I'm a painter and I know a professional when I see one because they make the work look easy. Then when I go to do it I have mud all over my hands, the floor, my knife, my face, and the neighbors dog.
You also can’t forget all knives come with a very slight ark or cupped. If you eyeball your knife you will see an ark in the blade, this is important. After you get the tape in the mud, then look down your knife and make sure you have the ark in the right direction. The ark should be pointing towards the wall with the corners of the knife winged up off the wall as you pass down the tape pressing it into the mud. Now, when you are coating tape say on the center bands of your drywall joint when you’re putting the finish coat over the tape after you embedded it, you put the mud inside the ark so the knife is cupping the wall or tape center with the mud cupped in the knife, then, after you spread that mud, flip your knife with the corners of the knife winged out away from the wall and feather the mud top and bottom or right and left of the tape. Yes, knives come with arks in them, especially the bigger knives. If you run the knife with the corners cupped out while imbedded the tape, the corners won’t dig into the tape. Just thought I’d throw that out there for people who may not know. You can also over time keep bending your knife on the corners against the floor or workbench to increase the ark if you prefer. It’s tempered steel so it flexes back but will bend over time. The ark is very slight, almost hard to see but it’s there and can be a big help.
I'm a handy man apprentice and I just redid a bathroom and had the worst time trying to make the corners nice. Its because I tried to do both sides at once. Keep making great videos man I really like learning from your videos and I love working in this trade
I'm about drywall a entire house alone I have a drywall gun flex 24 with feeder, drywall sander with led vacum,and drywall lift should be here soon n lease pray God uses his hands as my hands and his mind and words as it were his mind and words 🙏 in jesus name we pray amen 🙏
I'm not a "drywaller" but I do a fair amount of drywall and think that I'm decent (non-production type) drywaller, and I learned a ton from this video! Thank you
@@lorddeath6300 no no, don has a point. Just like everything, there is an art to it. Some people can feel the mud and drywall better. They can feel what level feels like without having to step back and look. A lot of its repetition. But every person has a talent. Maybe those people have a feel for things with their hands than others. For instance maybe you could feel your corners more, and feathered your mud correctly the first time. While I know some of my friends have to coat their mud 5/6x because they couldn’t feel that their corners weren’t square. Know what I mean homie? Hope this clarifies it for ya
I disagree. I am no artist, trust me, but I've learned to do drywall. By trial and error of course. The cool thing about drywall mud is, if you screw it up... just sand it down when it dries and try again. The pre-formed corners, at the big box stores, that have metal corners with paper edges, are a beautiful thing! 😎
There are definitely those more inclined too it but it is a skill any skill can be learned, that doesn't mean it will be easy. Drywall is deceptively harder than it looks. Not hard to learn but hard to become efficient
I'm a tile guy and we have a dude that works with us that always gets stuck with fixing drywall even though he has no clue how to do it. It's so hilarious because we ended up calling him our drywall guy. Which he is clearly the opposite. Thanks for the tips bro
What about the mistake when you get metal corner bead and try to use it for an inside corner and then when it doesn’t lay flat you put in about 5000 nails and then try to mud the absolute crap out of it to hide it and then eventually realize you have to pull it out? Is that not a common newbie mistake? Asking for a friend.
@@SpeshulFX You should almost NEVER call a "professional" if you have the capability to do it yourself. Why? Because of the cost. LEARN to do it yourself and not only improve yourself, you also buy the tools and LEARN which is very important in life. A lot of "professionals" make money by taking shortcuts that you would never take on your own home. The main reason to call a "professional" is laziness. Stand up. Face that stupid wall and tell it who is boss. The guy with the money and the tools.
I always disliked mud workers: not people per se but their specialty. Humanity spending time on specializing and perfecting technologies in this kind of work is similar as if Neandertals would spend thousands of years for perfecting carving STONE knifes. It's pathetic that humanity doesn't provide next generations like gun/lazer polimerization/spraying 3D prebuilding walls WATEVER BUT NOT CHILDISH WORK. As if kindergardeners grew up and use "professional" mud instead of sand and cr@p.
Best educational videos. On my home remodel, the "hired experts" mostly screwed things up. Now, I only have them install the drywall and I finish it up. The "experts" never take the time to do it well and I'm sick of going over their mistakes. Not "back-filling" the voids with quick-set is my biggest complaint (it drys and cracks). Thanks again ... I'm doing really well now with this damned drywall.
Mud one side and leave the other side for the next day? Really? A simple corner trowel and both sides get done perfectly on day one. Day 2 second coat and so on.
I'm a professional painter and a drywaller as well and I always watch the Vancouver carpenter all the time and he's pro without question, thank you so much.
Rdubs 1 it’s tricky yes, and it doesn’t do the job in the first pass or coat for that matter, and I use it with a regular 6” blade. But once you’ve figured that much about it you’ll be glad... it makes very nice corners in my experience
I have that trowel but don't care for it as it can also leave a lot more mud in the corner than someone may want. I like using Perfect 90 tape as you can do both sides at the same time, it is straighter, stronger and less likely to ever show issues in the future.
My dad was a drywall taper for 50 years. You remind me of him. I wish he was still alive to help me with my renovation. 🙁. You are a great teacher. Today I used some roofing tar paper to shim up a joint were I removed a wall. You are a great teacher.
Thanks so much for your tutorials!! I am a 54yr old woman working on some drywall. I watched my dad from a little girl do all kinds of drywall. He was a perfectionist and NEVER had to touch sandpaper to dried mud! His walls were perfectly smooth! He passed away a little over a year ago. I can’t ask him questions anymore. Your videos have informed me on such great tips! I will continue to learn from your videos. 😃👍👍
As a learning mudder, I love the pre-formed corners, at the big box store, that have a metal 90 degree with the paper edges. They've been amazing for me! 👍
Tip #3, so many times I'm trying to be the hero and get it done quicker. "I'll just sand out the imperfections until I start sanding tape. Which paint will cover. That'll be fine... that'll be fine... that'll be fine.."
THANK YOU BEN!! I am brand new to drywall and your videos are incredibly helpful. Unfortunately, I started my first project without your videos. So this particular video has improved my work! Especially adding a little water to my premixed mud!! And the tip about doing one side at a time on corners!! I brutalized many corners trying to do them simultaneously. Your new fan from Ontario.
In addition to not having sharp corners on your knife, I've found it sometimes helpful to angle the handle of the knife slightly in toward the corner (versus pointing straight up or down) which relieves some of the pressure of the corner of the blade against the seam of the paper. I know... hard to describe.
Awesome! What you just did in under 6 minutes, while showing things and explaining, took me about 20min and looked 10 times worse. I get to try again tomorrow with new knowledge. THANKS!!!
Thanks for this! Too late for me, but super helpful for others! Also I bet you could get views just by explaining in detail the angles and where you're applying pressure using knives in different situations to keep mud from smearing wrong, getting mud out from under tape, not tearing tape, etc.
Ok this helps me one side at a time and thin it makes sense thanks I just started to day and said to my self this is a pain in the ass at two sids at once so I will do one at a time and the fact a new how house to do
I use 20 or 45 min hot mud for almost everything so my jobs are done usually the same day if not then the next.....I even use 45 mud in my spray hopper to do the texturing and also when doing hand trowel texturing
Thanks for this very simple and informative explanation. I’m gonna forward this to my contractor who said I was being picky b/c I asked him to re-do the corners in my bathroom. His response, “It’s not gonna be perfect. There’s gonna be some lumps no matter what you do.” You just proved him wrong (and lazy) in 5 mins 😆
I am chuckling as I'm watching this before trying corners...I thought I was "removing old caulk" before re-caulking corners in the house my parents left me. As I ran my knife along one corner, I thought, "Gee, that sounds kind of like paper...." and it sure didn't feel like pulling off a bead of caulk. Now I am learning to tape a corner. LOL. It's going much smoother than I thought it would since I can watch these videos. I'm still sort of amazed at how much material you have to put on your knife to get a good coating. Thanks for your virtual help.
mistake #1: not my problem, but noted. mistake #2: I haven't bought a new knife in years, but again, noted. mistake #3: UGH fine...you got me...But I just want the job over with already!
Sometimes if we Bed the corner on day 2 and its the painted side of a wall the corner wont have dried all the way on that side, beware of different dry times when mudding on paint, as opposed to drywall, the paper draws out the moisture way better.
for real dude I as doing only a 4 foot inside corner and literally took a week because I would have to let it dry, sand, then put more mud to fix my mistakes.
When butting up drywall to a pre-existing painted surface, I just tape and mud the factory edge and then come back and hit the seam with caulk. Run your sponge down the bead and it's perfect every time.
Nice videos Ben. I'm still looking for a video which pertains to finishing. I.e. the recommended knife width for finishing an inside and outside corner, and how many finish coats. Thanks buddy
I'm a first time DIYer renovating a half bath and your tutorials are the only things keeping us from hiring someone! Thank you for the great tips in all of your videos!
I've already wasted money. I never knew all of this content was on TH-cam. I had to learn the hard way. Now I'm fixing the work of a sorry company. I couldn't live with the "professional" work they did. Just slap hot mud over mildew and chipped paint, no prep, no sanding. The education was valuable though. It was an expensive lesson.
I once did about a 3 foot tall corner in a closet. It was at my old job and no one had gotten to it yet so I figured hey, I'll get it done. I knew there needed to be mud behind the tape, but I didn't know it need to have it the whole length. So I splotched it on and, well, the parts that didnt have mud started to bubble out. My only way to try and fix it was to add more mud 😂. That was maybe a year ago, more than likely it's already peeling.😬😭
I’m starting to get what I would consider decent at taping on repairs and small jobs, a lot from tips I’ve learned right here from this guy up top. Although I bought a corner trowel and don’t mess around trying to figure out doing it with a regular knife. I have the corners turned up on some of my knives, I find it helps things go smoothly and prevent lift offs with my inexperienced hands
And always use paper tape!!! I can't believe how many demos I have done and people put mesh tape in the corners. That's got to me a nightmare to work with and it always looks terrible.
Nah, it's not beginner cheat, it is how, and the only way it should be done. 90 minute mud might help you finish faster if you don't want to wait a full day to get the other side. However pros will have automatic speed tapers that allow them to do both sides at once.
@@BobBob-we3wr Yeah, I know pros who snicker at that tool. As if it were not good enough for them. But I use that tool all the time. It puts a bit more mud in the corner, that sometime shows a crack when it shrinks. But if you go over that with one of those sanding sponges. The end result is better than any pro knifing one side, then another.
I have been working on a 10" ceiling patch for 5 weeks now. The ceiling is now two inches lower and I have to charge 7,000 dollars for my labor. All because I didn't watch this video first.
Before you talk about the blade of a taping knife, you haven't told them what side of the blade to use. Good job so far but you are not telling them the details. This is coming from someone who has been doing drywall longer than you have been alive.
@@berternie1098 look down the blade of a taping knife and look for the slightly outward bowed side. That is the side that you want to use. If you use the other side, you will always get heavy tool lines at the end of the blade. As for brands Harington and Goldblats are fine. No matter the brand, I always prefer stainless steel knives. They don't rust.
You guys make it look so Easy. I think there's nothing like experience, but also really appreciate your pointers, some of these paste drys super fast and for us starters is difficult, but thanks a lot for your videos
I watched a guy say he knew how to drywall and tape and clearly didn't. He left a part of the dry wall where he had no support in the ceiling just loose. He than stuck this self adhesive type tape in corners bc a guy at lowes recommended it, put my tape I grabbed him back. All the stuff you went over I tried to explain. So now I'll show this video 😉. Thanks for the awesome tutorial.
@@tootrill2902 Of course, thats why we have sanding paper and most of the times you have to do it 2 times (or more) for a beter finish anyways. Dont know who has the time to wait till the next day
What's the secret to spreading it? He just glides but I either have bumps all over, run out of mud quickly, or scrape it all off on accident when I go back the other way
I recently used a "corner knife" and my corners turned out remarkably well. Saved so much time to hit both sides at once. Adding a splash of water and mixing your mud also makes a big difference.
There’s a reason why the taping knife has a 1/4 inch flat on the outside of the knives. If you use it correctly you can do the corner both sides with one motion.
Thank you so much! I was struggling yesterday with inside corners on a room I added a wall to. I watched this along with a few other of your videos last night, cleaned off what I did yesterday and started over today. I used a smaller knife and hit the edges with a file. I thinned my premix down a bit and did one side at a time. I spent less than 2 min on it and it looks like a pro did it!
🤔 with the blue painter's tape at top of video it makes it appear as if you are kneeling in a full size room.. you must be 15 ft tall!! 😜 🤣 Great videos mister !
I'm a painter and I know a professional when I see one because they make the work look easy. Then when I go to do it I have mud all over my hands, the floor, my knife, my face, and the neighbors dog.
Building a wall here... thank you for sharing the suffering, I now know we're not alone over here.
For real though
This guy is not a pro
@@johnallen2832 What makes you say that ?
If you recognize this guy as a professional then you have never seen a professional.
I had the first 2 down...but the 3rd tip is the one I struggled with. Now I know.. Thanks !!
Thanks man, watching this has guided me through the drywall phase in my parents bathroom. Your videos help alot of us! 👍🏻
I just bought a corner mud knife for $8 and it does both sides at the same time. Totally worth the money. Game changer for corners.
For some reason I've now started to actually say "feather my edge" when doing my mudwork ... :D Thanks for all the great content.
😂😂😂
Wow, you have helped me immensely!!
Said it today 😂
I do too! ❤️
Thank you for your video. It helped me mud and tape my room, and it turned out great.
Fantastic vid.. thanks for posting
This guy looks like Jean-Claude Van Damme in his younger days. Waiting for him to kick in some bad drywall 😂
Thank you bro
Awesome. Keep it up.
Thanks
nice tips
I do both sides one
Nice....do you have any videos of taping old ceiling edges with some substantial gaps to new walls?
Cool!
I'm in painter school right now, and they straight up force us to use mud that's ready from a bucket thick as clay, makes me so mad. :(
I always wet my tape also , before I apply it.
Can I install drywall vertically?
Or use a inside corner knife , like I use.
Wish I had seen this before I spent so much time trying to mud both sides with thick premix mud, using my sharp knife.
😂 right??! 🎉
Lmao i just see this video on my newsfeed AFTER i literally did the opposite of what this guy said to do? Lol dammit
I made every one of those mistakes.
Me too.
Me three.
My buddy told me about the doing one side thing over the phoneand the rest i figured out trial and error
Bryan Broussard same
So did I Bryan
Me too
step 1: recognize your mistakes
step 2: correct your mistakes
step 3: Nothing is perfect, but we can try make it perfect.
This guy is good! I'm a retired Painting Contractor. I've seen a load of sheet rock people. He knows how to communicate well too.
You also can’t forget all knives come with a very slight ark or cupped. If you eyeball your knife you will see an ark in the blade, this is important. After you get the tape in the mud, then look down your knife and make sure you have the ark in the right direction. The ark should be pointing towards the wall with the corners of the knife winged up off the wall as you pass down the tape pressing it into the mud. Now, when you are coating tape say on the center bands of your drywall joint when you’re putting the finish coat over the tape after you embedded it, you put the mud inside the ark so the knife is cupping the wall or tape center with the mud cupped in the knife, then, after you spread that mud, flip your knife with the corners of the knife winged out away from the wall and feather the mud top and bottom or right and left of the tape. Yes, knives come with arks in them, especially the bigger knives. If you run the knife with the corners cupped out while imbedded the tape, the corners won’t dig into the tape. Just thought I’d throw that out there for people who may not know. You can also over time keep bending your knife on the corners against the floor or workbench to increase the ark if you prefer. It’s tempered steel so it flexes back but will bend over time. The ark is very slight, almost hard to see but it’s there and can be a big help.
Agreed. It took me a few months to learn that.
I'm a handy man apprentice and I just redid a bathroom and had the worst time trying to make the corners nice. Its because I tried to do both sides at once. Keep making great videos man I really like learning from your videos and I love working in this trade
You can do an apprenticeship in that? Cool stuff
I'm about drywall a entire house alone I have a drywall gun flex 24 with feeder, drywall sander with led vacum,and drywall lift should be here soon n lease pray God uses his hands as my hands and his mind and words as it were his mind and words 🙏 in jesus name we pray amen 🙏
Great tips Ben!!🔥 I’m sharing this one for sure!💥👊🏻😎
Thanks Paul!!
2 big dogs chatting, I am subscribed to both haha. You guys are great, we need to get the drywall doctor, he is another one.
@@shinomex lol..how many drywall channels do you subscribe to
Nikki Mcdonald all three of the guys mentioned are good. Watch all three.
I'm not a "drywaller" but I do a fair amount of drywall and think that I'm decent (non-production type) drywaller, and I learned a ton from this video! Thank you
Great ……. You taught me the right thing
He makes it look so easy. There is an art to this, and some of us are just not artists.
No man it’s actually really easy as you keep doing trail and error there’s no point in learning anything if your not willing to make mistakes often
@@lorddeath6300 no no, don has a point. Just like everything, there is an art to it. Some people can feel the mud and drywall better. They can feel what level feels like without having to step back and look. A lot of its repetition. But every person has a talent. Maybe those people have a feel for things with their hands than others. For instance maybe you could feel your corners more, and feathered your mud correctly the first time. While I know some of my friends have to coat their mud 5/6x because they couldn’t feel that their corners weren’t square. Know what I mean homie? Hope this clarifies it for ya
I disagree. I am no artist, trust me, but I've learned to do drywall. By trial and error of course. The cool thing about drywall mud is, if you screw it up... just sand it down when it dries and try again.
The pre-formed corners, at the big box stores, that have metal corners with paper edges, are a beautiful thing! 😎
@@lorddeath6300 6 6
There are definitely those more inclined too it but it is a skill any skill can be learned, that doesn't mean it will be easy. Drywall is deceptively harder than it looks. Not hard to learn but hard to become efficient
I'm a tile guy and we have a dude that works with us that always gets stuck with fixing drywall even though he has no clue how to do it. It's so hilarious because we ended up calling him our drywall guy. Which he is clearly the opposite. Thanks for the tips bro
LOL
That's me. I've yet to develop a knack for it
Could’ve done with this video before I just botched up a whole room of inside corners 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂
I really appreciate your videos! You are a naturally great teacher!
Going to finish that taping in my basement that I have been avoiding.
Thanks, I hate/fear inside corners.
These videos are really helping... I'm down to 6 coats and 12 hours of sanding for the last room I did.
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😂😂😂😂
Too funny!
LOL. I should watched this video first. I'm on the 3rd coat now and did both corners at the same time. Doh !
Sounds like the stuff I do wrong. Thanks for this.
What about the mistake when you get metal corner bead and try to use it for an inside corner and then when it doesn’t lay flat you put in about 5000 nails and then try to mud the absolute crap out of it to hide it and then eventually realize you have to pull it out? Is that not a common newbie mistake? Asking for a friend.
You clearly should put your tools down and call a professional.
I was just considering doing that. Thanks for the heads up. 🤣🤣🤣
@@SpeshulFX You should almost NEVER call a "professional" if you have the capability to do it yourself. Why? Because of the cost. LEARN to do it yourself and not only improve yourself, you also buy the tools and LEARN which is very important in life. A lot of "professionals" make money by taking shortcuts that you would never take on your own home. The main reason to call a "professional" is laziness. Stand up. Face that stupid wall and tell it who is boss. The guy with the money and the tools.
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Your friend is a freakin idiot
I always disliked mud workers: not people per se but their specialty. Humanity spending time on specializing and perfecting technologies in this kind of work is similar as if Neandertals would spend thousands of years for perfecting carving STONE knifes. It's pathetic that humanity doesn't provide next generations like gun/lazer polimerization/spraying 3D prebuilding walls WATEVER BUT NOT CHILDISH WORK. As if kindergardeners grew up and use "professional" mud instead of sand and cr@p.
Haven't even watched yet, but thanks Mr piano hands for the great TH-cam content. You are appreciated. Have a like.
Best educational videos. On my home remodel, the "hired experts" mostly screwed things up. Now, I only have them install the drywall and I finish it up. The "experts" never take the time to do it well and I'm sick of going over their mistakes. Not "back-filling" the voids with quick-set is my biggest complaint (it drys and cracks). Thanks again ... I'm doing really well now with this damned drywall.
worst thing about this is the waiting, I'm so impatient.
How many sheets would you buy to Don 1500 sf ?ceiling and walls it's 4 bedrooms ordered 143 4 ×8 sheets hoping that's enough
Mud one side and leave the other side for the next day? Really? A simple corner trowel and both sides get done perfectly on day one. Day 2 second coat and so on.
I'm not about spend an extra 2 days mudding. Granted this video is directed at beginners or dyi people. If your serious about it get a corner flusher.
Thats what I do. Im getting pretty good at it too!
I'm a professional painter and a drywaller as well and I always watch the Vancouver carpenter all the time and he's pro without question, thank you so much.
You just identified what ive been doing wrong all these years. Ive been trying to do both sides at the same time!
Oh, you are so kinky Stasha. Trying to do both sides at the same time. So naughty. Take your time. Pace yourself. 😀😀
Same here, both sides at the same time. Live and learn.
Thank you for the video and your time 👍 I'm learning with your advice 👍😎.
👍👍👍👍👍🍺😎.
Um.. I do both sides at the same time with an inside corner trowel? Finished an entire house worth of them same day
I have never seen this before
Yeah but not everyone knows how to use a corner trowel
I had one - never could get that thing to work right!
Rdubs 1 it’s tricky yes, and it doesn’t do the job in the first pass or coat for that matter, and I use it with a regular 6” blade. But once you’ve figured that much about it you’ll be glad... it makes very nice corners in my experience
I have that trowel but don't care for it as it can also leave a lot more mud in the corner than someone may want. I like using Perfect 90 tape as you can do both sides at the same time, it is straighter, stronger and less likely to ever show issues in the future.
My dad was a drywall taper for 50 years. You remind me of him. I wish he was still alive to help me with my renovation. 🙁. You are a great teacher.
Today I used some roofing tar paper to shim up a joint were I removed a wall.
You are a great teacher.
Thanks so much for your tutorials!! I am a 54yr old woman working on some drywall. I watched my dad from a little girl do all kinds of drywall. He was a perfectionist and NEVER had to touch sandpaper to dried mud! His walls were perfectly smooth! He passed away a little over a year ago. I can’t ask him questions anymore. Your videos have informed me on such great tips! I will continue to learn from your videos. 😃👍👍
As a learning mudder, I love the pre-formed corners, at the big box store, that have a metal 90 degree with the paper edges. They've been amazing for me! 👍
Tip #3, so many times I'm trying to be the hero and get it done quicker. "I'll just sand out the imperfections until I start sanding tape. Which paint will cover. That'll be fine... that'll be fine... that'll be fine.."
THANK YOU BEN!! I am brand new to drywall and your videos are incredibly helpful. Unfortunately, I started my first project without your videos. So this particular video has improved my work! Especially adding a little water to my premixed mud!! And the tip about doing one side at a time on corners!! I brutalized many corners trying to do them simultaneously. Your new fan from Ontario.
Anyone else catch the ,"That is what I think the 3 biggest struggles are," as he holds up 4 fingers?!? haha. Great vid tho, thanks for the help!
There are three types of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't. Some of us fall in the latter group.
I appreciate your videos. I am a rookie GC in Oregon and I try a lot of your techniques and they are helpful.
:)
In addition to not having sharp corners on your knife, I've found it sometimes helpful to angle the handle of the knife slightly in toward the corner (versus pointing straight up or down) which relieves some of the pressure of the corner of the blade against the seam of the paper. I know... hard to describe.
I understand completely. Nice comment
Yes that's what I do and it's so much better
Just when I thought I was hitting "PRO" status.
Awesome! What you just did in under 6 minutes, while showing things and explaining, took me about 20min and looked 10 times worse. I get to try again tomorrow with new knowledge.
THANKS!!!
Thanks for this! Too late for me, but super helpful for others! Also I bet you could get views just by explaining in detail the angles and where you're applying pressure using knives in different situations to keep mud from smearing wrong, getting mud out from under tape, not tearing tape, etc.
Ok this helps me one side at a time and thin it makes sense thanks I just started to day and said to my self this is a pain in the ass at two sids at once so I will do one at a time and the fact a new how house to do
Top 3 beginner mistakes on kickflips?
Does he skate?
@@SKATE87410 damn near pro level
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@@MrPDTaylor kobe didnt epstein himself
@@justindecker9557 yes he did
I use 20 or 45 min hot mud for almost everything so my jobs are done usually the same day if not then the next.....I even use 45 mud in my spray hopper to do the texturing and also when doing hand trowel texturing
5 min mud buddy, works like a charm, mix it up and it's kickin
Yeah mix it up and it's a block in your pan before you get it on the wall🤨
@@knockoutcustoms7477 love the stuff!!
I’ve been mudding for 15 years and never used 5 min mud!
@@jamusmorrison3073 I hate 5 minute mud.....not enough working time unless it's a very small patch
Thanks for this very simple and informative explanation. I’m gonna forward this to my contractor who said I was being picky b/c I asked him to re-do the corners in my bathroom. His response, “It’s not gonna be perfect. There’s gonna be some lumps no matter what you do.”
You just proved him wrong (and lazy) in 5 mins 😆
Another good idea is to buy used knives/trowels at garage sales.
No need for sanding and I got a nice variety for about a $1 each.
Inside corners will always be the bane of my existence, no matter how good I get at them 😂
YSM Proto I try not to. It'll either all work out, or it won't and you're no worse than before 💁♀️
YSM Proto no!!! you dam worry, could be my house your working on, 😂
Peter Kelly 😂😂😂
I am chuckling as I'm watching this before trying corners...I thought I was "removing old caulk" before re-caulking corners in the house my parents left me. As I ran my knife along one corner, I thought, "Gee, that sounds kind of like paper...." and it sure didn't feel like pulling off a bead of caulk. Now I am learning to tape a corner. LOL. It's going much smoother than I thought it would since I can watch these videos. I'm still sort of amazed at how much material you have to put on your knife to get a good coating. Thanks for your virtual help.
mistake #1: not my problem, but noted.
mistake #2: I haven't bought a new knife in years, but again, noted.
mistake #3: UGH fine...you got me...But I just want the job over with already!
Use Perfect 90 type product on all inside corners. Much better short and long term and you can do both sides at the same time without issue.
Dude I'm watching your videos more instead of doing the mud work in my appartment. Thanks for your amazing content!
Sometimes if we Bed the corner on day 2 and its the painted side of a wall the corner wont have dried all the way on that side, beware of different dry times when mudding on paint, as opposed to drywall, the paper draws out the moisture way better.
I made those 3 mistakes 3 time each thats why it took me 9 days to do one corner
for real dude I as doing only a 4 foot inside corner and literally took a week because I would have to let it dry, sand, then put more mud to fix my mistakes.
Knees must be killing you
Sometime I have problem with paper tape with air bubles that will came off when is dry... tips and advice??? Have a great day
I've found that humidity can play a major role when taping and especially while painting
If u have air bubbles than that means there was no mud behind that spot
When butting up drywall to a pre-existing painted surface, I just tape and mud the factory edge and then come back and hit the seam with caulk. Run your sponge down the bead and it's perfect every time.
Good advice
Oh boy.
Nice videos Ben. I'm still looking for a video which pertains to finishing. I.e. the recommended knife width for finishing an inside and outside corner, and how many finish coats. Thanks buddy
I sure did try to do both sides today man I really struggled I bought the blue lid mud at home depot uffff
I always thin out the pre mixed stuff with a tiny bit of water. I never thought of thinning it out even more for the corners.
Thank you thank you thank you. You helped me so much as a biginner ;-)
You're very welcome!
Every time I have done mud on drywall, I've made that mistake. Haste makes waste! Thanks for this invaluable tip.
I read hate not haste lol. Shows you how much I dislike mud and tap. And painting. Did I mention painting?
You are the man! I struggled with an inside corner tonight and came to your video for help. Thank you.
Waiting to see a TeeSpring "Feather my edge..."
Can you do a video on where three corners meet, inside corner meets ceiling? Tape overlap, how you're suppose to knife from the middle, etc?
I’m a stay at home momma who dreams of being a carpenter so I DIY a lot at home. You are amazing!!! Ty!!!
@Mayra, have you seen the carpenter's daughter. 😊
I love your videos. Straight and to the point without a bunch of unnecessary chatter. Thank you
I'm a first time DIYer renovating a half bath and your tutorials are the only things keeping us from hiring someone! Thank you for the great tips in all of your videos!
I've already wasted money. I never knew all of this content was on TH-cam. I had to learn the hard way. Now I'm fixing the work of a sorry company. I couldn't live with the "professional" work they did. Just slap hot mud over mildew and chipped paint, no prep, no sanding. The education was valuable though. It was an expensive lesson.
That bit about the sharp brand new knife is such a subtle and important distinction.
Is it just me, or does it look like he’s taping the hallway in Willy Wonka that gets smaller the further in you go?
I once did about a 3 foot tall corner in a closet. It was at my old job and no one had gotten to it yet so I figured hey, I'll get it done. I knew there needed to be mud behind the tape, but I didn't know it need to have it the whole length. So I splotched it on and, well, the parts that didnt have mud started to bubble out. My only way to try and fix it was to add more mud 😂. That was maybe a year ago, more than likely it's already peeling.😬😭
I’m starting to get what I would consider decent at taping on repairs and small jobs, a lot from tips I’ve learned right here from this guy up top. Although I bought a corner trowel and don’t mess around trying to figure out doing it with a regular knife. I have the corners turned up on some of my knives, I find it helps things go smoothly and prevent lift offs with my inexperienced hands
Thanks for the great advice! 4 fingers at 5:10 had me laughing.
"The three biggest struggles..."
*proceeds to drop pan and hold up 9 fingers*
And always use paper tape!!! I can't believe how many demos I have done and people put mesh tape in the corners. That's got to me a nightmare to work with and it always looks terrible.
I always thought doing one side at a time was a beginner cheat. Glad to hear I was doing it correctly (for a beginner at least). Thanks!
Nah, it's not beginner cheat, it is how, and the only way it should be done. 90 minute mud might help you finish faster if you don't want to wait a full day to get the other side. However pros will have automatic speed tapers that allow them to do both sides at once.
@@jkotarsky \ I also seen them use those corner blades made for this. Does both sides at once
@@BobBob-we3wr Yeah, I know pros who snicker at that tool. As if it were not good enough for them. But I use that tool all the time. It puts a bit more mud in the corner, that sometime shows a crack when it shrinks. But if you go over that with one of those sanding sponges. The end result is better than any pro knifing one side, then another.
Exactly what I was thinking. Plus I always want to do it all in one day so I nvr like the idea if soending TWO or MORE days taping.
This Kid s good!
35 year Contractor
If I did one side at a time, my boss would sack me for creating an extra day of work
well, many times, companies are more interested in money than doing the job right.
That’s precisely why I started my own Reno business hurry hurry no pride in the job.
He will give me a hard time if the finish isn’t to his standard. I guess I got lucky with someone who prides their work
I have been working on a 10" ceiling patch for 5 weeks now. The ceiling is now two inches lower and I have to charge 7,000 dollars for my labor. All because I didn't watch this video first.
Before you talk about the blade of a taping knife, you haven't told them what side of the blade to use. Good job so far but you are not telling them the details. This is coming from someone who has been doing drywall longer than you have been alive.
Richard Ghormley Question..I’m a weekend DIY’er. What side should we be using? Also, is there one brand of knives to use over another?
Thanks!
@@berternie1098 look down the blade of a taping knife and look for the slightly outward bowed side. That is the side that you want to use. If you use the other side, you will always get heavy tool lines at the end of the blade. As for brands Harington and Goldblats are fine. No matter the brand, I always prefer stainless steel knives. They don't rust.
Richard Ghormley thank you very much!
You guys make it look so Easy. I think there's nothing like experience, but also really appreciate your pointers, some of these paste drys super fast and for us starters is difficult, but thanks a lot for your videos
I watched a guy say he knew how to drywall and tape and clearly didn't. He left a part of the dry wall where he had no support in the ceiling just loose. He than stuck this self adhesive type tape in corners bc a guy at lowes recommended it, put my tape I grabbed him back. All the stuff you went over I tried to explain. So now I'll show this video 😉. Thanks for the awesome tutorial.
It never even dawned on me to just do one side and leave it.
Me either, I've always been afraid to leave the tape uncovered. After watching this I'm not really sure why..
..... wish i would have watched this 2 hours, 2 corners, and a 4th a bucket of mud ago....
Adam, what are you doing? Eating the mud? Lol
"Do the other side the next day" xD xD
That’s kinda a waste of time I float both sides and it come out fine a little sanding never scared me
@@tootrill2902 Of course, thats why we have sanding paper and most of the times you have to do it 2 times (or more) for a beter finish anyways. Dont know who has the time to wait till the next day
What's the secret to spreading it? He just glides but I either have bumps all over, run out of mud quickly, or scrape it all off on accident when I go back the other way
I recently used a "corner knife" and my corners turned out remarkably well. Saved so much time to hit both sides at once. Adding a splash of water and mixing your mud also makes a big difference.
There’s a reason why the taping knife has a 1/4 inch flat on the outside of the knives. If you use it correctly you can do the corner both sides with one motion.
Thank you so much! I was struggling yesterday with inside corners on a room I added a wall to. I watched this along with a few other of your videos last night, cleaned off what I did yesterday and started over today. I used a smaller knife and hit the edges with a file. I thinned my premix down a bit and did one side at a time. I spent less than 2 min on it and it looks like a pro did it!
🤔 with the blue painter's tape at top of video it makes it appear as if you are kneeling in a full size room.. you must be 15 ft tall!! 😜 🤣 Great videos mister !