Beginner Drywall Tips! Coating a Butt Joint!

Keep it simple!

[alext]

First time I ever saw someone tell of the bending. Been doing this for 45 years and I had to discover this shit on my own when I started. Thank you for helping the newbies. They gotta eat too.

[JoeysShortsfortoday]

He makes that look so easy but doing drywall mud is an art to get it right the first time like that

[ralfeotto]

A master at his best. I like to watch your clips. You make it look so easy. You are a true tradesman of the highest quality.

[coldjello]

Deep down, nobody thinks a flat butt is nice.

[JJShankles]

You've tought me to always feather the edge!

[ddr]

Thank you for the great explanation. Gives us beginners motivation to try to do it ourselves!!

[cfomusic]

You should definitely get a percentage. I just bought some trowels because of you and I love trowel now! Never using standard spackle knives again!

[thefirstkingridge]

Do you have a video that talks about the "must have" tools/supplies for drywall repairs, and the brands you recommend?

[Shieldbiter]

Man, you do the cleanest work. I wish I could mud like this!

[christopherdavidson]

Good to see you using a trowel.Ive noticed a lot of American plasterers just use the big broad knives. And I don't like it.

[NFGate]

My dumb a*s probably couldn't resist going over it a thousand times.

[mr.c]

VC I've been watching awhile. Love the lessons. Show us a vid of setting up the plastic screen to kill the dust, with 2 by 4's.

[ericdeissler]

Trowel touch is different than touch with a standard knife. I’ll stick with the knife.

Gotta say, a hawk is great for hot mud though.

[michael.schuler]

I am a pro finish carpenter. In certain critical cases, fitting my work on top of inside and outside drywall corners finished at dead 90, with no local build-up to affect the angles, especially at the outside corners, would be ideal and save a lot of tedious scribing. I have never been lucky enough to encounter such corners, even when I have requested special care from very good finishers. My question: given the nature of corner beads and tape, is such an ideal condition even possible? If so, what are the techniques you would recommend to achieve it? Thx.

[brendanlynch]

Used to be able to smooth it nice to finish with a sponge, haven’t touched a towel in almost 10 years and now it’s frustrating patching mud.

[antoniiocaluso]

why I've switched to FiberFabric (or whatever its called, I forget :-) for ALL butt-joints. Saves a coat! Fast set to bed, one-coat of "liquid wall" (as you say :-) and its done! I never sand, preferring to skip-trowel finish. Heyyy...I'm North Italiano, and love that finish!

[waldemarsarmiento]

The mud looks so soft. Is that premixed or you mixed it yourself. I wonder which one is better

[mitchdenner]

When you say butt joint, you're talking about joints vertical or horizontal that don't have the factory tapered edge, right? Cause i saw you the other day doing a verticle joint with just one application pass wide, and two or three feathering.

[lgzz]

@vancouvercarpenter I wasn’t sure larger sizes so I first picked up, 6”, 10” knife & 13” trowel (maybe12”🤔) should I go larger?

It was feeling like a 14” & 16” knife/trowel would of come in handy my last skimming job. (I’m a finish carpenter by trade so this is a weekend thing lol)

[age_of_reason]

Can you make a video on how to set up plastic wall like the one you have behind you.