I'll be 70 in December. I'm mudding my first room...a bathroom remodel. I'm a retired church musician thinking...hey, if I can play Bach, I can mud! Well, I have learned a LOT from you...but...while mudding and playing Bach are both art forms, the techniques are quite different. I view mudding as sculpting and I view you as a sculptor. As a novice mudder, I've noticed there are many parts that simply have to been learned and practiced. Like playing Bach. There is mud consistency, proper tool size, a "feel" for hand pressure on the trowel, knowing when you're close enough, and so much more. And like playing Bach, you just have to get in there and go for it. I'm gaining confidence. Thanks!
Lol. Yeah. Sheetrock mudding looks sooooo easy when you watch a pro do it. It is easy for them. Unfortunately there are a few key things they do while mudding that are hard to catch onto when just watching them.
Perfectly explained Ben Im a electrician and do a ton of remodaling jobs that require sheetrock and tapeing when I’m done so now I add it in my price. Because of Ben my skill level skyrocketed and much faster. Thanks Ben, I even told my customer how this electrician learned how to tape from Ben from Vancouver youtube Chanel. I watch all your videos keep doing your thing Ben!
You’re the Bob Ross of Taping and Mudding! Thank you very much for this much informative video, I am new to this and found your channel most helpful for my home renovations.
hi ben, any tips for feathering if the wall isn’t raw drywall but an orange peel paint texture? i try feathering and it creates ridges and i don’t get that seamless edge you showed.
I’m detexturing a whole house that has awful texturing……. By skimming every wall. I started from nothing and you have taught me very well. Every room is a higher quality than the last. Thank you!
Thanks man, I’m building a guesthouse and decided to try and do all of the drywall start to finish. I could not have done it without your videos. I would have given up day one.I owe you a beer, or poutine fries, or pancakes, whatever you guys do up there I owe you that. Thanks again!
Your videos are proving to be so helpful. I've taken on a pretty big drywall project (storage room under the stairs) and I have been watching your videos to help me. And they have! Thanks so much.
Your channel is great and your videos are excellent! I’ve been drywalling for the first time and mudding my first project. Your vids are clear and easy to follow!
You are the most confident and knowledgeable craftsman I have ever watch a video of. You explained enough to be clear but did not beat the information to death. Bravo.
I know this video is 2 years old but still great knowledge. Love how you explain and demonstrate things so simply and to the point. It’s like you get me staring at my horrible edges thinking, how can I feather that better, and here you are telling me just that but also why it wasn’t working for me in the first place. Thank you sir!
I worked as a "making good" man for a dry lining firm donkeys years ago so understand the basics, but your videos have helped fill a lot of memory gaps. I am building my own house right now and you have helped me turn out a good finish. Your teaching skills would be valuable at any college. A lot easier than working for a living. Good luck.
I really appreciate you doing these videos. I was able to drywall and mud our entire basement. The mudding turned out excellent thanks to all your tips. Thanks man
I was watching recently a lot of Home and Garden TV in my country and saw these TV shows presenting US houses interiors covered in drywall but I have noticed that indeed only junctions of drywall boards have been coated with mud. Your videos saved me a lot of work cause most probably I would be covering whole drywall boards with mud so no junctions are visible. Now I know how to cover these properly and save myself a lot of work and time. Thanks for this video!
I never sand. I had a great mud crew that had decades of experience. They were fast. Came in and got out. They would come back the next day and do the next step. Four steps: tape, bed, float and finish float. If a ridge occurred it would be quickly knocked off with a 6 inch "knife." Not much dust was involved. The one time they did sand was when they were cleaning up someone else's botch up where the floating over the tape was an eighth inch above the plane of the sheetrock. They took the "ridge off the mountain" to save having to add a ton of mud to the wall, to fill the "valleys." If you need to do all four steps in one day, use fast setting mud. Works well. Thanks for your good tips.
Superb video, you explained as well as demonstrated the technique, you addressed common mistakes when applying and feathering and offered solutions to these mistakes. This was the best video I’ve seen on applying joint compound and how to get a smooth finish.
My lockdown project was to build a 2 bedroom granny flat inside a steel 6 x 12 metre shed. I wish I'd watched this video first! Never done this type of work before - RUclips has been my go-to for advice. Done a pretty good job, but then again, as I said, I wish I'd seen this video first......so much sanding!!!
Your feathering technique is awesome. I’ve watched your videos and my drywall finishing has improved dramatically. Sanding is now a breeze, simply knocking down the lift off. Thank you so much from this do it yourselfer!
Perfectly said Gary,I’m a electrician and do a ton of remodaling jobs that require sheetrock and tapering when I’m done so now I add it in my price. Because of Ben my skill level skyrocketed and much faster. Thanks Ben, I even told my customer how this electrician learned how to tape from Ben from Vancouver RUclips Chanel. I what h all your videos keep doing your thing Ben!
I honestly find sanding the most enjoyable. I too tape and texture what i hang and have gotten pretty good at it. As you said feathering the edge is important but also paying attention to the surrounding rock/wall. Making sure everything is nice a level is what really hides away repairs and joints. Have become a huge fan of the channel keep up the good work!
Good work! I repair drywall settlement mostly, and except for full drywall installations, don't even bring a sanding block in most of the time anymore. I just smooth it with a damp rag if necessary. An extra skim coat with quickset is so much easier than making a mess with a sanding block.
I have watched your videos and as a homeowner, I have renovated/ repaired so many things around the house. Thank you so much for your patience and help.
If only I had seen this 24 hours ago! 😩 I just finished spackling the bathroom last night and this would have been incredibly helpful. I've never spackled anything beyond a nail hole, but after binge watching your videos, I learned so much that I did a reasonably good job. While spackling, I did have the thought that "I have no idea how to feather an edge, but it must be really important since you mention it in every video." Well, now I know. Better late than never. I'll know for my next job. Oh, and I've also learned the hard way what a bad bucket of drywall paste looks like. If there's water floating on top, return it and get a new one. It should look smooth like pudding and completely uniform in consistency when you open it. I didn't know, stirred up the bad bucket, and what should've taken minutes to apply took me an hour. And that was one 5ft edge! Good drywall paste shouldn't gum up, peel up and fall off the ceiling while you're trying to apply it. It will load easily on your knife and go on like peanut butter - very smooth and easy to manipulate. So for all you beginners out there, learn from my rookie mistake.☺
I am learning so much about DRYWALL from your videos, DRYWALL is something that i know very little about and thank you so much for this information as it is totally AMAZONING !!
I’ve said it before. You have a gift on how to explain and teach all of this. I just can’t wait till my next project to put some of this to practice. Thanks!
You are a fantastic teacher. I am glad I found your channel. I am currently working on a garage remodeled into a bedroom. I am learning a lot as I go. I appreciate your expertise.
You are weirdly my 3 year old's favourite RUclipsr. He loooves drywalling! He's always trying to explain to me what to do while I'm trying to repair a wallpaper crapped-up wall.
You explain this skill so well and I love how positive you are in your videos. Whenever I'm discouraged with my skill set, I feel better after watching one of your videos and ready to go try again!
Wish I had you with me yesterday. I’m a skilled carpenter and have been a carpenter for over 20 years. I’m definitely not known for speed but for accuracy. Well I framed this wall with a ton of angles and I figured I could Spackle them myself heck I’ve seen my guys Spackle all the time. Never again it took me all freaking day while I watch my guys do an entire room in about an hour. Goes to show that we simply cannot do everything well
Thank you for the great explanation and demonstration. I have been doing inside corners, factory edge to factory edge butt joints and butt joints to factory edges thanks to your videos! Keep it up - so helpful to us DIYers!
I learned the hard way that getting a good knife is key! (at least for me, beginner DIY). It's definitely a learned skill with a touch of finesse! Thanks for the great videos!
Been watching your skate channel for years, mind is blown when I find out through random searches for plastering that you are also teaching this too. Thank you 🙏
I did and entire home theater remodel before discovering this channel. I've had lots of compliments on the drywall but there was SO MUCH SANDING! Looking forward to applying what I've learned to my next project.
Thank you SO much! I have been working on several projects over the past 3 years in our church built in 1884. The old plaster walls make it a little challenging for a beginner. My first large project was removing popcorn and re-plastering between the old wood beams on an arched ceiling, and plastering a large crack 3 stories high on scaffolding. REALLY wish I watched your channel then because boy have my skills come along way since watching your videos!!
Been watching your skate videos for awhile. I like how you go super deep into how different hardware affects your setup. This is the first time I had to watch one of your home improvement videos. No nonsense. To the point video. Good stuff.
Great video! As you showed in the video how to feather the edge, but worth mentioning: hold your index finger to the left of the handle when feathering left, move your index finger to the right of the handle when feathering the right 🙂
You, my man, are a very good teacher. I've learned so much from your videos. I thank you so very much. Your work is so clean. I used to hire all my sheetrock jobs out. I don't anymore. Thank you thank you
You are AWESOME! SO CLEAR, YOUR DIRECTIONS MATCH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. ALSO, THE DETAIL OF TECHNIQUES WITH THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE TECHNIQUES (CRITICAL FOR SOMEONE JUST BEGINNING!) IS RIGHT ON! THANKS MUCHO!
Thank you for making this video. I wish I had seen this prior to last year. No one had ever explained the feathering process the way you have in this video. This explanation would’ve made my life a whole lot simpler. I spent several hours having to send because I didn’t understand how to make my edges smooth. Thanks again man.
I’m taping and mudding a 12x16 room - walls and ceiling. Today I got ambitious and spread mud on a 12 ft section, started fussing around a light switch before feathering my edge and it looked exactly like the video. I put more mud on it out of frustration and refeathered (is that a word?) the edges and they looked ok. I did not know why until I watched this video. Thanks!!
Or... say for a flat, you can either use a coved trowel and the edges will automatically feather or use an 8" or 10" knife that you coved upon purchase. For the most part VC, you know what you're talking about and somehow learned to use a hawk & trowel for floating. Show people the easier way with a pan and knives for floating joints and recesses. And actually, the older the knife the better as it ages it weakens and bends easier to feather. I'm 39 years in the trade and believe it or not, I recommend your videos to the novice. Where I come from, we either use 12" coved trowels or 14" knives to float butts and thats if we're not using boxes. Best of luck and pretty good videos from a journeyman hanger, finisher & texture guy.
So that's how you avoid speed bumps on the walls eh. I once clogged up an orbital sander. I looked like an abominable snowman when finished. Excellent video, thanks. :)
I like how you explain the technical things that are actually happening when your coating. Like you said before its all those little things that make u GMA experienced finisher
It 5:29am this fine morning and I'm feeling hella empowered. Sooooo....I'm going to be repairing walls of my moms 1950's home that has plaster walls that are heavily dinged and dented.....with these vertical lines formed from painting over original wall paper. Thanks for the vid....wealth of information.
I am a hand man and mostly I do is painting and for long time I have been having trouble applying The Compound on drywall but thanks to the Masters like you I can get my jobs done I always look for professional videos and RUclips to increase my knowledge thank you so much my brother for sharing your techniques I will subscribed to your Channel gracias Mi Hermano
I’m from Kelowna and been watching your videos for about half a year now and your getting there well I’ve been taping for almost 40 years. Keep using the dish soap
I’ve watched many drywalling videos of others and yours. In my opinion you are the best at what you do. Like man, those feathers have the be the cleanest in the business! I’m curious who you think is better than you at what you do
These videos are exceptionally helpful. Generally, I go do whatever drywall home I repair I need to do, do that badly, Get frustrated, and then watch one of his videos and see how I should have it done it. I guess it would be better just to watch all of these vids like a bunch of times and then try to tackle the project, but then I wouldn’t get to marvel at my bizarre looking patch job.
People should appreciate this trade, it is real difficult to master the technique. I don’t get overly hyped about sports figures or movies stars. My hero’s are people with this kind of hand trades.
I started following you because of your great skate product reviews and now that I’m doing my own work on my own business, I’m finding these videos super helpful too. Keep up the great work and thanks!
Thank you so much for all of your pro information, I've been a residential painter for over 20 years and drywaller also but only for ten of that and I'm constantly learning and have been watching your channel for awhile now and learn alot from your tutorials. Thank you so much. Sincerely Lorenzo gig harbor Washington.
Your explanations are so well presented they are a pleasure to watch. I’m glad I found them as I’ll be helping my son in law tape and finish joints on a remodel job. Now to see your other videos. They’re very instructive. Thanks many times over.
The biggest adjustment I made after watching was to thin out the mud. I struggled with feathering well enough to eliminate sanding until i noticed your mud was thin enough to fall off the knife or trowel. I added water to my mix to get to that consistency and results improved dramatically.
Haven’t even seen your video yet trying to skip through the commercials no worries I can’t wait to see you show me Nix you’re an awesome dude thank you for the like energy the world is that oyster
Like the step of prefilling the step of scraping compound after it is dry is key. Scraping with your knife is much easier, cleaner, and faster then sanding. You can even achieve a sandless job if you dont use too much plaster and scrape after each step, very possible. You also need to use a light to throw shade and know where to sand. Scraping is something you can do with your eyes closed as the blade will hit what needs to be removed. Minimizing sanding is really key and possible to achieve
Using the square knife tool was a gamechanger for applying mesh tape and mudding buttjoints. Due to the handle it forces me to have correct angle, when applying mud compared to the regular tools, where I end op removing what I just applied.
I really appreciate the information you provide in your videos. Currently redoing my bathroom and have never done drywall work, but your videos are helping a lot! Thank you!
I use a pool trowel for stucco. I’ve avoided drywall work like the plague hahhaa but now have to do some at my house hahaha. Thanks for the great video.
Nice video. My biggest thing is the consistency of the mud itself. If it's not wet enough to start with, skim coats don't lay down near as well. A video about how to mix mud properly would probably help folks a lot too.
wish I would of seen this a few months ago before I started repairing this place. Would of saved me lots of sanding. I tried feathering but I defintiely didnt use enough pressure. Im more than a beginner, before the past few months I never touched any tools. Taught myself as best I could watching your videos and others. Luckily you cant see my repairs and they blend well, but I definitely gave myself shitty lungs with how much I had to sand, even used a mask but definitely sanded way too much
Goodness I should of watched this before I attempted mudding today. I will have lots of sanding to do😖. But I'm noticing I'm getting smoother as I go along. After watching a few how to videos I think tomorrow I'll do even better. Tnx
I suspect my way of smoothing dry edges is the rank amateur method because I've watched a lot of drywall videos and I've never seen it done by anyone who knows what they're doing, but it works for me. I work slowly and frequently get a ragged edge when I'm trying to feather it. When that happens, I spritz the edge with water from a spray bottle and feather it again. I also use the spray bottle to soften ridges and lift-offs after the mud has dried so I can flatten them with my knife instead of sanding.
As a father of sons and a husband, my house thanks you! I learned to do an almost professional job when "I don't know" puts another hole in the wall. And I get to look good in front of the wife too.
Vera 1957 He’s a father. And a husband. And thanks to watching this channel he is able to do work “like a man”. I’m not sure why that’s difficult for you to understand.
I am also a big believer in cleaning up around the edge of a spackle bucket if I happen to have spackle leftover I will take a wet sponge can clean inside the Spackle bucket just so I do not get any dried spackle when I have to reuse it also sometimes I like to use a little bit of water and mixing the Spackle or soap Dove soap I feel makes the Spackle a little bit easier to put on
My dad just bought mudd and it's pink then dries white! Not sure if there are any other colors but it's very helpful for seeing the edges and lips and whatnot 👍🏾
Very good videos! You are really talented. I am just diy'er trying to fix some old walls in my parents upstairs. You really make this look easy, but it is not....lol! It is really hard and I am a perfectionist... And it has taken me way, way too long to get this done! Too much sanding and dust everywhere...never again. lol!
If your 12 yrs old or 101 ? If you watch these videos of a Picasso of mud ! You will be able to do a fine job. He is a master , his expertise is fantastic
The Vancouver Carpenter is the best teacher of his trade on the internet.
I'll be 70 in December. I'm mudding my first room...a bathroom remodel. I'm a retired church musician thinking...hey, if I can play Bach, I can mud! Well, I have learned a LOT from you...but...while mudding and playing Bach are both art forms, the techniques are quite different. I view mudding as sculpting and I view you as a sculptor. As a novice mudder, I've noticed there are many parts that simply have to been learned and practiced. Like playing Bach. There is mud consistency, proper tool size, a "feel" for hand pressure on the trowel, knowing when you're close enough, and so much more. And like playing Bach, you just have to get in there and go for it. I'm gaining confidence. Thanks!
A curiously similar analogy was going through my head.
im going to be 5,473 next year :3
don't over think it. lol just fooling it does take practice.
Good on you mate. We’ll never know what we’re capable of unless we have a go.
Lol. Yeah. Sheetrock mudding looks sooooo easy when you watch a pro do it. It is easy for them. Unfortunately there are a few key things they do while mudding that are hard to catch onto when just watching them.
With 1.5 million views I can’t imagine how much this man has done to improve the quality of work being done across the world.
Perfectly explained Ben Im a electrician and do a ton of remodaling jobs that require sheetrock and tapeing when I’m done so now I add it in my price. Because of Ben my skill level skyrocketed and much faster. Thanks Ben, I even told my customer how this electrician learned how to tape from Ben from Vancouver youtube Chanel. I watch all your videos keep doing your thing Ben!
Nice tips. I got a nice chuckle when you said "Now I'm gonna finish this joint." Go right ahead, sir. You deserve it.
I bet you did, Panama Red. Lol
@@redskies3000 I had to google that. Nice! lol
LOL, good one !
my thoughts exactly. from british columbia…
Not only are you a pro at what you do, your presentation is fast, comprehensive and easy to understand.
You’re the Bob Ross of Taping and Mudding! Thank you very much for this much informative video, I am new to this and found your channel most helpful for my home renovations.
Awesome, thank you!
watching my dad do mud work is equivalent to watching a beautiful ballet performance. The man has a gift lol
Bob Ross can't kickflip
should u use a joint knife or a putty knife?
hi ben, any tips for feathering if the wall isn’t raw drywall but an orange peel paint texture? i try feathering and it creates ridges and i don’t get that seamless edge you showed.
I dont even do drywall work and I love watching your videos
IKR. I love this guy.
I wish I saw him earlier! Last week it felt like I was sanding my basement the whole day. What a hassle
#metoo 😀
@Sancho Pansa
Does the thought of that make you feel insecure or something?
I’m detexturing a whole house that has awful texturing……. By skimming every wall. I started from nothing and you have taught me very well. Every room is a higher quality than the last. Thank you!
Same here! Whew talk about having patience
Thanks man, I’m building a guesthouse and decided to try and do all of the drywall start to finish. I could not have done it without your videos. I would have given up day one.I owe you a beer, or poutine fries, or pancakes, whatever you guys do up there I owe you that. Thanks again!
Cute 😂
Your videos are proving to be so helpful. I've taken on a pretty big drywall project (storage room under the stairs) and I have been watching your videos to help me. And they have! Thanks so much.
Your channel is great and your videos are excellent! I’ve been drywalling for the first time and mudding my first project. Your vids are clear and easy to follow!
You are the most confident and knowledgeable craftsman I have ever watch a video of. You explained enough to be clear but did not beat the information to death. Bravo.
I know this video is 2 years old but still great knowledge. Love how you explain and demonstrate things so simply and to the point. It’s like you get me staring at my horrible edges thinking, how can I feather that better, and here you are telling me just that but also why it wasn’t working for me in the first place. Thank you sir!
Glad it was helpful!
I worked as a "making good" man for a dry lining firm donkeys years ago so understand the basics, but your videos have helped fill a lot of memory gaps. I am building my own house right now and you have helped me turn out a good finish.
Your teaching skills would be valuable at any college. A lot easier than working for a living. Good luck.
I really appreciate you doing these videos. I was able to drywall and mud our entire basement. The mudding turned out excellent thanks to all your tips. Thanks man
Did a small repair a week ago, and thanks to your videos, I feathered those edges like a BOSS!!! Keep up the great work!
I was watching recently a lot of Home and Garden TV in my country and saw these TV shows presenting US houses interiors covered in drywall but I have noticed that indeed only junctions of drywall boards have been coated with mud. Your videos saved me a lot of work cause most probably I would be covering whole drywall boards with mud so no junctions are visible. Now I know how to cover these properly and save myself a lot of work and time. Thanks for this video!
I never sand. I had a great mud crew that had decades of experience. They were fast. Came in and got out. They would come back the next day and do the next step. Four steps: tape, bed, float and finish float. If a ridge occurred it would be quickly knocked off with a 6 inch "knife." Not much dust was involved.
The one time they did sand was when they were cleaning up someone else's botch up where the floating over the tape was an eighth inch above the plane of the sheetrock. They took the "ridge off the mountain" to save having to add a ton of mud to the wall, to fill the "valleys."
If you need to do all four steps in one day, use fast setting mud. Works well.
Thanks for your good tips.
Superb video, you explained as well as demonstrated the technique, you addressed common mistakes when applying and feathering and offered solutions to these mistakes. This was the best video I’ve seen on applying joint compound and how to get a smooth finish.
My lockdown project was to build a 2 bedroom granny flat inside a steel 6 x 12 metre shed. I wish I'd watched this video first! Never done this type of work before - RUclips has been my go-to for advice. Done a pretty good job, but then again, as I said, I wish I'd seen this video first......so much sanding!!!
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Your feathering technique is awesome. I’ve watched your videos and my drywall finishing has improved dramatically. Sanding is now a breeze, simply knocking down the lift off. Thank you so much from this do it yourselfer!
Perfectly said Gary,I’m a electrician and do a ton of remodaling jobs that require sheetrock and tapering when I’m done so now I add it in my price. Because of Ben my skill level skyrocketed and much faster. Thanks Ben, I even told my customer how this electrician learned how to tape from Ben from Vancouver RUclips Chanel. I what h all your videos keep doing your thing Ben!
I honestly find sanding the most enjoyable. I too tape and texture what i hang and have gotten pretty good at it. As you said feathering the edge is important but also paying attention to the surrounding rock/wall. Making sure everything is nice a level is what really hides away repairs and joints. Have become a huge fan of the channel keep
up the good work!
Good work! I repair drywall settlement mostly, and except for full drywall installations, don't even bring a sanding block in most of the time anymore. I just smooth it with a damp rag if necessary. An extra skim coat with quickset is so much easier than making a mess with a sanding block.
Myself as well, I use wet sponges and multiple coats. Never sand.
Wow, I feel like the biggest mystery (to me) of basic mudding was just revealed and I understood it. Now I hope I can do it. Thank you very much!!
I have watched your videos and as a homeowner, I have renovated/ repaired so many things around the house. Thank you so much for your patience and help.
Also I've noticed keeping a spray bottle filled with water will help novices when they make a mistake feathering and top coating.
Clear, concise, and informative. Your channel has been my go to for all things mudding / taping. Thank you for your videos!
I'm a total rookie in all this and feathering my compound is my biggest challenge. Good video, thanks.
Great focal point, Feathering in everything in everything is a golden element in drywall, exterior stucco , and Painting ......Absolutely 🤘🏻
Great video. Love how you created a real world problem and fixed it on camera, instead of just talking about it.
If only I had seen this 24 hours ago! 😩 I just finished spackling the bathroom last night and this would have been incredibly helpful. I've never spackled anything beyond a nail hole, but after binge watching your videos, I learned so much that I did a reasonably good job. While spackling, I did have the thought that "I have no idea how to feather an edge, but it must be really important since you mention it in every video." Well, now I know. Better late than never. I'll know for my next job.
Oh, and I've also learned the hard way what a bad bucket of drywall paste looks like. If there's water floating on top, return it and get a new one. It should look smooth like pudding and completely uniform in consistency when you open it. I didn't know, stirred up the bad bucket, and what should've taken minutes to apply took me an hour. And that was one 5ft edge! Good drywall paste shouldn't gum up, peel up and fall off the ceiling while you're trying to apply it. It will load easily on your knife and go on like peanut butter - very smooth and easy to manipulate. So for all you beginners out there, learn from my rookie mistake.☺
This is the ultimate explanation on how to feather an edge. Thank you so much for sharing your gift 😃
I am learning so much about DRYWALL from your videos, DRYWALL is something that i know very little about and thank you so much for this information as it is totally AMAZONING !!
I’ve said it before. You have a gift on how to explain and teach all of this. I just can’t wait till my next project to put some of this to practice. Thanks!
You are a fantastic teacher. I am glad I found your channel. I am currently working on a garage remodeled into a bedroom. I am learning a lot as I go. I appreciate your expertise.
Man, I just bought a home for the first time. This is the most useful information I have ever seen. Much appreciated.
You are weirdly my 3 year old's favourite RUclipsr. He loooves drywalling! He's always trying to explain to me what to do while I'm trying to repair a wallpaper crapped-up wall.
I love this comment! My 4 year old loves plumbing videos! 😂 like I just don’t understand the fascination! 🤣
@@jenniferbruschuk8326 He's now 5 and Vancouver Carpenter is still his favorite!
You explain this skill so well and I love how positive you are in your videos. Whenever I'm discouraged with my skill set, I feel better after watching one of your videos and ready to go try again!
Wish I had you with me yesterday. I’m a skilled carpenter and have been a carpenter for over 20 years. I’m definitely not known for speed but for accuracy. Well I framed this wall with a ton of angles and I figured I could Spackle them myself heck I’ve seen my guys Spackle all the time. Never again it took me all freaking day while I watch my guys do an entire room in about an hour. Goes to show that we simply cannot do everything well
Thank you for the great explanation and demonstration. I have been doing inside corners, factory edge to factory edge butt joints and butt joints to factory edges thanks to your videos! Keep it up - so helpful to us DIYers!
I learned the hard way that getting a good knife is key! (at least for me, beginner DIY). It's definitely a learned skill with a touch of finesse! Thanks for the great videos!
Been watching your skate channel for years, mind is blown when I find out through random searches for plastering that you are also teaching this too. Thank you 🙏
I did and entire home theater remodel before discovering this channel. I've had lots of compliments on the drywall but there was SO MUCH SANDING! Looking forward to applying what I've learned to my next project.
Thank you SO much! I have been working on several projects over the past 3 years in our church built in 1884. The old plaster walls make it a little challenging for a beginner. My first large project was removing popcorn and re-plastering between the old wood beams on an arched ceiling, and plastering a large crack 3 stories high on scaffolding. REALLY wish I watched your channel then because boy have my skills come along way since watching your videos!!
Been watching your skate videos for awhile. I like how you go super deep into how different hardware affects your setup. This is the first time I had to watch one of your home improvement videos. No nonsense. To the point video. Good stuff.
Great video!
As you showed in the video how to feather the edge, but worth mentioning: hold your index finger to the left of the handle when feathering left, move your index finger to the right of the handle when feathering the right 🙂
You, my man, are a very good teacher. I've learned so much from your videos. I thank you so very much. Your work is so clean. I used to hire all my sheetrock jobs out. I don't anymore. Thank you thank you
Crazy how many little tricks you have for drywall! I’m taking it all in! Remodeling my first house, your videos have been super helpful! Thanks!!!
Every time I get a drywall gig I always come back to your videos
You are AWESOME! SO CLEAR, YOUR DIRECTIONS MATCH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. ALSO, THE DETAIL OF TECHNIQUES WITH THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE TECHNIQUES (CRITICAL FOR SOMEONE JUST BEGINNING!) IS RIGHT ON! THANKS MUCHO!
Ive painted by hand and carpentry 36 years but never wanted to do mud and taping. Your very good at it appreciate watching your video.
Take care....
Thank you for making this video. I wish I had seen this prior to last year. No one had ever explained the feathering process the way you have in this video. This explanation would’ve made my life a whole lot simpler. I spent several hours having to send because I didn’t understand how to make my edges smooth. Thanks again man.
Aside from mixing the mud for the best consistency, this is the best tip to date.
Why anyone would dislike this video is beyond me. Love your channel dude!
I’m taping and mudding a 12x16 room - walls and ceiling. Today I got ambitious and spread mud on a 12 ft section, started fussing around a light switch before feathering my edge and it looked exactly like the video. I put more mud on it out of frustration and refeathered (is that a word?) the edges and they looked ok. I did not know why until I watched this video.
Thanks!!
Or... say for a flat, you can either use a coved trowel and the edges will automatically feather or use an 8" or 10" knife that you coved upon purchase. For the most part VC, you know what you're talking about and somehow learned to use a hawk & trowel for floating. Show people the easier way with a pan and knives for floating joints and recesses. And actually, the older the knife the better as it ages it weakens and bends easier to feather. I'm 39 years in the trade and believe it or not, I recommend your videos to the novice. Where I come from, we either use 12" coved trowels or 14" knives to float butts and thats if we're not using boxes. Best of luck and pretty good videos from a journeyman hanger, finisher & texture guy.
Sanding truly is the pits for so many reasons esp.in a furnished house that you have to look after yourself. Thanks for the great vid and advice.
So that's how you avoid speed bumps on the walls eh. I once clogged up an orbital sander. I looked like an abominable snowman when finished. Excellent video, thanks. :)
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I like how you explain the technical things that are actually happening when your coating. Like you said before its all those little things that make u GMA experienced finisher
It 5:29am this fine morning and I'm feeling hella empowered. Sooooo....I'm going to be repairing walls of my moms 1950's home that has plaster walls that are heavily dinged and dented.....with these vertical lines formed from painting over original wall paper. Thanks for the vid....wealth of information.
I am a hand man and mostly I do is painting and for long time I have been having trouble applying The Compound on drywall but thanks to the Masters like you I can get my jobs done I always look for professional videos and RUclips to increase my knowledge thank you so much my brother for sharing your techniques I will subscribed to your Channel gracias Mi Hermano
I’m from Kelowna and been watching your videos for about half a year now and your getting there well I’ve been taping for almost 40 years. Keep using the dish soap
Watched about 10 drywall videos. Your by far the best explanation. Will try it on our new build..
You’re a God send! After watching your video, I was able to hide this annoying bump on my wall. Thanks a bunch!
I’ve watched many drywalling videos of others and yours. In my opinion you are the best at what you do. Like man, those feathers have the be the cleanest in the business! I’m curious who you think is better than you at what you do
Awesome video. As someone who’s worked many years in construction, I can say you definitely know what what you are doing. (Montreal)
These videos are exceptionally helpful. Generally, I go do whatever drywall home I repair I need to do, do that badly, Get frustrated, and then watch one of his videos and see how I should have it done it. I guess it would be better just to watch all of these vids like a bunch of times and then try to tackle the project, but then I wouldn’t get to marvel at my bizarre looking patch job.
People should appreciate this trade, it is real difficult to master the technique. I don’t get overly hyped about sports figures or movies stars. My hero’s are people with this kind of hand trades.
This guy is one of the best on you tube.
Very good stuff, I always show your videos to my maintenance engineers so they can better their carpentry abilities. Thank you for sharing.
Finish carpentry TV is really good also, I am a qualified carpenter and have learned a lot from him
I started following you because of your great skate product reviews and now that I’m doing my own work on my own business, I’m finding these videos super helpful too. Keep up the great work and thanks!
Thank you so much for all of your pro information, I've been a residential painter for over 20 years and drywaller also but only for ten of that and I'm constantly learning and have been watching your channel for awhile now and learn alot from your tutorials. Thank you so much. Sincerely Lorenzo gig harbor Washington.
Your explanations are so well presented they are a pleasure to watch. I’m glad I found them as I’ll be helping my son in law tape and finish joints on a remodel job. Now to see your other videos. They’re very instructive. Thanks many times over.
no way i found you, i stumbles accross you in the skateboarding channel, and i click on this video and i hear a familiar voice. Good to see you man.
The biggest adjustment I made after watching was to thin out the mud. I struggled with feathering well enough to eliminate sanding until i noticed your mud was thin enough to fall off the knife or trowel. I added water to my mix to get to that consistency and results improved dramatically.
Haven’t even seen your video yet trying to skip through the commercials no worries I can’t wait to see you show me Nix you’re an awesome dude thank you for the like energy the world is that oyster
These videos are giving me the confidence to doing the mudding on my bathroom walls. Thanks.
Like the step of prefilling the step of scraping compound after it is dry is key. Scraping with your knife is much easier, cleaner, and faster then sanding. You can even achieve a sandless job if you dont use too much plaster and scrape after each step, very possible. You also need to use a light to throw shade and know where to sand. Scraping is something you can do with your eyes closed as the blade will hit what needs to be removed. Minimizing sanding is really key and possible to achieve
Using the square knife tool was a gamechanger for applying mesh tape and mudding buttjoints. Due to the handle it forces me to have correct angle, when applying mud compared to the regular tools, where I end op removing what I just applied.
I really appreciate the information you provide in your videos. Currently redoing my bathroom and have never done drywall work, but your videos are helping a lot! Thank you!
Sanding/finishing your own work is the best way to learn and get better.
I use a pool trowel for stucco. I’ve avoided drywall work like the plague hahhaa but now have to do some at my house hahaha. Thanks for the great video.
Nice video. My biggest thing is the consistency of the mud itself. If it's not wet enough to start with, skim coats don't lay down near as well. A video about how to mix mud properly would probably help folks a lot too.
Love your tutorials. My jobs have improved so much
Thanks!
wish I would of seen this a few months ago before I started repairing this place. Would of saved me lots of sanding. I tried feathering but I defintiely didnt use enough pressure. Im more than a beginner, before the past few months I never touched any tools. Taught myself as best I could watching your videos and others. Luckily you cant see my repairs and they blend well, but I definitely gave myself shitty lungs with how much I had to sand, even used a mask but definitely sanded way too much
Not sure what you do better.. Carpentry or teaching!
Very, very helpful. Thank you.
I had no idea I was supposed to bend the tool after watching multiple videos. Looking forward to trying this!!
Goodness I should of watched this before I attempted mudding today. I will have lots of sanding to do😖. But I'm noticing I'm getting smoother as I go along. After watching a few how to videos I think tomorrow I'll do even better. Tnx
I suspect my way of smoothing dry edges is the rank amateur method because I've watched a lot of drywall videos and I've never seen it done by anyone who knows what they're doing, but it works for me. I work slowly and frequently get a ragged edge when I'm trying to feather it. When that happens, I spritz the edge with water from a spray bottle and feather it again. I also use the spray bottle to soften ridges and lift-offs after the mud has dried so I can flatten them with my knife instead of sanding.
Why so many haters? This man is a master!
Jealousy my friend, some people cant use tools an most r keyboard wizards that would probably get hurt if they used a power tool
Can you please make a video of how to repair when drywall tape lifts off a painted wall? Thanks for the best videos on this.
more mud, primer and paint will do the trick ;)
As a father of sons and a husband, my house thanks you!
I learned to do an almost professional job when "I don't know" puts another hole in the wall.
And I get to look good in front of the wife too.
As a father of son's an a HUSBAND? Lol
Vera 1957 He’s a father. And a husband. And thanks to watching this channel he is able to do work “like a man”. I’m not sure why that’s difficult for you to understand.
Awesome job feathering.
Basic, simple premise where practice becomes real talent 😁👍
Lmao he always makes it look so easy!! 😃
They all do. lol
Right? I’ve been skim coating a bathroom for two weeks and can’t get it right!
I am also a big believer in cleaning up around the edge of a spackle bucket if I happen to have spackle leftover I will take a wet sponge can clean inside the Spackle bucket just so I do not get any dried spackle when I have to reuse it also sometimes I like to use a little bit of water and mixing the Spackle or soap Dove soap I feel makes the Spackle a little bit easier to put on
Learned much from this guy. Very good videos with good explanations
I think a little color on the mudd would be great so we could se more clearly the edges. Thank you for your videos! Very helpful!!
Or the wall
My dad just bought mudd and it's pink then dries white! Not sure if there are any other colors but it's very helpful for seeing the edges and lips and whatnot 👍🏾
He is a master at drywall. Only guy I watch n learn from. Ty
Very good videos! You are really talented. I am just diy'er trying to fix some old walls in my parents upstairs. You really make this look easy, but it is not....lol! It is really hard and I am a perfectionist... And it has taken me way, way too long to get this done! Too much sanding and dust everywhere...never again. lol!
If your 12 yrs old or 101 ? If you watch these videos of a Picasso of mud ! You will be able to do a fine job. He is a master , his expertise is fantastic