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I'm currently remodeling my home. Doing it by myself. Single mom here. The reason his video has gotten millions of views is because his video populates at the top of the list on Google. I just Googled how to tape seam on drywall and there he was. It's funny. After I watched his video, your reaction video was suggested. What I like about his video as a novice - the camera is still, there's no background noise, he's not using a lot of industry jargon, and his instruction is simple and straightforward. That's precisely what people like me are looking for in a tutorial. Thank you for the tips, though. I dreaded wetting each seam tape. Now I know I don't have to. Ha!
I'm doing repair work on the sheetrock of my 45 year old house. I like your style because you do the work confidently and competently. I've looked at a lot of sheetrock videos so as to get different ideas about what would work best for me. Your 35 years of experience shows in your videos. Thank you, I am now a subscriber.
At first glance, it is a classroom with a student built staircase. The instructor is teaching the basics of this particular challenge. Perhaps the school introduces students to many different trades and this is a 101 class more than a class for drywall pros. He goes very slowly and methodically as the students would at their first efforts. Often the best instructors know 800 tips and tricks but know better than to throw them all at the students right away.
Your critic with subtitle thoughts was very entertaining , your smirk is one of the joys of “our job … it shows you care enough to get it done right and willing to share it with the rest of the crew. The first time you shared , we subscribed” from your friends in Vancouver Canada
I had never seen the video... wasn't worth much and I probably would've stopped watching the 1st minute and chuckled. Good review and let's get 18,000,000 views too!
33 years experience in drywall finishing,painting and wallpaper hanging here..Again, I've mentioned in other videos and was not pointed out in this video either, there is a right side and a wrong side of paper tape when applying. The crease in the paper tape has a concave side and a convex side. The concave side should be the up side of the tape. Also in my 33 years of finishing drywall this is the first time I've ever even heard of wetting paper tape before application. In my line of work, production is just as important as precision and the extra step of wetting tape seems to be an added step that would slow my production with very little to no added benefit. Everything else in your video is spot on. WTG. Enjoyed the video.
This kid looks like maybe a first week student of drywall who was tasked with teaching the class how to tape a tiny wall on camera. He is most certainly not an experienced drywaller.
I think the stairwell is there for them to learn how to build one in the classroom. These schools are needed because I found out there is a huge shortage of guys that know this stuff today. They took industrial arts out of the schools years ago and to this day I don't know why. I learned to hammer a nail from my father but he never had the means to own a lathe but I was able to learn how to use one in shop class in school
That's awesome! He was my inspiration also, lol. Well, one good thing about it, it got a few of us who know what we're doing to show the right way. I've enjoyed a lot of your videos btw. You guys do it a bit different over there, but still similar.
Max, that is so interesting. I'm imagining you watching it back then like "😲 This guy is an idiot. Somebody needs to do something! 🦸♂️" The guy's safety glasses are the pièce de résistance. I was dying. So funny legit could not breath.
You can tell the dude is legit, he even has a tape measure on his hip, cant skip over that fact, there is alot of measuring to do when mudding and taping!
HA! Missed a tip! When you are taping to a cut end of drywall do NOT try to save or wipe off mud from the cut end or if it is required then do NOT place the mud back in the tray otherwise you will get lumps of drywall in your mud.
I’ve been doing drywall finishing for 40+ years and I can tell you that the Kilted Guy is a real pro! Some of the others I’ve seen on RUclips have been not only painful to watch, but given bad advice as well.
Definately on your side for this, saw his video first and was laughing at a few things as well... then saw your video and absolutely had to watch. Thanks for the tips and entertainment!!
thanks for the insight. i am a small general contractor. sheetrock and mudding has always been my nemesis. you have upped my game and improved my profitability
Happy belated that is the same date for my birthday. Only I was born 1957. LOL This was a great video. I watched a pro do the same work in our house when I was 10 and he had the same trowels as you used. No waste and a very good job very little sanding and the walls looked perfect after painted.
Experience cannot be imitated! Your school has taught me quite a bit over the past few days. Fixing ceiling damage from a leaky attic vent. Thanks for all your insight!
He is listed as an instructor for the tech school program in his state which neighbors mine. It looks and sounds like he used his construction management degree to read a book which was probably sold on TV as part in a set during the 70's and 80's. Thanks for sharing your skills.
I watched the young man a couple years ago. I reacted the same way as you. This young man has great potential. He is only doing what he has been taught. Probably several jobs under his belt working under instructors. You on the other hand have been at it. You have shared such wisdom without tearing the young man down. The Bible teaches us that if we accept teaching we will be wiser. If we get upset at someone's expertise we would be a fool. A couple years ago I was doing a serious complicated drywall task and watched the young man. I was not as clean looking as he was and I didn't look as polished as a Harvard Lawyer but I learnt something. Today I have increased my knowledge on a couple levels. I learnt that the old man on the video is like me. he learnt the mesh sandpaper left far more scarring then traditional. The shape of the corner and tape knife means something, etc... It takes experience and a good teacher teaching it right. You made a good video. Thank you.
It’s actually probably due to the fact that his video got a lot of engagement in the form of comments making fun of him. Even if his video originally was only going to get a couple thousand views, it probably had a rather lot of comments which caused the algorithm to send it to more people. A lot of those people also commented how bad he is and it got sent to more people
Tradesmen such as yourself need to be worked into the "RUclips algorithm" as newbies such as myself want to learn from EXPERIENCE (not just knowledge). I have no reservation when saying you are the drywall man and will have no problem reaching your goals
I've done some dry walling for my own house remodeling. And it's not as easy as anyone says it is. It takes a lot of actually doing it to make it look that easy. I am a 67 yr old female. The knives/trowels are a bit hard for my hand and wrist strength. I just can't get it done fast enough before it dries up on me. And the tape didn't stick well sometimes. Wetting the tape did help; I had heard about that decades ago. Next week I start tape and mudding a 500 sq ft addition. Wish me luck!
From a fellow 60+ DIYer, it’s the irony of youth. You’re the drop dead expert on this topic, a really nice guy, and I’ve learned a ton from your videos. But the younger guy (yes...maybe a little age discrimination in our society) is helpful to watch too. He’s certainly very polished, and gives useful info, especially if somebody is new to drywall. You’ve probably forgotten more in your life than the other guy knows. But you both are helpful. Young folks think a little differently, and like to learn from younger people, even if they don’t know as much. Keep up the great work. Love your work, and taking time to share your expertise.
I was thinking that maybe it was stairs up to a storage mezzanine. I don't think they are actually in a basement. The combination of the stairs and block walls do give the impression of a basement, though.
I am wondering if he is doing this at home on his own time. He can still cite his credentials - but that does not mean he is doing this at his school. The videos might be a side gig.
Bro thank you so much, I’m not a dry waller but something about the other guys video was really aggravating. Yours was short, sweet, to the point, and showed how it should look in less then a qrts time then what he did for the whole video.
It's like you said, everyone has to start somewhere. He's teaching the very basics, technique will come with experience. Also, he's probably not in a basement. That's probably a staircase they built for teaching purposes. If you'll notice, it's not finished. His students will likely leave his course and go to work with someone like you with loads of experience that will teach the tips and tricks that will perfect and tweak the techniques they've learned so they can produce a better product. Some say it's hard to re-teach, but every contractor has his own way of doing things, so they essentially re-teach every time they hire a new person. Thank you for lending your experience. Practical application always trumps the lab.
You're a Master Artist. For what it's worth, he's not at an Ivy League School, he's at a community college, he probably maxxed out the department budget when he bought the tape measure he was wearing for effect 🤣
It’s always good to know the correct way to do things thank you for sharing you knowledge and experience the best thing that humanity can do teach the ignorant people something.
Saw that other video and with 15+ years of general contractor experience, I was baffled at how he was doing it. Then of course I saw your video. Of course you could tell the difference between experience/apprenticeship and schooling education. Its like the guy said who taught me, "You won't know until you got a knife full of mud on the wall."
I've viewed your videos, followed your advice and my projects have come out pretty darned good. After only a couple minutes of watching the other guy, even I became impatient with him!!
I am! But to millions here on RUclips. Pays a WHOLE lot better and I can teach millions. Like this last month, over 200,000 unique viewers watched my channel. Now that would be one packed classroom if I taught at a college, lol.
I watched that video a couple of years ,I see they have the comments turned off now,that says it all.I too was amazed at the viewcount and that was like 5 years ago.I think it's like a Trainwreck you just can't help but watch.
Good example of why I watch only your drywall videos.you explain everything much clearer. I hadda laugh at dipping tape into water can't say I know anyone who ever done that.
Lol, I learned this stuff from my dad, he did plaster jobs back in the 40's and owned a stuco company in the 50s. At age 73 he was doing stuco with 2 young guys on a bank he took one side they took the other side he put on his mesh, and did his scratch coat mixing his materials then helped them put the rest of the mesh on getting ready to do the scratch coat. He used a hawk never once seen him use a pan. He also used a 6 and 12" knife sand? Never seen him sand. You cant sand plaster. Me I stoped sanding between coats I use my knife to knock down the high spots then I dont have to deal with the dust getting into my mud causing it to make big chunks pull out gouges. The less sanding you do the less problems you'll have. When we bought my house the guys who did the drywall work didn't know jack shit about how to do it, you could see every seam 4' up all around the room was very low or high spots it looked like total shit. No craftmenship at all. Oh and the nail pops. Every nail popped 1/2 the corners broke nice them about the metal conner just knock the nail in deep and sink a few drywall screws in the fix the nightmare they called done. None of my repairs in the last 15 years have broken ecpt 1 and its an inside conner on an outside wall I belive is from settling on the house. Ill eventually do a metal corner bead making room for it and screw it in the run my conner tril up it with tape to fix it a second time.
Dang... you beat me to it, I watched this video for like a couple of minutes and was like.... the h*ll?!?!? I remember that he was talking about keeping the knife clean and then drop it in the mud. You have to see his face when that happens!! 🤣🤣 Anyway I totally get why you made this video and hope people will also watch this as many times as they did that video 👍🏻. Your feedback is well appreciated and makes things a lot clearer and better 👌🏻 Greetz
Great review, used to do piece work 30 years ago, still have all my Goldblatt knives, Banjo, and a Bazoka and boxes. First step look for raised fasteners, never heard of wetting tape. Keep up the good work. Good God, he’ll never make any money with his technique this is like hitting each fastener in the field individually. The net has a lot of good info as well as a lot of repeated bad info. Nice side load technique and cut the tape with the knife.
Pre wetting the tape reduces blisters but most importantly always use taping mud if you can most hardware stores dont stock so e Lowe's carry it but usually there is a drywall supply house in most areas. Taping mud has much more glue and help tie everything together better. Also the best sander I have found is the super sander carried by Ames stores has a special knuckle that helps keep sander from flipping and gouging wall.
Great video Mr Kilted Guy. One could argue that as this a trade school (where I went too years ago), with similar painted brick walls. The carpentry class just finished building that staircase and are now learning to hang/finish drywall...It may be a legit video with some by the book techniques, however there is much you do in school that is redundant in the real world. Far as the video goes, I have the same plaid shirt, and tape on my belt does that make me an expert building contractor? The techniques shown may be adequate for a DIY home owner renovating their bedroom.
Loving your channel guy. I'm a bricky that's learning a little bit of everything as I'm remodeling a fixer upper i bought. Starting to really enjoy learning drywall! And getting pretty good at it too! Let's BOOST your channel!!
Yeah if you want to learn amateur methods, you learn from an amateur. But if you want to learn professional methods, you learn from a pro. Pretty simple but so often people are fooled by so-called pros on the Internet. I’ve hired some of those and been fooled myself.
Honestly. I didn't know you had to go to school for this profession. Most construction crews that have 20+ years in this field will teach you everything you need to know. No school needed. 35 years makes you A PROFESSIONAL.
i looked it up and watched it purely off its ASMR quality. Why did Bob Ross get so immensely popular? Same reason. Relaxing to watch, regardless if you're watching it to learn what he's teaching or not.
Keep up the good work and Happy Birthday. At 73, we got a little more time on you. My Grandson showed how to get to this stuff. But all you people thinking he's not telling the truth. This fella is. So we're glad we found this. Good Luck
I love how you kept a straight face while inside you were dying 🤣. I've seen this series of videos before and laughed my way through them. I was actually waiting for the punch line, revealing it was a piss take 🤭
So I watched him to brush up on drywall that I hadn’t done in 7 years. Why? He is very slow! However, you filled in the things he’s missed: what type of mud when, and yes the fast application with rolling over side of knife! Super!
To be fair, I think he’s trying to go slow since it’s an instructional video so that you can clearly and easily I see e what he’s doing. But yea, overall definitely not the greatest instructional video out there lol
Personally i find any tape that is put on dry and pulled within a couple minutes never has the mud saturate into the paper where when it dries you can literally pull it right off ... when the paper is saturated with mud then you're splitting the paper ... also certain types of taping mud have less glue in the mud as well ... all kinds of factors to think about when taping
Mr. kilted guy…. I enjoyed how you explained your method and all, we can tell you have a lot of experience in this line of work BUT when you turned to the side and saw that you were wearing an earring….. 😳 I lost it. Lol. 🤦🏽♂️ 😂😂😂😂
Thank you for making this video. I watched his and he turned off his comments. My big problem with this is his tape. He put it on backwards. As you know that crease should always go into the mud not face out. Otherwise you end up with a line in you're finished product.
Actually that’s a huge myth. Unless you’re finding joint tape with a huge crease, I have taken extreme close-ups and I guarantee you it doesn’t stick up enough to do anything. Besides that, you should have enough joint compound over your tape to hide that small tiny crease and if not, you’re putting it on too thin or sanding it too far. I also spoke to US gypsum representative who said they do not have a recommendation either way because it doesn’t matter. Thanks for commenting
They're not that much more than a plastic or riveted pan buuut it's worth it. It any drywall pan that had rivets always leaked water on me and the plastic was harder for me to clean
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY I wish my dad had the abort to make youtube videos like this...he built houses for years, learned from a lot of old talented people who have long since passed and now much of what he learned from them will be lost because he can't share it anymore. He taught carpentry/construction for 35 years...did many amazing things...from the spokes in the Milford fire wagon to Mick Jaggers favorite stairs...this would have been a perfect outlet for all of that info...I'm learning slowly but I'll never pick up all of that info....my brain isn't big enough :( So keep on doing what you are doing, don't let your knowledge be lost!!!
Excellent commentary. You were professional. Some videos go viral because people like sheep follow each other and look at a video just because of previous hits regardless of experience.
Not Ivy League, Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis, IN. This interests me because I am trying to learn more about drywall techniques and Ivy Tech is in my hometown. I am retired and I learned a long time ago how important experience is. Education will get you started but after that experience is the great teacher.
My dad taught me the same way you do your mud... when I was about 10. Dad would've probably dumped the entire pan of mud on my head if I'd cleaned a raw edge of drywall into my pan like Ivy dude did at 14:24
I think he was talking about open face sandpaper as in actual sandpaper with holes as opposed to a screen, you were thinking he was talking about a screen which I agree they do suck and leave grooves everywhere but the open faced sandpaper actually works pretty well
Notice his face at the 2:55 Second mark when he moves the bucket out of the way his clean knife falls over in the mud in his pan and he looks at the wall like, Son of a. HAHAHA
new to all this. My deceased husband did it all and was great at it, but not a teacher. Now I'm glad to find an experienced guy who also teaches. Also like that you do not demean those you critique. Ill be back to your videos!
40 yrs in plumbing here. Hand me a set of plans, I'll plumb that mansion from the ground up, by myself and I won't hold anyone up. I watch DIY plumbing vids for entertainment sometimes. Yeah, I can pick them apart...but I can't save the world from houses that flood or just incorrectly plumbed houses . These days I do a LOT of remodel and see what other so called journeymen plumbers have done. Most is ok but I do get hired occasionally to straighten out what someone else guessed at....and got it completely wrong.
Another great video Guy!! 👏👏 I've learned how to cut drywall easier by you which is a real blessing being i was taught to cut through the drywall. Also you answered my questions!! Hope you make your goal you deserve it 👏 👏👍👍💯💯💯
Noticed the kid put the crease out, bad idea as one person rightly commented, but looks like the pro did as well. Although a pro wouldnt be hand taping anyway so minor detail. Mr. kilt was only demonstrating. A pro would use a banjo or automatic taper (tube/bazooka) so hard to get that wrong. PS Never, dont, ever never pre-wet the tape, your asking for issues
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I'm currently remodeling my home. Doing it by myself. Single mom here. The reason his video has gotten millions of views is because his video populates at the top of the list on Google. I just Googled how to tape seam on drywall and there he was. It's funny. After I watched his video, your reaction video was suggested.
What I like about his video as a novice - the camera is still, there's no background noise, he's not using a lot of industry jargon, and his instruction is simple and straightforward. That's precisely what people like me are looking for in a tutorial.
Thank you for the tips, though. I dreaded wetting each seam tape. Now I know I don't have to. Ha!
I'm doing repair work on the sheetrock of my 45 year old house. I like your style because you do the work confidently and competently. I've looked at a lot of sheetrock videos so as to get different ideas about what would work best for me. Your 35 years of experience shows in your videos. Thank you, I am now a subscriber.
Thanks, I appreciate that 😎, & Thanks for subscribing!
At first glance, it is a classroom with a student built staircase. The instructor is teaching the basics of this particular challenge. Perhaps the school introduces students to many different trades and this is a 101 class more than a class for drywall pros. He goes very slowly and methodically as the students would at their first efforts. Often the best instructors know 800 tips and tricks but know better than to throw them all at the students right away.
Your critic with subtitle thoughts was very entertaining , your smirk is one of the joys of “our job … it shows you care enough to get it done right and willing to share it with the rest of the crew. The first time you shared , we subscribed” from your friends in Vancouver Canada
I had never seen the video... wasn't worth much and I probably would've stopped watching the 1st minute and chuckled. Good review and let's get 18,000,000 views too!
Thanks!
33 years experience in drywall finishing,painting and wallpaper hanging here..Again, I've mentioned in other videos and was not pointed out in this video either, there is a right side and a wrong side of paper tape when applying. The crease in the paper tape has a concave side and a convex side. The concave side should be the up side of the tape. Also in my 33 years of finishing drywall this is the first time I've ever even heard of wetting paper tape before application. In my line of work, production is just as important as precision and the extra step of wetting tape seems to be an added step that would slow my production with very little to no added benefit. Everything else in your video is spot on. WTG. Enjoyed the video.
This kid looks like maybe a first week student of drywall who was tasked with teaching the class how to tape a tiny wall on camera. He is most certainly not an experienced drywaller.
I think the stairwell is there for them to learn how to build one in the classroom.
These schools are needed because I found out there is a huge shortage of guys that know this stuff today. They took industrial arts out of the schools years ago and to this day I don't know why. I learned to hammer a nail from my father but he never had the means to own a lathe but I was able to learn how to use one in shop class in school
I'm building a whole mancave. Gonna be my 1st time hanging drywall, taping and mudding. Glad i found your channel
That Ivy Tech was my inspiration to post my videos. I enjoyed your commentary!
That's awesome! He was my inspiration also, lol. Well, one good thing about it, it got a few of us who know what we're doing to show the right way. I've enjoyed a lot of your videos btw. You guys do it a bit different over there, but still similar.
Both your guys’ channels kick ass, keep up the good work!
Max, that is so interesting. I'm imagining you watching it back then like "😲 This guy is an idiot. Somebody needs to do something! 🦸♂️" The guy's safety glasses are the pièce de résistance. I was dying. So funny legit could not breath.
You can tell the dude is legit, he even has a tape measure on his hip, cant skip over that fact, there is alot of measuring to do when mudding and taping!
Lmfao he's legit 😂
there is ZERO measuring during taping and mudding!
I cut open sheetrock frequently as a plumber so I’ve been watching your videos to learn simple patching, something gratifying about fixing the cut out
HA! Missed a tip! When you are taping to a cut end of drywall do NOT try to save or wipe off mud from the cut end or if it is required then do NOT place the mud back in the tray otherwise you will get lumps of drywall in your mud.
I’ve got 49 years doing nothing but drywall. I agree with every thing you said.
You knew something was wrong when his shirt was still clean, even the cuffs!
That’s what I’m saying, some days I get more on me then the walls haha
But he’s a teacher 🤷♂️
@@protungsten8315 true, that boy has never worked a day in his life
@@rickle6706 he’s working in the video 🤷♂️
fr lol
I’ve been doing drywall finishing for 40+ years and I can tell you that the Kilted Guy is a real pro! Some of the others I’ve seen on RUclips have been not only painful to watch, but given bad advice as well.
Thank you. That’s why I started this channel because of seeing so many bad videos out there.
Definately on your side for this, saw his video first and was laughing at a few things as well... then saw your video and absolutely had to watch. Thanks for the tips and entertainment!!
Mixing the mud first was one of the best basic things I learned
thanks for the insight. i am a small general contractor. sheetrock and mudding has always been my nemesis. you have upped my game and improved my profitability
Awesome!
Happy belated that is the same date for my birthday. Only I was born 1957. LOL This was a great video. I watched a pro do the same work in our house when I was 10 and he had the same trowels as you used. No waste and a very good job very little sanding and the walls looked perfect after painted.
Experience cannot be imitated! Your school has taught me quite a bit over the past few days. Fixing ceiling damage from a leaky attic vent. Thanks for all your insight!
He is listed as an instructor for the tech school program in his state which neighbors mine. It looks and sounds like he used his construction management degree to read a book which was probably sold on TV as part in a set during the 70's and 80's. Thanks for sharing your skills.
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I watched the young man a couple years ago. I reacted the same way as you. This young man has great potential. He is only doing what he has been taught. Probably several jobs under his belt working under instructors. You on the other hand have been at it. You have shared such wisdom without tearing the young man down. The Bible teaches us that if we accept teaching we will be wiser. If we get upset at someone's expertise we would be a fool. A couple years ago I was doing a serious complicated drywall task and watched the young man. I was not as clean looking as he was and I didn't look as polished as a Harvard Lawyer but I learnt something. Today I have increased my knowledge on a couple levels. I learnt that the old man on the video is like me. he learnt the mesh sandpaper left far more scarring then traditional. The shape of the corner and tape knife means something, etc... It takes experience and a good teacher teaching it right. You made a good video. Thank you.
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18 million for the man that knows let's gooooo
Awesome!
The 18 million views were due to the fact that he's the best-dressed drywall instructor in the history of RUclips. :-)
Is he now?
😂😂😂🤣😂
It’s actually probably due to the fact that his video got a lot of engagement in the form of comments making fun of him.
Even if his video originally was only going to get a couple thousand views, it probably had a rather lot of comments which caused the algorithm to send it to more people. A lot of those people also commented how bad he is and it got sent to more people
That's actually it exactly. I was one of those commenters five years ago and it’s what made me start my channel.
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY And then they turned off comments LMFAO :)
Impressed with how kind you were and able to keep a straight face throughout the whole demonstration 🤣🥲🥲
Always interesting to hear a pro go into the finer details that most dont know or leave out. Glad i found your info and for you to share!!!
That’s my birthday too! Great work Guy. Best wishes from NYC
Tradesmen such as yourself need to be worked into the "RUclips algorithm" as newbies such as myself want to learn from EXPERIENCE (not just knowledge).
I have no reservation when saying you are the drywall man and will have no problem reaching your goals
Thanks so much. You were polite and just offered your wisdom from experience. I am subscribed!
Glad to know my grandfather taught me the same as you described, thanks for your time and knowledge sir.
You bet! And thanks for subscribing. See ya next video, Guy
I’ve been around new construction 50 years. You just showed me when I saw again what the old guys did in the 60”s growing up.
That what art, Sir.
I've done some dry walling for my own house remodeling. And it's not as easy as anyone says it is. It takes a lot of actually doing it to make it look that easy. I am a 67 yr old female. The knives/trowels are a bit hard for my hand and wrist strength. I just can't get it done fast enough before it dries up on me. And the tape didn't stick well sometimes. Wetting the tape did help; I had heard about that decades ago. Next week I start tape and mudding a 500 sq ft addition. Wish me luck!
Yes,
That was Tom Cruise doing his Own Stunt!
That’s actually funny! 👍🤣
😂😂😂😂
From a fellow 60+ DIYer, it’s the irony of youth. You’re the drop dead expert on this topic, a really nice guy, and I’ve learned a ton from your videos. But the younger guy (yes...maybe a little age discrimination in our society) is helpful to watch too. He’s certainly very polished, and gives useful info, especially if somebody is new to drywall. You’ve probably forgotten more in your life than the other guy knows. But you both are helpful. Young folks think a little differently, and like to learn from younger people, even if they don’t know as much. Keep up the great work. Love your work, and taking time to share your expertise.
I have a guess about the stairs... it’s a technical school and students built it as a practice staircase. Totally a guess.
That was my first thought as well. I had to check and see if someone already commented this. Good call.
I was thinking that maybe it was stairs up to a storage mezzanine. I don't think they are actually in a basement. The combination of the stairs and block walls do give the impression of a basement, though.
most likely a warehouse like building, those blocks didn't look like it was in a basement, i have a sixth sense
I am wondering if he is doing this at home on his own time. He can still cite his credentials - but that does not mean he is doing this at his school. The videos might be a side gig.
I get the feeling the guy in the video learned how to drywall because he's hiding bodies in his wall.
He sure spends a lot of time in that basement...
Bro thank you so much, I’m not a dry waller but something about the other guys video was really aggravating. Yours was short, sweet, to the point, and showed how it should look in less then a qrts time then what he did for the whole video.
I appreciate your videos. You do a great job 👏 in explaining and I am very appreciative of you sharing your knowledge.
Joined and subbed. I'm good, but there is endless information and learning out there for me, no such thing as perfect! Much respect!
It's like you said, everyone has to start somewhere. He's teaching the very basics, technique will come with experience. Also, he's probably not in a basement. That's probably a staircase they built for teaching purposes. If you'll notice, it's not finished. His students will likely leave his course and go to work with someone like you with loads of experience that will teach the tips and tricks that will perfect and tweak the techniques they've learned so they can produce a better product. Some say it's hard to re-teach, but every contractor has his own way of doing things, so they essentially re-teach every time they hire a new person. Thank you for lending your experience. Practical application always trumps the lab.
Congratulations on hitting 100K subscribers!
Hahaha I love this! I saw the guy in green,( I'm doing drywall for the first time), even I was like WTF... this tool, what the hells he doing?!?!
I’m so happy to see you with 129k followers!! I was on when you had 30k. You’re truly the best and everything I know is Bc of YOU
Awesome and thanks so much
Nice positive way with good pointers. Thanks for positive presentation....
Thanks for your honesty, integrity and humbleness Guy.
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You're a Master Artist. For what it's worth, he's not at an Ivy League School, he's at a community college, he probably maxxed out the department budget when he bought the tape measure he was wearing for effect 🤣
Lol
It’s always good to know the correct way to do things thank you for sharing you knowledge and experience the best thing that humanity can do teach the ignorant people something.
Subscribed to your channel, i looked at a lot of videos and you are the only one told me which type of mud to use, thanks from Australia .
Thank you. Glad I could help
I found your videos on recommended when I viewed the ivy tech video first. If it wasn't for ivy tech, I wouldn't have found you. Thanks
Cool 😎
that kid totally reminds me of Ricky Nelson, his mannerisms and voice
Saw that other video and with 15+ years of general contractor experience, I was baffled at how he was doing it. Then of course I saw your video. Of course you could tell the difference between experience/apprenticeship and schooling education. Its like the guy said who taught me, "You won't know until you got a knife full of mud on the wall."
Love YOUR videos!greetings from Davenport Iowa
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I've viewed your videos, followed your advice and my projects have come out pretty darned good. After only a couple minutes of watching the other guy, even I became impatient with him!!
Thanks Erin. Glad I can help
Okay I'm subbed, this guy knows his stuff. Channels like this one are priceless.
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Happy Birthday and thank you for the wisdom.
Thank you. Guy
Your way looks so much faster and easier, Guy. You should be the instructor!
I am! But to millions here on RUclips. Pays a WHOLE lot better and I can teach millions. Like this last month, over 200,000 unique viewers watched my channel. Now that would be one packed classroom if I taught at a college, lol.
I watched that video a couple of years ,I see they have the comments turned off now,that says it all.I too was amazed at the viewcount and that was like 5 years ago.I think it's like a Trainwreck you just can't help but watch.
Good example of why I watch only your drywall videos.you explain everything much clearer. I hadda laugh at dipping tape into water can't say I know anyone who ever done that.
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Lol, I learned this stuff from my dad, he did plaster jobs back in the 40's and owned a stuco company in the 50s.
At age 73 he was doing stuco with 2 young guys on a bank he took one side they took the other side he put on his mesh, and did his scratch coat mixing his materials then helped them put the rest of the mesh on getting ready to do the scratch coat. He used a hawk never once seen him use a pan. He also used a 6 and 12" knife sand? Never seen him sand. You cant sand plaster.
Me I stoped sanding between coats I use my knife to knock down the high spots then I dont have to deal with the dust getting into my mud causing it to make big chunks pull out gouges.
The less sanding you do the less problems you'll have.
When we bought my house the guys who did the drywall work didn't know jack shit about how to do it, you could see every seam 4' up all around the room was very low or high spots it looked like total shit.
No craftmenship at all. Oh and the nail pops. Every nail popped 1/2 the corners broke nice them about the metal conner just knock the nail in deep and sink a few drywall screws in the fix the nightmare they called done. None of my repairs in the last 15 years have broken ecpt 1 and its an inside conner on an outside wall I belive is from settling on the house. Ill eventually do a metal corner bead making room for it and screw it in the run my conner tril up it with tape to fix it a second time.
Dang... you beat me to it, I watched this video for like a couple of minutes and was like.... the h*ll?!?!?
I remember that he was talking about keeping the knife clean and then drop it in the mud. You have to see his face when that happens!! 🤣🤣
Anyway I totally get why you made this video and hope people will also watch this as many times as they did that video 👍🏻.
Your feedback is well appreciated and makes things a lot clearer and better 👌🏻
Greetz
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This is just about the most painful thing I've ever watched
Great review, used to do piece work 30 years ago, still have all my Goldblatt knives, Banjo, and a Bazoka and boxes. First step look for raised fasteners, never heard of wetting tape. Keep up the good work. Good God, he’ll never make any money with his technique this is like hitting each fastener in the field individually. The net has a lot of good info as well as a lot of repeated bad info. Nice side load technique and cut the tape with the knife.
Pre wetting the tape reduces blisters but most importantly always use taping mud if you can most hardware stores dont stock so e Lowe's carry it but usually there is a drywall supply house in most areas. Taping mud has much more glue and help tie everything together better. Also the best sander I have found is the super sander carried by Ames stores has a special knuckle that helps keep sander from flipping and gouging wall.
Thank you for these insightful comments! You really had some great tips. :-)
I can't imagine wetting the tape on one of my jobsites. The laughter and abuse a person would go through would be hilarious.
That looks and sounds like Tom Cruz, right before his Risk business debut. 😂😂😂😂
Great video Mr Kilted Guy. One could argue that as this a trade school (where I went too years ago), with similar painted brick walls. The carpentry class just finished building that staircase and are now learning to hang/finish drywall...It may be a legit video with some by the book techniques, however there is much you do in school that is redundant in the real world.
Far as the video goes, I have the same plaid shirt, and tape on my belt does that make me an expert building contractor? The techniques shown may be adequate for a DIY home owner renovating their bedroom.
Lol. Thanks
Loving your channel guy.
I'm a bricky that's learning a little bit of everything as I'm remodeling a fixer upper i bought.
Starting to really enjoy learning drywall! And getting pretty good at it too!
Let's BOOST your channel!!
Awesome, thanks!
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY The only way to learn is from a true tradesman. Thank you.
Yeah if you want to learn amateur methods, you learn from an amateur. But if you want to learn professional methods, you learn from a pro. Pretty simple but so often people are fooled by so-called pros on the Internet. I’ve hired some of those and been fooled myself.
came here right after the Ivy Tech video, so the algorithm seems to be working in your favor 👍
Honestly. I didn't know you had to go to school for this profession. Most construction crews that have 20+ years in this field will teach you everything you need to know. No school needed. 35 years makes you A PROFESSIONAL.
i looked it up and watched it purely off its ASMR quality.
Why did Bob Ross get so immensely popular? Same reason. Relaxing to watch, regardless if you're watching it to learn what he's teaching or not.
You pointed out all the right things!! You know by doing!! Great job!!
Keep up the good work and Happy Birthday. At 73, we got a little more time on you. My Grandson showed how to get to this stuff. But all you people thinking he's not telling the truth. This fella is. So we're glad we found this. Good Luck
Cool, thanks
I love how you kept a straight face while inside you were dying 🤣. I've seen this series of videos before and laughed my way through them. I was actually waiting for the punch line, revealing it was a piss take 🤭
I tried to be polite but it was hard. Thanks for subscribing
As always a great and informative video! Hearing from an Experienced Professional giving viewer's like myself the insight on drywall as a good job.
So I watched him to brush up on drywall that I hadn’t done in 7 years. Why? He is very slow! However, you filled in the things he’s missed: what type of mud when, and yes the fast application with rolling over side of knife! Super!
To be fair, I think he’s trying to go slow since it’s an instructional video so that you can clearly and easily I see e what he’s doing. But yea, overall definitely not the greatest instructional video out there lol
The 4 blade is 👌 personally preferred hawk & trowel when playing with mud.
Happy belated birthday!
Personally i find any tape that is put on dry and pulled within a couple minutes never has the mud saturate into the paper where when it dries you can literally pull it right off ... when the paper is saturated with mud then you're splitting the paper ... also certain types of taping mud have less glue in the mud as well ... all kinds of factors to think about when taping
Mr. kilted guy…. I enjoyed how you explained your method and all, we can tell you have a lot of experience in this line of work BUT when you turned to the side and saw that you were wearing an earring….. 😳 I lost it. Lol. 🤦🏽♂️ 😂😂😂😂
Cause I'm the ONLY guy wearing an earring, lol
Thank you for making this video. I watched his and he turned off his comments. My big problem with this is his tape. He put it on backwards. As you know that crease should always go into the mud not face out. Otherwise you end up with a line in you're finished product.
Actually that’s a huge myth. Unless you’re finding joint tape with a huge crease, I have taken extreme close-ups and I guarantee you it doesn’t stick up enough to do anything. Besides that, you should have enough joint compound over your tape to hide that small tiny crease and if not, you’re putting it on too thin or sanding it too far. I also spoke to US gypsum representative who said they do not have a recommendation either way because it doesn’t matter. Thanks for commenting
I’m on a tight budget , but I’m still gonna get the welded mud pan. I want my customers to know I’m serious 🧐 thanks kilted dude!
GOOD CHOICE!
They're not that much more than a plastic or riveted pan buuut it's worth it. It any drywall pan that had rivets always leaked water on me and the plastic was harder for me to clean
By the way...you made it to 110k subscribers exactly 1 month ahead of time!!! Congratulations
Currently at 110,453. Thanks
@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY I wish my dad had the abort to make youtube videos like this...he built houses for years, learned from a lot of old talented people who have long since passed and now much of what he learned from them will be lost because he can't share it anymore. He taught carpentry/construction for 35 years...did many amazing things...from the spokes in the Milford fire wagon to Mick Jaggers favorite stairs...this would have been a perfect outlet for all of that info...I'm learning slowly but I'll never pick up all of that info....my brain isn't big enough :(
So keep on doing what you are doing, don't let your knowledge be lost!!!
The difference between a pro and a beginner. Love it. 👍
Excellent commentary. You were professional. Some videos go viral because people like sheep follow each other and look at a video just because of previous hits regardless of experience.
Not Ivy League, Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis, IN. This interests me because I am trying to learn more about drywall techniques and Ivy Tech is in my hometown. I am retired and I learned a long time ago how important experience is. Education will get you started but after that experience is the great teacher.
Holy crap that kid looks and sounds exactly like tom cruise!!!!
My dad taught me the same way you do your mud... when I was about 10.
Dad would've probably dumped the entire pan of mud on my head if I'd cleaned a raw edge of drywall into my pan like Ivy dude did at 14:24
I caught that too
Don't the crumbs add to the character of a wall? ;-)
I think he was talking about open face sandpaper as in actual sandpaper with holes as opposed to a screen, you were thinking he was talking about a screen which I agree they do suck and leave grooves everywhere but the open faced sandpaper actually works pretty well
That kid is like the Bob Ross of drywall demonstration.
Notice his face at the 2:55 Second mark when he moves the bucket out of the way his clean knife falls over in the mud in his pan and he looks at the wall like, Son of a. HAHAHA
new to all this. My deceased husband did it all and was great at it, but not a teacher. Now I'm glad to find an experienced guy who also teaches. Also like that you do not demean those you critique. Ill be back to your videos!
Sorry about your loss Michele. Thank you for your support
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Looks like you hit your goal. Congrats, and happy early Birthday! 🎂 🎁
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Cant beat experience you really explain everything throughly
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40 yrs in plumbing here. Hand me a set of plans, I'll plumb that mansion from the ground up, by myself and I won't hold anyone up. I watch DIY plumbing vids for entertainment sometimes. Yeah, I can pick them apart...but I can't save the world from houses that flood or just incorrectly plumbed houses . These days I do a LOT of remodel and see what other so called journeymen plumbers have done. Most is ok but I do get hired occasionally to straighten out what someone else guessed at....and got it completely wrong.
Thanks for the refresh courses.
Another great video Guy!! 👏👏 I've learned how to cut drywall easier by you which is a real blessing being i was taught to cut through the drywall. Also you answered my questions!! Hope you make your goal you deserve it 👏 👏👍👍💯💯💯
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Noticed the kid put the crease out, bad idea as one person rightly commented, but looks like the pro did as well. Although a pro wouldnt be hand taping anyway so minor detail. Mr. kilt was only demonstrating. A pro would use a banjo or automatic taper (tube/bazooka) so hard to get that wrong. PS Never, dont, ever never pre-wet the tape, your asking for issues