumstance in which I find it useful is when square setting or repairing old, out of level ceilings, it's good for setting fibafuse into a heavy, uneven bed of mud.
I did the same thing, came back to the corner tool when I had long runs or time limits.
Every dry wall plasterer in Australia has one and swears by it for the top coat. I use a 2" corner tool to glaze over the tape when taping corners which is not so common.
ive used one for years and it makes great corners then i just skim coat the sides the next day and done. works very well for me, im not at your level of drywall finishing but i make it work....
Yesterday I watched one of our guys do the same thing you did in the video but he couldnt get it to save his rear end. I walked over with my flusher and knocked it out in about 4 minutes. He didnt talk to me the rest of the day. Both tools work for that situation. You must have patience Grasshopper.
Good to see you changed your mind on this. It’s a different style of finishing, but it’s essentially a flusher-which I believe you use. I was turned on to this-after dismissing it like you-by the guys at Maxkil, who swore by it, and they clearly know what’s what.
Nice Job Ben those edged are sharp and you make it look easy. will have to give it a go next time i am at the B&Q
applied to a construction company to work drywall and paint. Hopefully i get the job. Im leaving medicine and who doesnt wanna sling mud
I'm a total noob drywalling, and corners were a massive problem for me, once I got hold of this tool I was able to get some beautiful corners over long distances and I live in an old brick-and mortar house (my walls are 3.3mts and 4mts tall).
I knew you'd come around with the inside corner trowel eventually 🤪
Oh Ben. I really have to get you down here to Portland sometime.
I've only ever bought one of these tools, and I do find that it can be easy to get a bit of a bulge if you're not careful. I think my version is narrower than yours. I have a 10' inside corner to do tomorrow, so I'll try again!
You should do a drywall course you would make big bucks
This guy could take a wadded-up road map and do a spectacular job.
😂 thanks
I use Corner Trowel for set tape smaller one / 1/2 size and bigger, like yours for tapping. Federing edge w / 12 " knife .
I finally bought one because it seemed impossible to get a good finish when preparing to repaint and wanting the unevenness and bumps of the inside corner covered over.
I have a couple of them, and I do use them when I need to.
I saw your other video on it as a shim lol. I stopped using the tool. It's much better, as a DIYer to just do one side of the corner and then the other later. It makes for much better results as well.
Hey Ben, found your channel a few weeks ago seeing as I'm in the process of renovating my bathroom. Any chance you could do a more detailed comprehensive video on mud selection? I've been able to gather a fair amount of knowledge so far (don't use all purpose with mesh tape!) But it would be nice to have everything all in one place.
I have one. Should be in the types of mud playlist.
@@vancouvercarpenterGreat video! Is there a chance you could do a short video on mudding an outside corner?
It sounds like I just replicate the inside corner info but it’s not working and I’m pretty handy.
My technique is missing something that I’m sure a video from you would correct 👍
Can you do a video on self-adhesive “mudless” tape for quick & dirty jobs? I haven’t seen one.
Ah, the door stop. Want a corner trowel on steroids? At least according to me, a simple DIYer. There's a product called "Advance Inside 90° Hand Corner Flusher". It's phenomenal. It looks like a gimmick, but it most definitely is not. I have no affiliation with it whatsoever. It's a tool I bought and use whenever I'm stuck doing drywall simply because it's great.
Thanks for posting, I hope others see your post, I've seen this in action, going to get it.
Saw a small job drywaller flying with it.
I just used one to do the corners in a conversion of a small barn, (20' x 20') into a dog training studio.
All I’ve ever done before is patches, one large enough to close an attic hatch and they turned out good.
All seams are taped and mudded with one coat. On many of the seams the tape shows through the mud. I know that’s not ideal but I just couldn’t get the mud to be smooth and thick enough to obscure the tape. I’ve given it a light sanding and it’s pretty smooth.
Do I need to recoat the seams and then do a skim coat or can I just follow up with a skim coat?
I'm a hack and I can't get corner trowels to work for me, so I guess it's a pro tool.
Thanks for the video. Quick question, once you've used this tool, are you then done with the inside corner (other than some sanding)? Or do you then do a second coat using that tool after the first one drys?
Bought on recently to give a go at a corner with fibafuse joining drywall to plaster.
Success on first coat! Mud felt too thick though. Second coat would have been a breeze, but I had a few lumps from the thick mud that didn’t press out all that well.
Cleaned up with 6in knife on 2nd coat. Rather curious if corner trowel could have done the 2nd coat?!??
Tricky to get used to but I use it for smaller jobs rather than a flusher.
I loved mine. I think it helped my Rookieazz out alot
It seemed earlier that you had the chops such that didn’t the corner trowel. And now you came to the point that you have a use for it due to advancement of chops. Funny how experience and wisdom develop, even within someone who already possessed considerable skill.
I use one sometimes when I'm running angles for those annoying spots when you have an outside corner an inch away from an inside corner and the flusher head will not sit on it properly. I'll apply the mud with the applicator tip and tube like normal and then wipe with the corner trowel
I just load all the mud on one half of a 6 inch knife and make a 2-3 inch wide pass. Then I have plenty of blade to feather the mud on the cleanup passes.
Like yourself I've hated this knife since the first time I tried it. I'm hesitant, but I've learned to trust your advice. I suppose I'll try one out again given your endorsement.
I see you already use the corner tool, the one with tube and long stick...you used on the ceiling. So in a way you do use corner tools right?
My first job which was only a couple months ago, was well over 60+ feet of inside corners on ceilings and walls. It looked terrible and if it wasn't going to be a warehouse office it definitely would not fly. On my second job now and I'm slow, but everything is already leagues better than what it was before
That first job, i used the inside corner trowel a lot, but didn't really know how to use it, and the job im doing now im in the spot where i dont have enough corner to need it
My main man Tom Silva recommends the corner tool.
Thanks for making videos.
round the corners off 🤘🏽👍
Always found they leave to much or a radius in the corner.
Evidently not if your in a hurry. 😊😂
Check to see how sharp the corner bend is. Some cheaper corner trowels have a larger rounded radius.
I found the Marshalltown's 23D 4x5 are made with a nice sharp defined edge.
Not too sharp to cut the paper, but leaves a nice sharp defined line in the corner.
You mean the mud scooper ?
Do you ever install cornice?
Wondering if you use the corner trowel to lay down the mud 'before putting on the tape' in the corners? Thanks
No. It leaves it too rounded.
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i got 24 inch tube works good for jobs like that
What type of tape did you use?
Do they make the corners more rounded? I think that was the reasoning I heard before why people prefer the hand method.
They do a bit but you can sand it out. Don’t use it to lay tape.
@@vancouvercarpenter smart advice I just watched a video where he bedded tape with it
1 or 2 coats in the angle on top of the tape?
Usually 1
Which boots usually use your work? please ❤️
Blundstones if I even wear boots.
Its a plaster tool for corners.
Ah, the board prop tool.
I have had better results with the plastic corner trowels because they are more flexible.
still trying to get over that coax keystone, but I guess boomers have the $$ 😃
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ever use the "bat knife"
I always thought the corner trowel was. hack, but I have a bunch of drywall return windows go do in a turnover and it's not a big enough job for my full kit I'm gonna try it tomorrow
Inside corners are ruining my life
Are you self taught? As much as you know, your techniques are really slow moving. Not wrong, but... You can do it faster and achieve the same result