How to Cover Your Ugly Damaged Wall with a Skim Coat- Looks Like Glass
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- In today's video, I show how to cover your ugly damaged wall with a skim coat so it looks like glass! With these skim coating tips you will be able to skim coat like a pro in no time at all. I also have a video link at the end of the video that you can click on and see me skim coat a wall using my Paint Roller Trick So be sure to watch this entire skim coating tutorial video. I hope you enjoy!
Thanks so much watching and subscribing! -Paul
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Checkout my Skim Coating Walls for Beginners Video Tutorial Series: ruclips.net/p/PL7Ww-LhWbB0EeAJDmzncGCX0N4CrEF7pG&disable_polymer=true Below in my Amazon Store, are the tools and products I use in my videos: ▶ www.amazon.com/shop/paulpeck 🔴 Be sure to SUBSCRIBE! ruclips.net/channel/UCXT0tFph4mtl0g24akR984A&via=tb Thanks for being a part of this Community! -Paul 👍😎
Hi paul, I was wondering if you would recommend skim coating a lath and plaster wall?
@help the bear Yogi gonna head over
I LIVE IN A HOME that was built in 1905 with plaster walls and lathe planks(?) Inside. I NEED TO REPAIR A sizable hole. I'm seena lot of referrals for Big Wally's conditioner and adhesive. All to be used on the inside before filling in and plastering.
If the video isn't mentioning BIG Wally's there is no mention at all of using a conditioner.
Is it necessary? What is this conditioner comprised of that makes it a benefit? Is there some other brand or recipe I could try instead? The price for Big Wally's is ridiculously high if you ask me! One last question please... do you have a repair video foe plaster walls?
Forgive me if I sound crazy. This video you commented or hearted of mine just came in and I see you did it just moments ago so I hope I'm catching you now! Thanks for sharing your superpowers with us!
Just a mom who is trying to save money and do it myself. Thank you for this!
I second that!!! This was very helpful.
Same! Very helpful technique. Thanks for sharing.
I skim coated a 15 x 15 dining room all by myself, 3 years ago. I still can not believe how good my previously very rough plaster walls look. Looks like they are drywalled. You can do it. I had no previous experience. Learned from RUclips videos only.
Me toO! I hope your projects turned out well.
I painted over an old wall. Not pleased. I'd not thought about doing this. I'm so glad I found this video!!
You make it look so easy...I just had day 1 skim coating a ceiling & I need to learn to leave it alone🤣😂 I swear I put on and took off the same mud 10 times.
I'm a contractor helper who's been learning all this for a couple years now, mudding is an art so it's great to have guys like you showing your techniques, I always learn something from these vids, liked and thanks!
Glad you found my video helpful Phil!👍🏻 Thanks so much for watching and commenting! 😎 -Paul
I'm a DIY. Although I've done a lot of work over the years. I've learned so much watching your videos. You're an artist! Thanks for the advice.
I really appreciate the kind words Ron!💥👊🏻 Thanks so much for watching and subscribing my friend!😎 -Paul
I'm a DIYer, my wall looks similar to what you're doing in this video. I'm going to give it a try, one thing I've learned is you pros make everything look a lot easier than it is. I didn't even know where to start you give a lot of good info, thanks and keep up the good work.
Hi how did you get on with the plaster? I'm a DIYer so looking into this my self
Thank you so much for this video! We moved in to a "fixer upper" and the previous owner had textured every wall in the house with a coarse sponge dipped in drywall mud and made swirls on the walls and let it dry with the peaks and then painted it! I wish I could send you photo so you could see how horrible it looks! Anyways replacing all the sheetrock was out of the question due to cost so I have to skim coat the walls. I've had to sand the walls as the peaks were up to 3/4 of an inch in places. But once sanded this method your showing is working awesome! It literally looks like brand new drywall! I cant thank you enough!
Glad to see a video with what my walls actually look like. Just bought my first house and spent 40+(still more to go) hours so far removing wallpaper with a steamer. Some walls had 3 layers on it and most weren't prepped or painted before they put the paper on so ive got a lot of holes and gouges in the rock that they papered over. Cant wait to get started figuring out these techniques.
Best way to remove wallpaper is blue dawn and water in a spray bottle. Doesnt take a huge amount of dawn but it peels RIGHT off. And use a semi sharp scraping tool. Be sure to wear gloves if you can. It gets sticky and nasty. But you don't have to. A professional wall repair guy helped me with that tip.
1840’s house with horsehair plaster, very rough and uneven surface. I butchered my first attempt at skim coating, but I try to treat every failure as a learning experience. Watching this helped a lot.
I watched your video and found it to be very helpful. I am getting ready to skim coat a house I just bought and I will use this method. Thank you for posting this video.
DIY’er here. You make it look awfully easy. Can’t stop watching, it’s like watching the Zamboni haha. Thanks. I’m givin’er tomorrow on a wall that’s driven us crazy since we moved in
Your trick on how to apply pressure to the sides of the knife was really helpful
DIY mom here!! Wallpaper was on straight drywall!! There was no primer. 😳 Walls are awful. This video is super informative. Thank you for your thoughtful explanations… and reminding of where to press down!!! Can’t wait to see how my bathroom comes out!
Awesome!👍🏻 Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend! 😎 -Paul
I start a new job tomorrow. Doing Handyman type work. Ive been doing it about 3 to 3 1/2 years so im still really new. Tomorrow im gonna be removing wallpaper and fixing the wall after...Im gonna try this technique of yours bro!!! It came out killer!!!
Good luck.👍🏻 Let me know how it goes.😎
Just started the bathroom tear out this morning. My walls make your walls like perfect - but I will skim coat as you show because you can always improve a mess! Builder put wallpaper directly on sheetrock with no prep.
Thanks for the video. Bought my first house 16 months ago, and I’ve watched it a bunch of times because my groovy 70s house has some heinous wall texture in every room. I’m getting better with each room as I watch your videos. I don’t usually post comments.
That is awesome! Thank you for watching and commenting my friend!👍🏻😎
I'm a new home owner and I always mixed the mud and handed my brother/boss the tools. I've always watched and asked questions why things were done a certain way. Now I pretty much have a general understanding of how things need to be done. I really enjoyed your video and I'm looking forward to watching more.
Thank you…exactly as the job I’m working on, wallpaper removed etc. I’m a DIY homeowner frustrated in the middle of trying to get a small bathroom walls ready to paint…keep sanding, applying mud, vacuuming over and over and over lol…I will try your method, thank you
You are so talented! God bless you for sharing your knowledge. So many people can not afford to pay a pro for this service and you are a wonderful teacher!
I've been skimming many years before skimming became a trend, 14" is my skimming tool as well, fast and easy clean up lower cost to the customer as well,,,,but,,,it does require actual skill and not relying on a tool for the skill required. Nice work!
a True Master makes it look soo Easy that even a beginner THINKs they can achieve the same results. I enjoy watching Pros work.
Diy'ed for years for family and friends . Gave up lots of weekends and summers for these parasites, working for thankyous and shitty pizzas (all this while working 50+ hours at my regular job...Now I'm trying to turn it into a side hustle.
My dues have been paid.. Great video thanks.
Been working for a contractor for almost a year and I haven’t been allowed to do much mudding. Wanting to learn to make myself much more well rounded and useful to him. Also so I can do more projects confidently around the house and them not be a halfassed DIY job because I thought I knew what I was doing.
Thanks for the video, mate. You're very efficient.
I am just a hack DIYer trying to skim coat my ceilings. Been scraping off peeling paint and some of the drywall backing paper has come off (like the wall in your video). I found that applying PVA glue to where the backing paper used to sit also works in preventing blisters in the compound.
Good luck with your skim coating project my friend.👍🏻😎
Been searching many RUclips videos for instructions on how to skim over my wallpaper removal in kitchen and bathroom. This video is the most helpful. Thank you Paul.
I've just started doing D.I.Y for others who can't been an awesome journey ❤Love Ur videos
That’s amazing!💥👏🏻 Keep up the good work my friend!😎
This video has taught me so much!!! My walls are turning out 1000% better since watching this!!! Thank you!!
Residential/Commercial Painter here, Still working on my mudding skills and thats why Im watching your video, Nice work man, Im definitely Subscribed after watching this. Thank you for the clear instructions.
Hey Paul, This video is very helpful! My husband and I were terrible at drywalling a few years ago. Now I’m educating myself so I can repair some ceilings that have small bits of paper damage and nail pops. My first go at it was horrible! But after watching this, I now understand I need to apply pressure on the leading edge. I think I’ll switch to a wall repair so I can get some practice before attempting the ceiling again. Thanks so much!
Wish i could have this done in my room! ): i don’t think my step dad would be willing to since we have high walls. but i love how you respond to the people with questions in the comments! Great work as well. (:
Hey there Jen! I really appreciate your kind words!👍🏻 Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend!😎 -Paul
Right on.
I removed previous owners “Tuscan style” textured wall from our kitchen :/
That part was bad enough but the wall I was left with was close to what you see here. This is my first time doing this and with the tips I saw here I was encouraged I could, and indeed it is looking pretty good!
Even my wife and one of my daughters were impressed haha.
I just signed the lease to my first ever commercial space. Investors just fell through and now I’m on RUclips University trying to figure out how to do this myself.
THANK YOU for this detailed video. I’ll be doing this tomorrow on the space after peeling off some bamboo paneling that was glued to the wall. I wish I could send you photos to ask for detailed advice but I’m so grateful to see this process!!!!!!
I just pulled down paneling that had beautiful old sheet rock under it that I want to keep. The sheet rock looks like boards in an old beach house, in other words it has a groove in it at intervals. The paneling pulled some of the Sheetrock paper off and it has imperfections, so glad to find your video. I hope I can modify your method. I’m a 65 year old retired nurse who is remodeling the house I lived in when I was born and has been rented by me to a couple for 37 years and until they both passed away. I was married to a carpenter, we built our first house, which was a pole house 20 feet off the ground in the woods. I have been remolding and building anything I wanted or needed since then.
I was a painter many years ago. My Dad and 2 brothers were all tradies here in Australia..but they never mess with serious plaster work, jusy typical patchwork, backfilling..plastering is a whole different trade here in Australia.. I was the black sheep and got an office job. I have the skills but am very slow. I'm doing my bathroom, going to be tiled wall on aquachek gyprock. I am doing the drywall myself, but didn't want to mess with ceiling, so just removed the old cornice as neat as i could. I've decided the ceiling definitely needs a skim coat..this vid has helped a lot..feel a lot more confident at least..pretty sure mine won't go as smooth as this and i'll be covered in sanding dust :) whatever it takes i geuss !!!
#DIYer here. Have crackling (unintentional) in our 1950's rental bathroom and kitchen paint. Your videos are exactly what I needed to figure out how to cover that. Thank you! Plan is scrape, patch (if needed), zinsser Peel Stop, skim coat, texture, PVA (maybe or some other primer), paint. Wish me luck!
I’m a homeowner that is trying to update the property. Won’t be my forever home but still need the walls smoothed. I started taking the painted wallpaper off and it looked at hot mess like the one you showed in this video. Thank You, I now have an idea of how to make walls look respectable again!
Guess what I have just been doing, too many lines in my skim coat, pressure on the left, lines gone, thank you, your a wall saver 😅
That’s awesome!💥👊🏻 I really appreciate your feedback! Thanks so much for watching and subscribing my friend!😎 -Paul
That "Problem Surface Sealer" really is key.
I'm into my Fifth"coat" of Compound, trying to get everything "Level", again, after removing my Wall-Tile --- sure wish I had known about that special 'Surface Sealer' when I had started...
Great Vid! - 👍
DIYer here. Redoing my bathroom. The builder used super strong adhesive to glue tiles to the unprimed drywall so it caused a lot of issues when I took them off. Hoping it comes out well and looks like a real wall!
Good luck.👍🏻 Let me know if you run into any questions along the way. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.😎
Paul I’m a 64 y/o DIYer same issue with post drywall problem wall. Removed the old wallpaper skin and was using soaking water to get the old backing off. Screw that im going to heed your advice on using Zinnser Gardz.
PS. Watching your other videos. I feel I need to pay you for the excellent education. What a great teacher you are and know your craft. Kudos.
We bought a house last year and the previous owners put an awful texture on the garage walls. I think this video is what I needed to get my walls looking right.
Hey bud! I tore all the old particle board paneling of the walls in my room and the drywall paper looked just like the walls your working on in this video👍🏻I didn’t use the exact sealer that you did but “kilz” premium sealer and primer did the trick.this was a very informative video🙏thank you!
I am working on a 1980s bathroom that had wallpaper. I ran into the same issue with torn drywall paper and wallpaper remnants. I used the gardz and skim coating and it worked great
I'm patching my daughter's room where she destroyed a 20"x24" section of drywall requiring a huge repair area. Patching is done, now ready to paint and was wondering about priming the patched area. This is a great tutorial on skimming - hope I don't have to do any soon. One important thing I learned as a DIYer, first just get the mud on the wall and then move it around and smooth it out, get the mud on the wall first. LOL.
I recently bought and older, flipped home. The flipper was a bit lazy and the walls could definitely look better. This was super helpful and gave me the confidence to start tackling the ugly walls. Thanks!
I used to do contracting work and I had my hand and some drywall jobs and repairs now I'm a DIY I just bought a house so I'm refreshing my memory of things I used to do and I'm glad to see some new techniques that you're showing us thanks for the tips
Hi, Paul. I am a DIY guy. I watched your video yesterday and today I skim coated my bathroom walls after removing wallpaper and priming with Gardz. Removing wallpaper is of the devil! This time my walls were not as bad as in your video, but the walls had plenty of damaged drywall paper. Your description of diluting the mud to pancake batter or yogurt helped. However, I diluted a full 3.5 gallon box of lite drywall mud with 60 ounces of water and that was twice as much as I needed for the 208 square feet I skim coated. Your rolling method of applying the mud worked GREAT, much faster than using a drywall pan. Where I live all drywall also is textured, so that will be my next step on my bathroom project using a paint roller and some of my extra diluted drywall mud. I am glad for the texture step as I think that will hide my lack of skill. Your skim was "like glass." My skim coat turned out pretty good maybe not that glass-like. Thanks for your helpful video!!!
never done any dry walling but gonna try to redo my whole 2 br apartment starting w the living room so shout out to you for the content deadass 😭
I'm a diy guy that found your videos looking for knock down texture matching. I appreciate guys like you that share your experience and expertise on RUclips. Thanks very much!
#drywalltube
DIY-ing an old house I bought for my mama! Thanks for sharing! This is gonna make my kitchen lipstick remodel go a lot less worse than planned ;-)
Remodeling my kitchen and removed the wall cabinets. Found a mess of holes and old wall paper with tattered edges. Real un even surfaces and found this video. This is exactly what I needed as I wasn't sure how to prep the wall for paint to install floating shelves. Thanks for all the helpful info and tips
Jack of all trades!! I'm not the best when it come to joints ,I never seem to get it smooth even with me sanding it.
Nice work! Exact content I needed. I have a 900 sq ft condo that has had a smoker in it. orange peel sheetrock over cement walls. Popcorn ceilings. Once cleaned this is what I'll do. You posted this 3 years ago and its still relevant. Thanks!
They should've had you skim coat them ugly textured cellings as well. Great job on them walls
Great example of how to skim coat a damaged wall. I'll be removing wallpaper from an old house and will try this technique. Also, I have insulation tiles on my ceiling that were installed in the 70's. They likely have asbestos in them making them to dangerous to remove as a DYI and too costly to have professionals remove. Do you think I could mud and tape the seams then skim coat the ceiling?
I’m doing my first ceiling skim and I’ve watched your videos over and over! I’m kinda getting the hang of it??? I remember when you said don’t dick around with it too much and I did…so I see what you mean!!! It does build your wrist up a lot! You make it look sooo easy. I did half a ceiling so far. I have to get back to it here in a day or so. Kitchen cabinets are like 4 or 5 inches from ceiling so I’m kinda feathering in back. The thing I have a problem with is when you use a finger to lift one side to keep the lines down? I can’t get the hang of that yet. I’ll get back when I’m finished. Thank you for helping us out!!!
Longer the video the more I learn. Thank u so much for the video. This is how I learn from channels like urs so I can do my house
#drywalltube
I really appreciate that feedback Hammer!🔥 it seems like viewers are enjoying this video and watching longer!🙏 Thanks so much for watching and commentingman!😎 -Paul
I'm a painter by trade, and occasionally, I have to skim coat walls. I was taught by a professional drywall contractor how to skim coat, sand, and then one last skim, and a little more sanding to finish up. I've also learned how to do knockdown texture on walls, and there's not a lot of homes that have that type of finish on their walls, so it's nice to be able to add that to my resume. I really enjoyed your video, and you have a new subscriber. Enjoy your weekend brother!
~Joe ✌😎
Handyman here. I’m dealing with WP direct to drywall.ooooofff. This helps thanks man
DIY'er here. Want to remove the turtle texture from my walls to leave a smooth finish. Also interested in either removing my popcorn ceiling OR skim/smooth over them. Thanks for the videos.
I'm a General remodeled of 50 years, I did enjoy the skim coat video. I do a lot of drywalling and skim coating. I had one customer who tried to remove the wall paper past and left over paper with a electronic belt sander. What a mess that was.
I am going to skim coat my bathroom that has alligator micro cracked paint all over. I have skim coated before but was unsure how to prepare the cracked paint. I am a physically disabled 52 yro woman doing DIY. Thanks for the information!
Thanks for another great, informative video! After living in cities/countries where having smooth walls are the norm, I just can't go back to textured walls that are in 99.9% of homes in FL. My husband and I are waiting to close on a 3,300sqft home in Tampa, and in order to spend money on projects I know I can't do (like laying and hanging new tile) I'm going to try my luck at skim coating the walls for a smooth finish before we sub out the painting. It'll probably take me a month to do it, but I'm determined to have smooth walls.
***Question: I've seen a few videos where guys sanded walls to remove paint and some texture off before applying the mud. They said it would give the mud a better foundation to stick to the wall, and for walls with a lot of that orange peel they said it'll save you another application of the mud. That said, I watched a video of yours where you applied the mud directly onto a finished, painted wall. Is this just a preference, does it depend how much texture is on the wall, or is there something else I need to consider before either sanding or just applying the mud/skim coat first?
Respect your talent. Admit I became mesmerized in lower left corner at how quick and automatic your wrist motions were to load and apply just the right amount needed for stroke. Like a relaxation video for people with messed up walls. :) Thank you for sharing.
Wow, thank you!👍🏻😎
Wow what a game changer! Primarily DIY but I work in maintenance. Great video start to finish
thx really insightful Went cold turkey to figure it out for me on a textured ceiling/walls. Mistakes yes, but with time & muscle it's coming out. Your video was what I needed to know first starting out as a total green horn. Thanks so much. This helped me finish nicely ! Cheers
I'm a DIYer my living room has an ugly light texture will be trying to make it smooth thanks for the videos
Hey bro just bought my first house so i fall into the diy cat. Great vids you are my go-to
Paul, I appreciate you taking the time to share your expertise. I'm a DIY'er but not new to to drywall, tape and bed but always seem to find a situation that requires a new technique. I am in the middle of a bathroom remodel in which I have replaced all the drywall so the condition of the surfaces are good. The room is small, 5' wide x 8'm walls but the job is complicated by the fact that I framed a dome vault aka cloister vault ceiling. For those who can't envision this ceiling imagine an umbrella that only has 4 panels but unlike a pyramid shape still rounds to a dome at the top. This ceiling therefore has four concave panels that meet at the top almost like the top of a sphere but where they meet at the walls they have defined corners. Those corners where they meet each other are changing in angle every inch, in addition were each panel meets the top of each respective wall the angle is not a common degree angle, ie not 90 or 45. All this brings great challenge to even an experienced DIYer in getting smooth layers of mud into the corners when taping as well as when skimming. Is there a tool you are aware of that might help do these odd angles and concave surfaces? Perhaps a Pool Trowel? Thanks, Stuart
Make look so easy, going tontrybthis weekend, my wall are a mess, hoping I can make this work, thanks for the tips
Difficult removal of butt ugly 1980 teal , mauve & silver wallpaper ! My first attempt, not good! And then add central Texas bizarre texture swirls ...it’s been awful! BUT grateful for your video!! Will save me! ( after I fix the crap the big box store person told me to use ( sparkle) ...it’s been a journey of learning the hard way!!
I got an entire house to practice this technique on. Feeling more confident 😌 after watching this video.
Thanks
Hi lol this is what I'm doing and I did just that pulled up old Wall paper and my bathroom looks just like this. So I thank you, thank you for sharing this video it's just what I needed. Lol now I think I can get unstuck in the bathroom yes I have been stuck in that room for about 2 months.
Well alright Mary!🔥💪🏻 I’m so glad my video could help you out on your project! Thanks so much for watching and subscribing my friend!😎 -Paul
Omg you make it look so easy . I have a 1920s home that has some weird wall board . It’s a pretty big room and hall that needs skim coated . I’m petrified to try it but don’t know what else to use
Brilliant video! DIY'R here.. 😅.. I will attempt to skim coat a small wall in my apartment. You make the process look very easy, and you give ver very very good directives.. Priceless! ! Keep up the good work and i will lock you in for future projects!
We batch together a bunch of old oil based paints preferably light colors and roll over the torn and brown papered drywall to seal it and kinda glue back down it works really well if your not in an occupied building or space it does have a smell only drawback
DIY'er here. You are da bomb dude!! Actually currently working on redoing a wall and wanted to skim coat it so straight to youtube to look for vids and ran across yours. I've seen a couple of other videos but yours is the best by far I've come across. Excellent work and was wondering how to not get lines and now thanks to you I know. I will be trying your technique today, can't wait. Thank you sir for sharing your knowledge. Knowledge is power.
That’s awesome Steven!🔥 I’m so glad my videos can help you with some technics and fine tuning you skills. Let me know how your project goes!👍🏻 Thanks so much for watching and subscribing my friend!😎 -Paul
Paul thank you for all of your videos. I am a DIY person all my life. I have recently inherited my Grandfathers home. There is wallpaper, water damage, some walls that look like they were just primer coated? Still after 65 years? Thanks to you I feel like, Yes I can do this.
I'm a DiY-er who has always wanted to try out the more heavy duty, contractor style of repair, like drywall, plaster, tiling, the works. My husband and I just closed on our first house together and while I was trying to prep the room that is going to be my office, to my horror I found out that the previous owners painted over the original 1982 wallpaper in the room! Thus far, my office seems to be the only room that recieved/still had wallpaper, but just realizing I would have to remove it made me tired. It took a solid day for me to remove the wallpaper, but either due to the age of it or the poor application or how I removed it I had almost no drywall damage. Thank goodness! However, after patching and filling some old nail holes and sealing the minimal drywall damage upon recommendations from people more experienced than I, I'm now at the point in the process of being terrified of doing the skim coat. I found your channel at just the right time! And this makes me feel more confident that I can actually get this done.
We just purchased a house and the garage is wood and all the drywall had termite tunnels in it. So this is exactly what I needed perfect video definitely a great teacher!
Same type of project. Needed to remove the old wallpaper and get the wall smooth again 👍🏾
This is definitely an art. It also takes some practice which is obvious you are an expert. (Experts make it look easy). I’ve had to learn how to do this with the help of videos such as yours because I’m finding in next to impossible to find anyone to do “small”jobs…. It doesn’t hurt to know how to DIY, saving money in the process. thanks for the link to tools, having the correct tool for the job is vitally important.
Thank you very much!👍🏻😎
First time DIYer for mudding over wallpaper removal just as you are and you make it look way to easy. Luckily none of the walls I'll be doing are as large as yours. Very informative.....
I'm an DIYer. Love the video. Working on a basement remodel where there was wall to ceiling pinstripe textured wallpaper. Hoping to be able to get the walls looking good after seeing this.
I'm a general contractor and I do tons of remodels for commercial kitchens and I found out about skin coding tried it my first time and I would almost rather chemical everything just to see how great that comes out compared to just patching it
* skim coat everything* damn talk to text lol
Thanks to you I skim coat like pro. Before I was doing only very small reapers, now after I have watched all of your videos I'm skimming and love it. I'm a handy man so I do reapers only but it coms grate. for me It is like sculpturing. Did u ever did curved walls?
#drywall... I forgot what you said lol. I watched it so I can fix a wall in my kitchen from taking down wallpaper. Thankfully I only have a two foot section. I tried to fix it before I painted it but gave up. Now I'm looking to educate myself and try again. Great work!
Just when I lost hope with my walls... I came across this video.. thank you.. my walls is as messed up as the 1 in the video... pray I follow and do it right... (not a contractor but a wife whose married to a car mechanic who had no idea of home improvement) 😂
I just wrapped up my bathroom I was working on. Your video helped out a lot as my job wasn’t that bad as in this video. Came out like a new Sheetrock job. Thanks again Paul. Now on to fixing oak floors with water damage. Oh the fun we have
That’s awesome Anthony!🔥😎 Sounds like fun!👍🏻
Hi Paul new to your channel. My Husband Dr Kirk is attempting to skim our upstairs bathroom. You have the perfect example in this video as the previous owner wallpapered directly to the drywall with what appears to be some contact cement or hide glue. It would not steam, soften with water or chemical - so we scrapped 1-inch sections at a time to keep from gouging the walls but still pulled copious amounts of brown paper loose. Thanks for the tips and the encouragement that we could make it better. PS just priming the walls made it 100 times better.
Excellent instruction Sir. Former handyman now improving my own home. Have learned a lot from you! Thank you.
Right on Stan!👍🏻 I really appreciate you watching and subscribing my friend!😎 -Paul
I love the light angle. I used that method when doing finish sanding or sealing on a wood projects. Amplifies any elevation changes.
DIY homeowner about to tackle a room with HORRIBLE painted walls. Nail pops, seams, and patches so easily seen on all walls. Cracks in corners and all seams. I did my LR and DR years ago and while they were bad, they were great compared to this room Im about to tackle. My LR & DR came out great, but I took my time. They didnt need skim coats, more of spot patching.
This room Im about to tackle has 15' high vaulted ceilings, sloping 30 degrees. And I think Im going to have to skim coat the entire room. Thats why I found your video for tips.
Ive already started by rooming an old ceil fan and relocating the wire to the center of the room. But I am NOT looking fwd to this remodel, but it needs to be done bad as its the last room in the house that hasnt had any upgrades.
Love your work im a diyer its never to late to teach an old dog new tricks
Right on Javier!💥👊🏻 So true Thanks so much for watching and subscribing my friend!😎 -Paul
I am a landlord, and will be teaching this trick to my repair folks to save on time and money on rehabs
# drywall tube you rock dude! I’m a handyman and I really appreciate your videos. You make it look so easy and breezy. Thanks a million
That’s awesome! Glad you find my videos helpful. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.💥👍🏻😎
Totally a DIY'r. And live in an old old run down apt. I have this closet with some weird green paperish wall paper half torn and this made me realize I can totally do this much faster the I thought. Thank you
I'm a regular dyi home owner . Tackling a popcorn wall and ceiling half bath .😡 Why would they do that to a bathroom. I'm currently attempting to skim coat now . Thanks for the great video and tips .
I am beginning bathroom remodel and appreciate your video as I intend to use it when doing my bathroom walls because unfortunately they are in bad shape.. My question is do I have use a primer after applying the drywall joint compound if I purchased a high quality paint with primer in it?
I am working on the dining room. My walls are not as bad as u showed but so need this update. Thank you.
Glad you found my video helpful! 😎