Drywall Tools
The small joint knife is the tool you will use to apply drywall joint compound (mud) to the seams and corners. It is also used to apply the finishing coats of mud over the tape in all corners. The taping knives are the tools of choice to remove ... [... more]
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Patching Plaster Walls
The best way to practice is to mix some of the patching plaster and use it to fill a small hole that might be hidden behind a piece of furniture once the remodeling is complete. Use your drywall knives to apply the compound and get it as smooth ... [... more]
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How To Install Drywall
DEAR ANNE: The proper way to install drywall is to butt pieces together tightly. Do this on all flat surfaces such as walls and ceilings. But in corners, I always cut the drywall so there was a one-eighth to one-quarter-inch gap between the two ... [... more]
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Installing Drywall In A Garage
Dear Tim: I'm hanging drywall for the first time in my garage. I have completed one wall thus far. I noticed about 1 week after priming the wall that the horizontal seam is beginning to develop a hairline crack. I used 12' sheets and laid them on ... [... more]
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Installing Drywall In Wet Locations
With this in mind, I don’t like to use regular drywall in areas where I think water might come into contact with the wall surface on a regular or even somewhat-regular basis. Some people think that several coats of high-quality paint will protect ... [... more]
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Drywall Over Paneling
You also need to be very observant around all electrical boxes. The electrical code is very specific about the distance between the edge of electrical boxes and the finished wall surface. The safest approach is to have the front edge of the ... [... more]
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Hanging Drywall Direction On Steel Studs
Then wait until you are bending down to tape all of those vertical seams every 4 feet. With 12 foot drywall, you only have to do it every 12 feet. Since you rarely have wall runs longer than twelve feet without an inside or outside corner ... [... more]
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High Quality Drywall
The good news is that plaster surfaces are still available in residential construction. Veneer-coat plaster is spread out and finished over large sheets of drywall. This drywall is very similar to regular drywall but it is covered with a special ... [... more]
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Drywall Finishing Requires Skill
Finishing drywall is a very interesting job. Before you start, you need the right tools. For the most part, finishing drywall requires very simple and inexpensive tools. Can you think of another trade where you can get virtually all of the ... [... more]
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Drywall Problems - Blisters And Falling Tape
The most common reason for drywall tape blisters is a lack of joint compound between the tape and the drywall surface. All too often I see rookie weekend warriors make the mistake of removing too much joint compound from underneath the tape. Some ... [... more]
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Drywall Finishing Techniques
Let’s say you have a hole in a piece of drywall that is about the size of a golf ball. It is too small to cut a patch yet too big just to fill with joint compound. There is a cool trick that really works well. All you do is take a piece of paper ... [... more]
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Ten Secret Drywall Finishing Tips
After you have third coated and final sanded the seams, corners and nails, you MUST apply a superb sealer/primer to the walls before you paint. USG Corp makes a fantastic inexpensive paint called First Coat™. It is ideal. It eliminates joint ... [... more]
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