Great video and those TOOLS! Old retired restoration specialist, skimmed miles walls and ceilings with a set of Marshalltown wood-handled knives, up to 24". What you have today is a big upgrade. Awesome work, thanks for putting out here. You guys are total pros.
I have been using a 24-inch stroke for 32 years now I use it for everything concrete drywall Plastering everything the only thing I had to keep with me at the time is a spray bottle of water in case certain areas get too hard but this one you showed me a lot easier and faster keep up the good work young man
Man, I appreciate you guys doing this video. I bought a house that turned out to be a money pit. I have to do the work myself and after replacing exterior walls on over half the house and doing the sheet rock which I had planned on removing all but now I'm going to save the ceiling and hopefully it comes out as yours did. Buying a house to redo is a little harder than I thought even being in construction but its getting easier with lessons learned
Great video. So when you do the other half of the room, and you skim towards the other half (that is already complete), how do you combine the two halves cleanly? Thanks in advance.
It was like the cliff hanger in a movie. I kept waiting and waiting, thinking with each close pass, he has to get it this time. Man my OCD was kicking in also until he finally got them. Man, what a relief. LOL
Good video. Try to follow joists as you wipe the ceiling instead of cross wiping. Since most ceilings have hollow spots between joists and also that takes care of all the bad butt joints.
You gave me the motivation to use skimming to cover up my popcorn ceilings. I was looking for the link for the level 5 blade and couldn't find it. I also wanted to know what mud do you recommend?
I also use the same method, but much more carefully apply the putty to the ceiling and walls with a roller, then I have almost no waste when smoothing.
I just found this video, this was absolutely a great video, i'm going to buy me a set of those knives, got to skim ceiling of a remodel job, Thank you very much for making this and sharing you skills and knowledge, if I was closer to you i would hire you in a second!
Great video man! I tried doing this before with a columbia skimmer. Only problem was getting the mud on the ceiling. What kind of roller do you recommend?
Hello, I appreciate your tutorial. I wish that you were in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; I would hire you today for a small ceiling skim coat. You're not planning to take a trip to New York are you? What skim coat mud do you recommend. Perhaps they're the same in the states? Regards, David
Also I've seen on another comment you offered up adding dish soap to the mud. I'm a beginner but fairly decent at walls, ceilings I haven't done. I've heard of the dish soap trick for bubbles.... What soap do you use? Does it matter? And how much? Really curious to try. Thanks for all the advice as I valve all those with much more experience than I.
I’ve never rolled the mud, always used a spray gun but I might try a roller too just see how good it works. Knocking it down with my knife’s the same but your way might be faster. I’ll try it atleast once!
We use Ultralight weight mud, but you can use any pre-mixed all-purpose mud and add 1-2 sponges worth of water or until it reaches a smooth yogurt-like consistancy.
Nice 24" is good, but try that with ceilings that aren't level with lots of dips. You'll have to spot treat the dips with thick mud otherwise you end up with voids while skimming.
Thanks for your comment, we deal with old homes that have unleveled framing all the times, sometimes we have to pre-fill those "valley"s before skimming, but the skimming blade makes it easier to manipulate how much mud you take off or leave on at certain spots
Thanks! We typically use sheetrock 90 as our base coat on bare concrete and add a tiny bit of glue to make sure it sticks really good but we've done it before with simply all purpose mud with some water and it worked great!
I'd like to try it . I do almost as fast with my trowel. You need to wet your mud for the roller which adds water and therefore little bubbles and a step . Your getting plaster on the walls too. So that needs addressed if the walls are not supposed to be touched.
Thank you for your comment, there is extremely minimal mud on the walls, however, in this particular case, the walls are being painted afterward. You're right, we thin down the mud with 1 sponge of water and some dish soap. We do 2 skimcoats and it comes out perfect everytime Thanks for your input!
You can greatly reduce bubbles by mixing mud a little slower. Otherwise you’ll whip air into the mud and as you know, bubbles can be a pain to deal with
@@patchdudes how do you deal with incomplete tape joints that become obvious after popcorn is scraped off ? Your not using that wide custom strike for that are you ?
Looks great as long as you let the camera wash out all the highlights and move it around really quickly so no one can see what an absolute mess you're making while trying to show off.
anyone who comments "you're leaving too many lines" doesn't understand the process ...... the lines get smaller and smaller as more and more mud is skimmed off ...... and as the mud firms up a bit
That’s such an art to perfect, im sure anyone feels can do this and sure they can however u really learn your mistakes when that mud dries and your sanding your ass off I’m diy all day long but this one I’ll leave to the professionals lol
Lol thats why we invested in our Festool and Mirka dustless sanders, makes life so much better! also leaving your skim coats super tight leaves very little to sand
please wear a mic… I can hear the cameraman wheezing into the camera’s microphone. Really hard to focus on what you’re doing when his breathing and mouth noises are as loud as you are
haha yeah i hate yellow ceilings too... nothing worst than a house thats been smoked in! We tint it yellow on the first coat so we can tell where we didnt skim 2nd coat or where we sanded too much
@Abdul Qadar We use CGC Ultra lightweight drywall joint compound, rolled on with a regular 30mm paint roller, skimmed with 24'' Skimming Blade by Level5 here is the link: level5tools.com/?ref=patchdudes
THIS is the only way from now on!! Never looking back to the old ways 😂😂💪💪
Best video about skimming...Parabens
Great video and those TOOLS! Old retired restoration specialist, skimmed miles walls and ceilings with a set of Marshalltown wood-handled knives, up to 24". What you have today is a big upgrade. Awesome work, thanks for putting out here. You guys are total pros.
Thank you so much! We appreciate the kind words
Level5 hook these Patch Dudes up! Do it.
Yes please!
Good video guys. 40 plus years in the building trades
I have been using a 24-inch stroke for 32 years now I use it for everything concrete drywall Plastering everything the only thing I had to keep with me at the time is a spray bottle of water in case certain areas get too hard but this one you showed me a lot easier and faster keep up the good work young man
Much appreciated!
My husband has to see this. He is going to be so happy with this. Thank you for sharing this.
Man, I appreciate you guys doing this video. I bought a house that turned out to be a money pit. I have to do the work myself and after replacing exterior walls on over half the house and doing the sheet rock which I had planned on removing all but now I'm going to save the ceiling and hopefully it comes out as yours did. Buying a house to redo is a little harder than I thought even being in construction but its getting easier with lessons learned
How'd it work out?
Glad we could help a bit! Goodluck with everything!
Great video. So when you do the other half of the room, and you skim towards the other half (that is already complete), how do you combine the two halves cleanly? Thanks in advance.
Great video you make it look easy. I know if I do it on my house I’ll be sanding for days in between coats. Thanks for the video
Thanks for watching!
Those ridge lines were killing my ocd. Thanks for finally smoothing them over.
No ridge line will be left behind!
It was like the cliff hanger in a movie. I kept waiting and waiting, thinking with each close pass, he has to get it this time. Man my OCD was kicking in also until he finally got them. Man, what a relief. LOL
I was actually cheering your restraint in not going after the Ridge until it was time.
Excellent work. Thanks for the video
Thanks for your comment :)
Ran full speed over to Amazon and purchased this Skimmer kit
use our link to Level5 blades! They are much better for almost the same price as the no name Amazon ones
Good video. Try to follow joists as you wipe the ceiling instead of cross wiping. Since most ceilings have hollow spots between joists and also that takes care of all the bad butt joints.
Thanks for the advice!
You gave me the motivation to use skimming to cover up my popcorn ceilings. I was looking for the link for the level 5 blade and couldn't find it. I also wanted to know what mud do you recommend?
Nicely done. very informative. very handsomes.
I also use the same method, but much more carefully apply the putty to the ceiling and walls with a roller, then I have almost no waste when smoothing.
I just found this video, this was absolutely a great video, i'm going to buy me a set of those knives, got to skim ceiling of a remodel job, Thank you very much for making this and sharing you skills and knowledge, if I was closer to you i would hire you in a second!
Coming soon to a town near you :)
really cool video, didn't expect that !
Thanks! We try :)
Great video man! I tried doing this before with a columbia skimmer. Only problem was getting the mud on the ceiling. What kind of roller do you recommend?
My first coast I did by hand with a 10"blade and has a few ridge lines. Can I sand them out and do a 2nd coat?
Hello, I appreciate your tutorial. I wish that you were in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; I would hire you today for a small ceiling skim coat. You're not planning to take a trip to New York are you? What skim coat mud do you recommend. Perhaps they're the same in the states? Regards, David
For the right price I would love a road trip haha
you can use any pre-mixed all purpose mud, I belive in the states its called Plus 3 by UGC
Nice work. Wish my boss had those tools
He can! just send him our discount link! these tools pay for themself after 1 job!
level5tools.com/?ref=patchdudes
Also I've seen on another comment you offered up adding dish soap to the mud. I'm a beginner but fairly decent at walls, ceilings I haven't done. I've heard of the dish soap trick for bubbles.... What soap do you use? Does it matter? And how much? Really curious to try. Thanks for all the advice as I valve all those with much more experience than I.
Any dish soap will do! and it makes it smell nice as an added bonus :) just a sprinkle is enough
Someone said, which makes sense: make sure the soap is lye free so it doesn't irritate your eyes during sanding
Any reason to not use a larger skimming knife? Like the 40inch? I Would guess this is the easiest to handle weightwise, is that the reason?
Boston, Ma here. What do you have to do to prepare a kitchen ceiling for a skim coat that has oil paint and grease etc.?
I would TLC the grease spots and simply skim on top with Blue lid mud or dark green lid mud as they have a bit more glue in them. good luck!
So my question is why skim the whole ceiling? Why not just the tape joints and particularly the but joints?
I’ve never rolled the mud, always used a spray gun but I might try a roller too just see how good it works. Knocking it down with my knife’s the same but your way might be faster. I’ll try it atleast once!
Give it a try let us know how it went 🙏
What spray gun did you use? I am a DIYer working on slanted ceilings
What mud were you using? To confirm you used the premix mud and just lightened it up a little with a cup of water? Is that correct?
We use Ultralight weight mud, but you can use any pre-mixed all-purpose mud and add 1-2 sponges worth of water or until it reaches a smooth yogurt-like consistancy.
Well done. Thank you, sir!
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Nice 24" is good, but try that with ceilings that aren't level with lots of dips. You'll have to spot treat the dips with thick mud otherwise you end up with voids while skimming.
Thanks for your comment, we deal with old homes that have unleveled framing all the times, sometimes we have to pre-fill those "valley"s before skimming, but the skimming blade makes it easier to manipulate how much mud you take off or leave on at certain spots
@@patchdudes yup thats what I am doing with the 24" inch blade. spot treat till it levels out then skim
What do you use to tint the mud yellow
very skilled.
Are you all ever in the Florida area?
What kind of mud is that? Is that EZ Sand you mix with water and stir in to get a mayonnaise like texture?
No this is CGC or USG all purpose Lite mixed with a bit of water (1 quart). You want a greek yogurt consistency
@@patchdudes ok. I did see where Home Depot offers a 3.5gal bucket of ready-mixed USG lightweight.
Great video, do you service the Hamilton area?
Sure do! check out our website
Nice, but try doing this in a rough wall is very difficult!
Come to Calgary and skim coat my popcorn living room!
Any recommendations on what brand/type of mud to use? (premixed ideally, since I suck at mixing)
USG or CGC depends on where you are are great. I'd go for the blue or red box/ lids and add in about a quart of water and mix real good
@@patchdudes thanks! I’m in Ontario. Ended up going with USG ultra light, which seemed to work out decently.
“We’re not just beautiful, but we’re smart” lol
Beautiful results + Great video Patch Dudes! Does that Ultralight mud work on concrete ceilings or do you treat it differently to adhere?
Thanks! We typically use sheetrock 90 as our base coat on bare concrete and add a tiny bit of glue to make sure it sticks really good but we've done it before with simply all purpose mud with some water and it worked great!
Would this work over painted popcorn ceiling?
Absolutely, might take 2-3 coats
we do it all the time
I just trowel with a 18 flat way less scrapes just keep moving . I leave lines and just sand red pro form comes off with your finger anyway
Thank you for your comment, everyone has their own way, we just trying to show ours :)
So, how long does it take a DIYer to get a handle on this?
A few years haha
How do you get the filler to roll on thick enough to skim it with the blade. I tried and it just leaved a thin watery layer on the wall
Try a thicker nap roller and dunk it in the mud real good. We use a 30mm nap paint roller. Level5 tools make a specialized mud roller that works great
Whats your ratio? How many gallons of water do you add soap
just a squirt or two of soap and about 1 quart of water per bucket of mud
well done
What is the name of the material you used ?
I'd like to try it . I do almost as fast with my trowel.
You need to wet your mud for the roller which adds water and therefore little bubbles and a step . Your getting plaster on the walls too. So that needs addressed if the walls are not supposed to be touched.
Thank you for your comment, there is extremely minimal mud on the walls, however, in this particular case, the walls are being painted afterward.
You're right, we thin down the mud with 1 sponge of water and some dish soap. We do 2 skimcoats and it comes out perfect everytime
Thanks for your input!
You can greatly reduce bubbles by mixing mud a little slower. Otherwise you’ll whip air into the mud and as you know, bubbles can be a pain to deal with
@@patchdudes how do you deal with incomplete tape joints that become obvious after popcorn is scraped off ? Your not using that wide custom strike for that are you ?
@@bjones218 use miracle mix by (westpac)
What do you recommend for the Compound?
Machine Mud or Ultralight Weight mud works well but any pre-mixed all purpose mud would do the trick
@@patchdudes Thank you, Sir!!
great video
How much mud do you take off???
As much as possible! You want to do 2-3 very thin layers versus 1 thick one
good !👍
How much charge per square metre?
Including materials
Prices differ between each job but visit our website for pricing www.patchdudes.com
Dude needs a hat, falling mud...can't be good. ;) Thanks for presenting this!
But that would hide my sexy hair
great video! tell little freddy el freddito im interested in him
what mud/compund do you guys prefer?
Big fans of the CGC Ultralight all-purpose mud
@@patchdudes on walls do you use all purpose green, blue or the ultra as well?
Can you skim an unpainted popcorn ceiling?
You sure can after you scrap it off or sand it off.
Cool tool I’ll buy it level 5 on eBay is around $600 Dollars in the USA 🇺🇸
Use our link!
Nice
I used 40” DeWalt finish blade it’s faster. I like inside corners comes perfect.
Thanks for your input! We have a 32” Columbia blade as well which we use interchangeably with the Level5 for bigger ceilings
Learned something today!
Our job here is done :)
Do you ever reuse the mud you scape into the bucket ? Which brand of mud is the best? Holy Cow , your shirt Isn’t too messy
We sure do! Good mud gets reused but any mud with "hitchhikers" gets thrown out
Looks great as long as you let the camera wash out all the highlights and move it around really quickly so no one can see what an absolute mess you're making while trying to show off.
@@HerbieBancock do you need a hug Herbie? Who hurt you child?
Why were you skimming in the first place? Looks like new construction.
20 years old home, we removed popcorn texture from the ceiling and skim coated twice before painting
Just the way I do it
anyone who comments "you're leaving too many lines" doesn't understand the process ...... the lines get smaller and smaller as more and more mud is skimmed off ...... and as the mud firms up a bit
That’s such an art to perfect, im sure anyone feels can do this and sure they can however u really learn your mistakes when that mud dries and your sanding your ass off I’m diy all day long but this one I’ll leave to the professionals lol
Lol thats why we invested in our Festool and Mirka dustless sanders, makes life so much better! also leaving your skim coats super tight leaves very little to sand
Do you need a lot of upper body strength to use that skimmer? I'm an old lady, lol. Stronger than some but still an old lady 😂
I would warm up really well haha good luck!
@@patchdudes I'm thinking it might take me a couple of days instead of 12 minutes, but I could do it.
please wear a mic… I can hear the cameraman wheezing into the camera’s microphone. Really hard to focus on what you’re doing when his breathing and mouth noises are as loud as you are
You didn't fill up those lighting boxes with mud, amateurs! JK, nice job guys.
Damn amateurs...
Don’t tint it yellow. It looks like a house of smokers I’m talking heavy smokers like five packs a day type of people do not tent it yellow.
haha yeah i hate yellow ceilings too... nothing worst than a house thats been smoked in!
We tint it yellow on the first coat so we can tell where we didnt skim 2nd coat or where we sanded too much
@@patchdudes Tint a very light blue. On another note: you’re doing an awesome job, it really looks good.😎✌️
You’re doing it wrong, you don’t have any in your beard
If Justin Trudeau and Zelensky had a baby ....
Not even close… I’m middle eastern…. Don’t ever put us in the same sentence with Trudeau 🤢
When I was scrolling at first glance I thought you were that Ukrainian president that our government is using to launder money.
Nope, just your average tax paying Patch Dude
What an idiot comment.
@@papichulo7187 thanks
😂
Ridiculous.
Ruined by the camera guy’s breathing like a Willder beast.
He works hard 😎
You want him to hold his breath for 11 minutes?
We typically encourage our employees to breath...
@Abdul Qadar We use CGC Ultra lightweight drywall joint compound, rolled on with a regular 30mm paint roller, skimmed with 24'' Skimming Blade by Level5 here is the link: level5tools.com/?ref=patchdudes
Cut to the chase the humour is crap.
@@davidwynne3289 hit the mute button.