Tool links below. ☑ Attention all Drywall enthusiasts! Introducing the Drywall Academy, your ultimate online destination for mastering the art of Drywall. Whether you're a complete beginner or a seasoned professional, our comprehensive courses cater to all skill levels. At The Drywall Academy (drywallacademy.com), we believe that knowledge is the key to success. That's why we are meticulously curating a vast collection of courses, featuring hundreds of lessons, covering everything from the fundamentals to advanced Drywall business building skills, texture application, texture matching, and much more. Founded by Guy Purcella (That Kilted Guy on TH-cam) with 40 years of experience. With our easy-to-follow text and video lessons and practical demonstrations, you'll gain the confidence and expertise needed to tackle any Drywall project with ease, less frustration and a better quality job. Don't miss out on this golden opportunity to level up your Drywall skills. Join the Drywall Academy today and unlock your true potential in the world of Drywall. Visit drywallacademy.com now and embark on a journey towards mastery! 🚀 And if you are confused about which drywall tools and materials you need, pick up my Drywall Tools and Materials book on Amazon at: amzn.to/3T4eEZg Or for a signed or Spiral bound version visit www.ThatKiltedGuyStore.com Watch this Playlist called Taping & Mudding Drywall School NEXT- th-cam.com/play/PLCrazHylAOEndyM-LGT6PtbGfIYD5uiy-.html ☑ Get my 56 page Free eBook "Understanding Drywall Tools and Materials" at www.DrywallToolsBook.info ⭐⭐ ⭐ Please Visit my sponsors below, they help me afford to put out these videos ⭐⭐⭐ ☑ DO YOU VALUE YOUR INTERNET PRIVACY? I do. You can surf anonomously with Surfshark- geni.us/getsurfshark ☑ Protect your home or business with Simplisafe, we love it- share.simplisafe.com/x/qobGJE ⭐ MY DRYWALL TRAINING BOOKS FOR SALE at www.ThatKiltedGuyStore.com ⭐ ☑ WEBSITE INFO -You can find a lot of bonus information on our website at: www.thatkiltedguy.com 🛒🛒🛒 SHOPPING LINKS 🛒🛒🛒 - - - - - - (we earn 3-5% on these sales, but these are tools I recommend thank you) - - - - - - ☑ LEVEL5 Drywall TOOLS (Financing Available) 🟢 For a 10"/12" Flat Box & Pump combo set - geni.us/FlatBoxCombo 🟢 For the entire line of Level5 Drywall Tools- geni.us/o9r9vK6 🟢 A good all around Mud pan and knife set- geni.us/ize6U 🟢 For a 4 bladed mud mixer like mine-geni.us/FsjWx 🟢 For Full sets of Automatic Taping Tools- geni.us/Adlj 🟢 24" Metal Skim coating blade (Plus other sizes) - geni.us/XFCZH ☑ Miscellaneous Drywall Tools 🟢 Radius drywall Sander, great for all- geni.us/Radiussander 🟢 Affordable Texture sprayer hopper that I USE - geni.us/Hopper 🟢 The BEST Knockdown Knife - geni.us/KDKnife 🟢 Vevor Vacuum Drywall Sander - s.vevor.com/bfQtGq 🟢 For our full drywall tools store with my suggestions- www.amazon.com/shop/thatkiltedguydiyhomeimprovement ☑ Miscellaneous Tools 🟢 The BEST SIMPLE Stud Finder I've Ever used- geni.us/FranklinStudFinder 🟢 A nice hard case for the stud finder - geni.us/FranklinCase ☑ Miscellaneous supplies 🟢 Guardz torn paper sealer. Stops Torn Brown Paper from bubbling - geni.us/Gardz DISCLAIMER : That Kilted Guy Video Productions LLC, cannot guarantee against improper use or unauthorized modifications of this information. We assume no liability for property damage or injury incurred as a result of any of the information contained in this video. Use this information at your own risk. No information contained in this video shall create any expressed or implied warranty or guarantee of any particular result, or any obligation for future assistance. Watching the video does not form a professional relationship or constitute receiving professional advice.
Haven't visited in a while, but I have a basement room to finish. Has dry wall, and that's it. One of the best channels for info on stuff like this. Thanks, and I'm off to watch the taping flats now.
Using single blade instead of the corner tool works best for me. Thank you for this terrific set of videos. A real time saver and when I'm done, it looks like I know that I'm doing! You're the best Internet source on drywalling. period.
Having done several hundreds of feet of 90 degree inside corners, I've found the quickest and most efficient way is to load your mud on the center of the angle tool and make several passes at varying angles to apply and clean the extra away. Of course you'll need a 6" to clean the areas the angle tool can't clean to achieve the optimum feather. Apply with a light angle to the wall and clean with an increasing sharper angle. The key is obviously keeping the number of passes low and an even spread rate. Practice makes perfect.
Thanks so much for your vids .l am replacing a shower with a tub and having to replace half the Sheetrock on two walls. I use mesh tape on inside corners and found it to turn out well for me. Your vids have helped me greatly on the muddling. Hanging Sheetrock is easy , but muddling is an art. Have a large bedroom that has to be sheetrocked. I think I’ll hire a professional to do it. Just to save my own sanity. You have a nice day. 🤪
Going to have to remove wainscotting which as I understand it is glued & screwed to the wall. Probably going to have to replace the drywall. Will need all theses tips & tricks to get it done right. Thank you for all the helpful videos.
I have tried many times to use the corner tool and also tried to do both sides at the same time and have finally Learned to be patient and do one side at a time I’m an electrician so definitely not a drywall pro I’m about ready to hang 60 sheets of 4x12 thanks for the videos.
Michael, coating both sides is definitely tricky. I prefer to do one side at a time myself, but sometimes need to do both at once, so no harm in doing one side at a time. Patience is a good thing in this trade when you are learning the skills. 😎👣
The angle tool ...its good especially for putting the tape on...on 2nd coat it's only ok that's my experience and I am not an expert! Tends to leave lines on 2nd coat where you'll have to smooth out with your flat knife as you mentioned. Drywall takes so much skill I'm surprised that anyone wants to try it especially larger jobs!
I have to do a repair like this on an inside corner with a sink and cabinet (that I cannot move) 1 foot in front of it. I’ve been dreading fixing this area bc I don’t think I have enough space and this is my first drywall repair. Any advice would be helpful!
What happens if you are retapping a ceiling after removing the textured paint and the walls are still painted. Do you need to sand/scrape the paint off the wall and feather over the top or just mud it to be level with the paint then feather and then repaint… if that makes sense.
Hi, I'm seeing most of this is for drywall. My issue, I have a historical home that the inside walls are either drywall or plaster and the outside walls are cement. Most of our cracks are the corners connecting an inside wall with an outside wall. Do you have any recommendations on how to repair those?
You might have covered this in another video, but...I'm starting on finishing my wife's bathroom. I gutted the walls after a walk-in tub install, and put up all new sheet rock (moisture-resistant), and am now ready to tape and mud. My question is, after I'm done prepping the walls per your videos, and covering the screw holes, which seams do I go after first? Do the inside corners, THEN the recessed joints, and finally the butt joints??? OR do I finish the recessed and butt joints first, and then finish up with the inside corners? Thank you in advance. Glad I found your channel, as it has made pretty plain the steps involved in doing this work. Hanging sheet rock has never been an issue for me, but finishing seems to me to be an art that has been beyond me. Your videos have helped make it clearer; it remains to be seen if my skill level will come up to where it needs to be.
if one wall is textured and the other wall is new drywall, do I need to sand down the painted, textured wall by the width of the tape, in order to have a clean install?
No, just sand it so the mud sticks better, refinish, and feather the edge well on the old textured side. I show feathering in most all my repair videos.
Love ur videos thank u so much for the help…. What u find the best consistency for the mud to be for taping and corners? I’m doing my home myself and I did really good but I must of added too much water to plus 3 cause it was constantly falling everywhere lol… some people say sour cream some say mix it just a little water and keep it peanut butter consistency Yours seems a little on the thicker side but also looks so much easier to handle… again thank you and God bless
yogurt and pancake batter come in all consistencies so I don’t like to use that reference too much. When doing handwork basically you want it as thick as you can easily work it without it dripping all over. If it’s fighting you too much, thin it down. If it’s dripping too much, you probably over thinned it. The thinner it is, the more it shrinks and the less it adheres.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY thank you so much I’ll just play around until I get it to where I like it… God bless you thanks for all the videos keep them coming!
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY Ya it cracked. Doesn't matter because I have to do another coat anyway, but I could have not spent the time smoothing it out twice since it will need to be hit again anyways.
Thanks for the video, very helpful, especially with the paper tape. I usually use the paper with the embedded medal in the middle, also for outside corner bead. I'm not a pro but have learned useful and insightful tricks of the trades, thanks to folks like you. thanks so much Guy, the videos are super helpful (and funny at times too). ;)
I am glad I could help. I honestly really dislike the flex bead you’re talking about with the metal strips for the inside corners. And it’s really not necessary. Check out this video and you will kind of see why. th-cam.com/video/apjLoG62-3k/w-d-xo.html I’m glad you enjoy my sense of humor too. My wife says I’m goofy, but I make her laugh a lot and she loves it so that’s all that matters
I have a crash where the ceiling and the wall meets. Should I tape it? I also have a crack at the windows just around the caulking. So I need to tape it?
For cracks on an inside angle, just caulk it, and run your finger down the bead making sure to keep your finger wet. You can do the same thing around windows. I will do a video on caulking soon.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY Thank you so much! There are just so many little details to this process for someone who had no idea but brad be enough to do this... I caulk out after I mud it or after I paint it?
Usually after you mud it. But you can caulk most anytime. Just allow it to dry before the next step, and if you caulk after you paint, it may show if the color is different. 👣
Tool links below. ☑ Attention all Drywall enthusiasts! Introducing the Drywall Academy, your ultimate online destination for mastering the art of Drywall. Whether you're a complete beginner or a seasoned professional, our comprehensive courses cater to all skill levels.
At The Drywall Academy (drywallacademy.com), we believe that knowledge is the key to success. That's why we are meticulously curating a vast collection of courses, featuring hundreds of lessons, covering everything from the fundamentals to advanced Drywall business building skills, texture application, texture matching, and much more.
Founded by Guy Purcella (That Kilted Guy on TH-cam) with 40 years of experience. With our easy-to-follow text and video lessons and practical demonstrations, you'll gain the confidence and expertise needed to tackle any Drywall project with ease, less frustration and a better quality job.
Don't miss out on this golden opportunity to level up your Drywall skills. Join the Drywall Academy today and unlock your true potential in the world of Drywall. Visit drywallacademy.com now and embark on a journey towards mastery! 🚀
And if you are confused about which drywall tools and materials you need, pick up my Drywall
Tools and Materials book on Amazon at: amzn.to/3T4eEZg
Or for a signed or Spiral bound version visit www.ThatKiltedGuyStore.com
Watch this Playlist called Taping & Mudding Drywall School NEXT- th-cam.com/play/PLCrazHylAOEndyM-LGT6PtbGfIYD5uiy-.html
☑ Get my 56 page Free eBook "Understanding Drywall Tools and Materials" at www.DrywallToolsBook.info
⭐⭐ ⭐ Please Visit my sponsors below, they help me afford to put out these videos ⭐⭐⭐
☑ DO YOU VALUE YOUR INTERNET PRIVACY? I do. You can surf anonomously with Surfshark- geni.us/getsurfshark
☑ Protect your home or business with Simplisafe, we love it- share.simplisafe.com/x/qobGJE
⭐ MY DRYWALL TRAINING BOOKS FOR SALE at www.ThatKiltedGuyStore.com ⭐
☑ WEBSITE INFO -You can find a lot of bonus information on our website at: www.thatkiltedguy.com
🛒🛒🛒 SHOPPING LINKS 🛒🛒🛒
- - - - - - (we earn 3-5% on these sales, but these are tools I recommend thank you) - - - - - -
☑ LEVEL5 Drywall TOOLS (Financing Available)
🟢 For a 10"/12" Flat Box & Pump combo set - geni.us/FlatBoxCombo
🟢 For the entire line of Level5 Drywall Tools- geni.us/o9r9vK6
🟢 A good all around Mud pan and knife set- geni.us/ize6U
🟢 For a 4 bladed mud mixer like mine-geni.us/FsjWx
🟢 For Full sets of Automatic Taping Tools- geni.us/Adlj
🟢 24" Metal Skim coating blade (Plus other sizes) - geni.us/XFCZH
☑ Miscellaneous Drywall Tools
🟢 Radius drywall Sander, great for all- geni.us/Radiussander
🟢 Affordable Texture sprayer hopper that I USE - geni.us/Hopper
🟢 The BEST Knockdown Knife - geni.us/KDKnife
🟢 Vevor Vacuum Drywall Sander - s.vevor.com/bfQtGq
🟢 For our full drywall tools store with my suggestions- www.amazon.com/shop/thatkiltedguydiyhomeimprovement
☑ Miscellaneous Tools
🟢 The BEST SIMPLE Stud Finder I've Ever used- geni.us/FranklinStudFinder
🟢 A nice hard case for the stud finder - geni.us/FranklinCase
☑ Miscellaneous supplies
🟢 Guardz torn paper sealer. Stops Torn Brown Paper from bubbling - geni.us/Gardz
DISCLAIMER : That Kilted Guy Video Productions LLC, cannot guarantee against improper use or unauthorized modifications of this information. We assume no liability for property damage or injury incurred as a result of any of the information contained in this video. Use this information at your own risk. No information contained in this video shall create any expressed or implied warranty or guarantee of any particular result, or any obligation for future assistance. Watching the video does not form a professional relationship or constitute receiving professional advice.
Your videos are great. Starting to increase my confidence. Drywall is my least favorite thing in home repair sector.
Haven't visited in a while, but I have a basement room to finish. Has dry wall, and that's it.
One of the best channels for info on stuff like this. Thanks, and I'm off to watch the taping flats now.
Using single blade instead of the corner tool works best for me. Thank you for this terrific set of videos. A real time saver and when I'm done, it looks like I know that I'm doing! You're the best Internet source on drywalling. period.
Best drywall finishing videos on TH-cam
Having done several hundreds of feet of 90 degree inside corners, I've found the quickest and most efficient way is to load your mud on the center of the angle tool and make several passes at varying angles to apply and clean the extra away. Of course you'll need a 6" to clean the areas the angle tool can't clean to achieve the optimum feather. Apply with a light angle to the wall and clean with an increasing sharper angle. The key is obviously keeping the number of passes low and an even spread rate. Practice makes perfect.
Thanks for showing the point of applying mud
Thanks for all of your videos. There is no way I could have done this without you!
I'm really glad to be of help. I love helping others #doitright! 😎👣
Thanks so much for your vids .l am replacing a shower with a tub and having to replace half the Sheetrock on two walls. I use mesh tape on inside corners and found it to turn out well for me. Your vids have helped me greatly on the muddling. Hanging Sheetrock is easy , but muddling is an art. Have a large bedroom that has to be sheetrocked. I think I’ll hire a professional to do it. Just to save my own sanity. You have a nice day. 🤪
Thanks, glad I could help you out 😎. And thanks for subscribing!
Awesome each video give me more confidence
Thanks, always appreciate your information from experience!
Going to have to remove wainscotting which as I understand it is glued & screwed to the wall. Probably going to have to replace the drywall. Will need all theses tips & tricks to get it done right. Thank you for all the helpful videos.
THANKYOU FOR THAT INFO"
I have tried many times to use the corner tool and also tried to do both sides at the same time and have finally Learned to be patient and do one side at a time I’m an electrician so definitely not a drywall pro I’m about ready to hang 60 sheets of 4x12 thanks for the videos.
Michael, coating both sides is definitely tricky. I prefer to do one side at a time myself, but sometimes need to do both at once, so no harm in doing one side at a time. Patience is a good thing in this trade when you are learning the skills. 😎👣
The angle tool ...its good especially for putting the tape on...on 2nd coat it's only ok that's my experience and I am not an expert! Tends to leave lines on 2nd coat where you'll have to smooth out with your flat knife as you mentioned. Drywall takes so much skill I'm surprised that anyone wants to try it especially larger jobs!
Great information, thank you.
Thank you
Great videos
Any recommendations on doing long runs similar to ceilings and walls? Let's say, for instance, a 20-ft long span. I always use the green lid mud first
Thank you
I have to do a repair like this on an inside corner with a sink and cabinet (that I cannot move) 1 foot in front of it. I’ve been dreading fixing this area bc I don’t think I have enough space and this is my first drywall repair. Any advice would be helpful!
Great video! How would you do outside corners? Thanks!!
Watch this- th-cam.com/video/URYzGv0EnjU/w-d-xo.html
Great videos! Used your technique worked great. When scraping with my knife for second coat I cut the middle of tape can I patch over it?? Thanks
You can usually just put mud under it and wipe it back down. If not, cut out the loose stuff and re-tape over it.
Yes. Or cut it out and re tape
What happens if you are retapping a ceiling after removing the textured paint and the walls are still painted. Do you need to sand/scrape the paint off the wall and feather over the top or just mud it to be level with the paint then feather and then repaint… if that makes sense.
You can mud right over paint, just sand it first
Hi, I'm seeing most of this is for drywall. My issue, I have a historical home that the inside walls are either drywall or plaster and the outside walls are cement. Most of our cracks are the corners connecting an inside wall with an outside wall. Do you have any recommendations on how to repair those?
Try this- th-cam.com/video/cbIA0t6N1Qc/w-d-xo.html
So you use the top coat mud? (The bucket with the blue lid) if so, what would you use it for?
I use USG Plus 3 for about everything
You might have covered this in another video, but...I'm starting on finishing my wife's bathroom. I gutted the walls after a walk-in tub install, and put up all new sheet rock (moisture-resistant), and am now ready to tape and mud. My question is, after I'm done prepping the walls per your videos, and covering the screw holes, which seams do I go after first? Do the inside corners, THEN the recessed joints, and finally the butt joints??? OR do I finish the recessed and butt joints first, and then finish up with the inside corners? Thank you in advance. Glad I found your channel, as it has made pretty plain the steps involved in doing this work. Hanging sheet rock has never been an issue for me, but finishing seems to me to be an art that has been beyond me. Your videos have helped make it clearer; it remains to be seen if my skill level will come up to where it needs to be.
I shot a video about this a few weeks ago and it should come out any week now
What kind of mud r u using first to tape?
Regular all purpose
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY thank you
if one wall is textured and the other wall is new drywall, do I need to sand down the painted, textured wall by the width of the tape, in order to have a clean install?
No, just sand it so the mud sticks better, refinish, and feather the edge well on the old textured side. I show feathering in most all my repair videos.
Love ur videos thank u so much for the help…. What u find the best consistency for the mud to be for taping and corners? I’m doing my home myself and I did really good but I must of added too much water to plus 3 cause it was constantly falling everywhere lol… some people say sour cream some say mix it just a little water and keep it peanut butter consistency Yours seems a little on the thicker side but also looks so much easier to handle… again thank you and God bless
yogurt and pancake batter come in all consistencies so I don’t like to use that reference too much. When doing handwork basically you want it as thick as you can easily work it without it dripping all over. If it’s fighting you too much, thin it down. If it’s dripping too much, you probably over thinned it. The thinner it is, the more it shrinks and the less it adheres.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY thank you so much I’ll just play around until I get it to where I like it… God bless you thanks for all the videos keep them coming!
Any reason you cant lay your mud, then lay tape, then lay one coat right over top of tape all in one go?
Every coat of mud will shrink roughly 30 to 50% so you won’t get the result you want that way
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY Ya it cracked. Doesn't matter because I have to do another coat anyway, but I could have not spent the time smoothing it out twice since it will need to be hit again anyways.
As always a great video, but may I offer a suggestion? I think people would like to see you do things at normal speed for you as well
Thanks for that input. I get a lot of complaints about the length of the videos so I started doing that. But I think you're right.
Thanks for the video, very helpful, especially with the paper tape. I usually use the paper with the embedded medal in the middle, also for outside corner bead. I'm not a pro but have learned useful and insightful tricks of the trades, thanks to folks like you. thanks so much Guy, the videos are super helpful (and funny at times too). ;)
I am glad I could help. I honestly really dislike the flex bead you’re talking about with the metal strips for the inside corners. And it’s really not necessary. Check out this video and you will kind of see why.
th-cam.com/video/apjLoG62-3k/w-d-xo.html
I’m glad you enjoy my sense of humor too. My wife says I’m goofy, but I make her laugh a lot and she loves it so that’s all that matters
I have a crash where the ceiling and the wall meets. Should I tape it? I also have a crack at the windows just around the caulking. So I need to tape it?
For cracks on an inside angle, just caulk it, and run your finger down the bead making sure to keep your finger wet. You can do the same thing around windows. I will do a video on caulking soon.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY Thank you so much! There are just so many little details to this process for someone who had no idea but brad be enough to do this...
I caulk out after I mud it or after I paint it?
Usually after you mud it. But you can caulk most anytime. Just allow it to dry before the next step, and if you caulk after you paint, it may show if the color is different. 👣
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY Okay. Thank you so much! ❤
Hummm, guess I got my answer...don't use th mesh tape on my corners. Guess ill be taking a run into town for some paper tape. : /