Top 3 Beginner Mistakes on Inside Corners!!
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- Inside corners can be a struggle! In this video I walk you through the 3 most common mistakes and how to solve them when taping inside corners!
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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.
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. 😃👍👍
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.
Wish I had seen this before I spent so much time trying to mud both sides with thick premix mud, using my sharp knife.
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.
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! 😎
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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 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.
You are the man! I struggled with an inside corner tonight and came to your video for help. Thank you.
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.
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 🙏
"It's just kind of a nightmare." yup. Been watching all your inside corner vids to steel myself for my second attempt
i’ve been drywalling a three bedroom kitchen living room whole house and the corners have been a nightmare yes and I started doing one side at a time thank you for the confirmation. BTW I watched your videos before doing this house so thank you for being with me on this project.
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 !
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. 😊
Dude I'm watching your videos more instead of doing the mud work in my appartment. Thanks for your amazing content!
I love your videos. Straight and to the point without a bunch of unnecessary chatter. Thank you
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 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
I'm working through a whole house renovation and fixing the drywall disasters so called "professionals" made during construction 20 years ago. I have an inside corner I'm tackling this morning and I've always struggled, so I committed to search for good guidance and expertise. The first vid I found was not good and then I found Vancouver Carpenter. I couldn't jam the "like" button hard enough. Thank you for this great information.
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.
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
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!!!
Man.. I have been watching drywall vids for hours and you are the first one to explain why every says to finish one side of a corner at a time.. Thank you so much I love you vids btw
I really appreciate your videos! You are a naturally great teacher!
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! 👍
I appreciate your videos. I am a rookie GC in Oregon and I try a lot of your techniques and they are helpful.
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This is exactly what I have to do in my basement, old wall painted and new wall bare drywall, thanks for the tips!
Thanks man, watching this has guided me through the drywall phase in my parents bathroom. Your videos help alot of us! 👍🏻
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 have a small project and no drywall experience with taping, you've taught me a lot! Thanks so much for the great pointers. It's always nice to watch a craftsman work.
Thanks Ben for all your super helpful videos. This one especially with the simple yet brilliant suggestion to round over the corners on the knife makes so much sense but I probably would not never have thought of it. Thanks again.
You’re a solid pro. I appreciate your tutorials very much. Thank you for helping a fellow Canadian figure out how to DIY!
step 1: recognize your mistakes
step 2: correct your mistakes
step 3: Nothing is perfect, but we can try make it perfect.
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.
You are amazing! We recently purchased an old house that has a lot of... issues. Mostly from past home owners "repairing" it. Thanks to your videos I'm confident and started fixing the dry wall problems. We are happy with the results and finally getting the house of our dreams. Thank you so much!
Thanks as always. You make mudding a lot less intimidating for us Joe-Homeowners. I also know when I really need to have someone come in who does this for a living!
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.
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.
great segment. i always struggled with this until I learned the trick you put forward. thanks for helping all of us
Exactly what I needed. Not that I am too cheap to hire a professional. It is just that professionals are not interested in small jobs. So, I have no choice but to do it myself. Appreciated having no music and no splash screens and no attempt to entertain. Just concise instruction explained with clarity, which is what we need.
Going to finish that taping in my basement that I have been avoiding.
Thanks, I hate/fear inside corners.
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
Best advice, wait until the following day.... Done few corners myself and always wondered how the professionals get it nice and smooth. Thank you very much.
Usually the professionals have a butterfly tool and just feather the edge
Can’t say thank you enough. These mud and tape videos helped this newbie immensely!
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 RUclips. 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.
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 😆
Thanks! Appreciate all the tip tutorials that will help expand my DIY and woodworking and carpentry skills. There always is satisfaction is seeing quality work that you've accomplished yourself. It does get harder physically in your late 40s, hahaha, but still fun to do.
I’ve been watching a lot of your videos while doing my renovation project at my house. It’s been a very big help with finishing the drywall. Thank you very much for these videos! Definitely subbed
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!
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.
Outstanding Sir!! Thank you from a 62 year old guy that thought I knew what i was doing. Thank you!!
Just wanted to say that I have done drywall repairs so I knew a little but am renovating my home and love to do the work myself. Thanks for your time and tips on how to make life a little easier.
Haven't even watched yet, but thanks Mr piano hands for the great RUclips content. You are appreciated. Have a like.
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
At 70-yrs old, I'm learning to tape and mud renovations on my home. When you know little to NOTHING, learning to do EVERYTHING via YTube can be daunting. I realize that what I did initially in corners really was the right way to do it! Unfortunately, I saw a DIY somewhere, and they recommended doing one side of a corner at a time WITHOUT demonstrating what that actually MEANT the way you did. Thankfully, I was able to get the corners smoothed out anyway. I'll go back to doing it the way you demonstrated. EASY-PEASY. Thanks for the clarity!
I've watched several different videos that offer advice on how to do these drywall techniques. Most have been good.. but yours, are excellent. Thank you.
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.
Sounds like the stuff I do wrong. Thanks for this.
Thanks for the "do one side at a time" advice. You just made my life better! I'll use hot mud if I want to finish a small project in a single day.
So glad I found this vid. I’ve always dreaded corners. Won’t be a single-coater but so much better than all of my other jobs.
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?
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 can’t tell you how happy I am that I found your channel. Learned a lot, much appreciated.
Thank you for the video and your time 👍 I'm learning with your advice 👍😎.
👍👍👍👍👍🍺😎.
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.
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.
Love your videos. I learn so much. I’ve always hated corner joints. My house flooded and I have a lot of sheetrock to replace. Thanks for all the helpful advise.
you sir are an absolute Godsend! - I'm remodelling my house and your videos have helped me SO much you wouldnt believe. Thank you - a million times!
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.."
I can't thank you enough for your wonderful mentorship! Thanks to you, my DIY projects involving drywall now look completely professional and the best part is, instead of feeling like I'm simply "patching things up", I have the confidence that my work is high quality and will stand the test of time.
A great help. I’m a homeowner, been working on several corners that bubbled. Messed it up the first time. Now I can redo it right. 👍 thank you
Thank you! I've always sucked with corners. Used your 'one side at a time' technique and it looks awesome
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.
For some reason I've now started to actually say "feather my edge" when doing my mudwork ... :D Thanks for all the great content.
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Wow, you have helped me immensely!!
Said it today 😂
I do too! ❤️
Man I old man has been a drywall finisher for 30 year and said your the best one on here
I really appreciate you! Thank you! I'm getting better, and enjoying it more, thanks to you!!!
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
Thank you! Doing both sides at the same time is my issue. Couldn’t figure out why my results were bad. Now I know. One side at a time. Love your videos.
Out of all the help videos ive seen..this guy is the best by far..
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.
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
Great ending! I'm one of those poor saps that took on his first drywall project and used the corner trowel and tried to do both sides of the corner at the same time. Wish I would have seen your videos 8 years ago!
Good to know since I'll be renovating my bedroom soon. Thanks for the heads-up and good video
Been taping professionally for 15 years , the first year learning the trade was not fun , but now it’s as easy as waking up lol ,, but good job enjoy watching the videos for some reason 👍
Thanks Steve!
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*
That make so much sense , I always try to do both corner and struggle every single time. Thanks for tips
I know this video is old, I'm doing muddling for the first time dry wall for the first time. It's my garage and I want it nice for a place I can wood work and whatever. Your video is going to help me alot ,you must really be a expert and thanks for making and explaining stuff out. I'll keep you updated
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 😂😂😂
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 removed a lot of drywall in my garage to add power, a lot of power, and I didn't want conduit running all over the walls. I knew the basics required to put the walls back together, but thought I would check RUclips for any higher level guidance. Your videos have saved me a lot of time and trouble. I greatly appreciate the time you've taken to make these videos. Taping, inside corners, outside corner beads, etc. etc., I've put them all to use so far... I may be a noob to this, but I believe my work will look like I knew what I was doing... TY
best video ever! I took out a wall in a bedroom, after removing a closet. I dulled my knife's edges, and finished one side of each inside corner at a time, with a day drying in between. The walls turned out perfect! Got ride of that stupid v shaped corner trowel, and haven't used one since learned this method. Thanks for this tip.
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
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.
Thanks brother! You explain things well, and cover each arena thoroughly
Been watching your skate vids for a while. I'm renovating my bathroom and was suggested your carpentry channel. What a surprise.
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.
worst thing about this is the waiting, I'm so impatient.
Been watching your skating for years, never knew you could help me get better at work too!
Fantastic, thank you! I'm doing a slightly different job to drywall mudding but the good principles here carry across. I ripped out an old built-in cabinet in an apartment and found raw fab concrete behind, so all the plastering on top finished at the built-in. Nice. So now I have 1,0m x 0,5m floor to ceiling to plaster out including an internal corner that I need to square up. I feel much more directed in my approach now. Cheers!