Thank you for picking a corner bead with electrical. That exactly what I needed to see. All the other videos are all straight and with no obstacles. This was great.
Knowing when to fold them is the hardest thing to learn. This was a good example in showing an imperfect scenario, yet perfect example of what the average DIYer has to deal with. Especially on older homes that have been... well "messed with" in weird ways. Was about to F bomb but I'm sure you understand the frustration.
When I first started my carpentry business I had to have the exact tool to do the exact job. Now I use whatever tool I have at my disposal to do what needs to get done at that moment. I've used my drill as a hammer, a drill bit as a nail driver, my ladder as a sawhorse, my box cutter as a screwdriver, etc.
"don't let good be the enemy of perfect" has been my mantra for my current drywall project. I've learned a ton from your videos, thank you so much for making them
I've remodeled a few rooms over the years, and was always the "compound straight from the bucket" guy. I have since learned to buy bags of ready to mix, and play with different consistencies...Thank you sir!...
I have remodeled darn near my entire house (1400sqft, 11 rooms) over the last 11 years. I thought I was good at drywall and finishing until I stumbled onto one of your videos about 2 months ago. Since then, my finishing game has taken off... that sounds bad... my drywall finishing. You have shown me tips and tricks that have cut my time by about 75%. So well, I helped a family member do his new bedroom, after a horrible hanging job mind you, in 3 coats, which took me 8 hours including the sanding and fixing some really bad issues from the hanging. I only wish I had a Festool sander to speed up that part, but no way can I justify that purchase as a "hobbyist". Lol. Thanks for the great videos, you have taught me so much.
I completed my project, and the results were very good, because I had watched many of your helpful videos. My tile/ contractor was impressed enough to offer me a job! (Not for me, I’m staying retired!) thanks!
Thank you sir , it’s good to have a good instructor such as you, I have the same problem as mr. “K”, I try to get it perfect, which is not practical, especially on the first coat.
Learned a whole lot watching these videos. This one is timely because I am starting my garage project. Finishing drywall for painting. Like this technique. I'm in no rush
Knowing when to fold 'em - that is one of the hardest things to get in the habit of doing. I've get these tunnel-vision compulsions where I try to GET THAT PERFECT COAT THAT REQUIRES NO SANDING!!!!
You do a fantastic job of teaching and I have learned more from you than any other drywall videos on CZcams .... Thank you for the explanations and techniques.
Just applied the first coat (with glue) of hot mud on nail pops following your method. Tense moments and maybe a few four letter words (not tape or nail) that came to mind when I kept wiping the nails clean and thinking about mud set time but, in the end, I nailed it! (or so I think) I'll stick with fixing nail pops for a while before attempting corner beads. Thanks for your help!
This is exactly how I learned to coat corner beads. I'm trying to teach myself to use a trowel now, its a bit of a pain to learn a different method than what you've gotten good at
Hey Ben, you're my drywall hero !!!! Wish you could see the 2 corner beads I installed: perfect bc of your superb explanations and showing the technique. Thanks a million feathered likes !
Thanks to your videos and really applying what you have taught, I have become a very good sheetrock installer and mud man in 7 months time. Just wanted to say thank you for all the videos.
Thank you so much for your videos. It figures that you’re Canadian. My wife and I adore Canada and Canadians are the nicest, most courteous and intelligent people. Obviously we’re from the States. Thanks again !
Thank you so much for these videos! I love that you are local! Eventhough I am going to finish the bedroom job I have started, I feel better knowing that you could come save me if needed!
Thank you for choosing one with the electrical. I'm having difficulty working around that for my DIY drywall work (pretty sure I put the flat joints where I wasn't supposed to).
I'm fine having the area pitted on corner beads next to outlets instead of a raised area like 2:46 . the area that he's smoothing, I do put mud there on the 1st coat, but the level above and below that outlet are allowed to be thicker from doing that 8" blade feather, so when it dries you just fill that middle area later making it match with the rest. makes the outlet covers look consistently flush around corner beads. it's not the fastest method but the finish is kickass for high end custom homes.
Man, I know I’m late to the party but I gotta say you make this look easy. Been trying to follow your vids on a rough shaped garage. And it IS NOT going as easy as you make it look 🤣 thanks for the videos though!
Great video! I wish i had watched it Before i put my corner bead on. Mine is obviously too tight as i am having a tough time covering the corner bead. Thanks for the tips!
Thankfully, I only have a six-inch spot to fix on my own wall. I deeply appreciate being shown the proper "how". Thank you muchly. Next stop: the home improvement store.
Cannot do it too well with a pan and knife, but that is exactly how would do it. Step 1 of my method is the drive to the store and purchase a trowel...
At the end of the video, VC cleaned off the corners. Does that mean that the very tip of the corner bead should be left exposed with no mud? Or, does it get more mud in a later phase of coating?
Try a crimper on those corners and the high spots will be eliminated. Holding the bead down with outside screws almost always causes low/high spots. Good vid.
That's my method. I have no skill at skimming or feathering. If I try to feather by applying different amounts of pressure to the sides of the blade I either scrape off all the mud or I leave gouges. So instead of going down the wall trying to feather I go across and change the amount of pressure I put on the tool to "feather" it. It leaves lots of lift offs, but if I try to fix the lift offs then it just gets messed up worse. I leave the lift offs, make sure there is enough mud, and sand the excess off later. If there are any small gouges or divots after sanding then I get the soft patching mud that starts pink and dries white. Using a small tool I press the pink stuff into the gouges and divots and scrape off all the excess so very little sanding is required. This pink process might take a couple applications to get all the spots filled, but once dried and sanded it looks as good as skimming to me. The problem with the pink stuff is you never get good quality if you buy the large containers of it. 2 out of 3 times the large container is dried out like playdoh. It might be pink like it's wet but it will NOT spread onto the wall. It just rolls up into balls and falls off. Never buy the large or medium size containers of the pink stuff. It's a pain but only buy the small ones. Even if you've used the small ones and put the lid on and left them for days or weeks, they still stay soft. You can't add water to the large ones to make them soft. The water just won't mix in. It's called DAP DryDex.
The pink stuff blows. It absorbs paint differently. I had to try a couple different brands of blades before I found one that had the perfect flex for feathering
So if I add switched to dead wires the drywall guys won’t fill the junction boxes with mud?😂 Today I am the drywall guy so I am trying to improve my skills. Love your videos.
Thanks for the great tips - I was doing it all wrong until now. Only one question: what do you mean by the corner bead was installed too tight, not leaving enough room for more mud?
He is saying it was not installed perfectly symmetrical on both sides of the corner. If it was installed perfectly on the corner, each side of the corner would have the same amount of depth to add mud.
Where the ceiling corner tape ends at outside corners, should i add a small piece of tape across the two pieces of tape to cover the gap between the them?
Hey ben. Ive been watching for about 3 years now. I know it shouldnt be done per the manufacture, but if i add glue to 20 min can i install 80 inches of tape on corner bead without problems or should i just use metal. Its a time problem and i cant keep coming back for the fix.(girlfriends parents building) just want it done right and not falling apart after 10 years....edit im a sparky and i have to work my electrical jobs. Trying this drywall thing as a freebee to her so i can patch all the holes we make. If you could let me know, or not; thank you for all of your advice so far.
I'm trying to figure out "put on too tight" term, I bet you are saying the corner ridge, where the two sides meet is put in so tight that the ridge is lower than the wall surface on one side, giving you less space to have a proper fill of mud? I've been using the "needs more mud" term a lot ;) so your 6" knife, using it with convex out, (bump out) ? did you put the curve in it or did it come that way? I didn't know if I should start with a mud tub or hawk, i bought the tub, but I bet the advantage of the hawk is you don't have to clean out dried mud as you are working because you are continuously using all the mud and you are using a clean surface with no walls or corners like the tub. Darn, I bought a plastic tub and it has metal edges inserted in it which makes a little ledge that holds mud to harden on it. A metal one doesn't have those ledges. You save me years of trial and error to gather the experience that you share. I'm 64 and always avoided mudding. Never had anyone who knew anything about it.
Dunno if you check old vids, but why not put mud on the actual corner? Seems like the point gets scraped clean. If there is video on that I'd love a link.
Your videos are so helpful, thank you! I'm looking to use corner bead and mesh so that I can tidy up an edge where I've taken out a door; as I'm going onto an already plastered wall, I was thinking a corner bead with no nose would be best, but the techniques you demonstrate for beginners like me seem to work best if there's a nose. Would you advise going for a 3mm nose at least? Thank you
How to install a corner bead when it goes from drywall to hardibacker that will also have a schluter trim strip and then tiled. Seems like the schluter trim will have to go against the corner bead.
Can you please tell us what kind of mud you're using in each video? I have noticed some contradictions video to video on when to use different types of mud and when.
Hi! 👋🏻 Newbie here and I had a question.. all videos I see the walls are not painted? I have a sliding door in my room and the corner metal is showing on about 3 feet down the middle .. how do I cover the metal up with textured painted walls ? Thank you
I can’t answer for him but i’ve had really good luck with Aquabead. It has a water activated adhesive and similar to a no-coat. Adding tape to edge of corner bead is for paranoid people like me who hate callbacks.
Thank you for picking a corner bead with electrical. That exactly what I needed to see. All the other videos are all straight and with no obstacles. This was great.
Knowing when to fold them is the hardest thing to learn. This was a good example in showing an imperfect scenario, yet perfect example of what the average DIYer has to deal with. Especially on older homes that have been... well "messed with" in weird ways. Was about to F bomb but I'm sure you understand the frustration.
When I first started my carpentry business I had to have the exact tool to do the exact job. Now I use whatever tool I have at my disposal to do what needs to get done at that moment. I've used my drill as a hammer, a drill bit as a nail driver, my ladder as a sawhorse, my box cutter as a screwdriver, etc.
"don't let good be the enemy of perfect" has been my mantra for my current drywall project. I've learned a ton from your videos, thank you so much for making them
I've remodeled a few rooms over the years, and was always the "compound straight from the bucket" guy. I have since learned to buy bags of ready to mix, and play with different consistencies...Thank you sir!...
Ready mix comes more workable when you mix it before use. You can also add more water to it to make it more loose.
I have remodeled darn near my entire house (1400sqft, 11 rooms) over the last 11 years. I thought I was good at drywall and finishing until I stumbled onto one of your videos about 2 months ago. Since then, my finishing game has taken off... that sounds bad... my drywall finishing. You have shown me tips and tricks that have cut my time by about 75%. So well, I helped a family member do his new bedroom, after a horrible hanging job mind you, in 3 coats, which took me 8 hours including the sanding and fixing some really bad issues from the hanging. I only wish I had a Festool sander to speed up that part, but no way can I justify that purchase as a "hobbyist". Lol. Thanks for the great videos, you have taught me so much.
lol that was funny, thanks for the laugh!
I completed my project, and the results were very good, because I had watched many of your helpful videos. My tile/ contractor was impressed enough to offer me a job! (Not for me, I’m staying retired!) thanks!
Thank you sir , it’s good to have a good instructor such as you, I have the same problem as mr. “K”, I try to get it perfect, which is not practical, especially on the first coat.
It's good to see videos that have extra tips in them, such as the outlet boxes next to the corner. These videos are great.
Learned a whole lot watching these videos. This one is timely because I am starting my garage project. Finishing drywall for painting.
Like this technique. I'm in no rush
Drywall finishing was always my weak spot, theses videos helped me a ton. Thanks you!
Knowing when to fold 'em - that is one of the hardest things to get in the habit of doing. I've get these tunnel-vision compulsions where I try to GET THAT PERFECT COAT THAT REQUIRES NO SANDING!!!!
You always have to sand no matter what anyways so...
Not on your first coat you don't
You do a fantastic job of teaching and I have learned more from you than any other drywall videos on CZcams .... Thank you for the explanations and techniques.
Gotta know when to fold 'em
- Wisest words...ever!
See i like it better when you show the tougher stuff first, a simple corner bead is almost self explainatory! :) Tanks for the video!
Just applied the first coat (with glue) of hot mud on nail pops following your method. Tense moments and maybe a few four letter words (not tape or nail) that came to mind when I kept wiping the nails clean and thinking about mud set time but, in the end, I nailed it! (or so I think) I'll stick with fixing nail pops for a while before attempting corner beads. Thanks for your help!
Is there not suppose to be any mud on the very edge or does paint just cover that? How many coats do you usually do?
Yeah just paint covers it. 2 costs is good
Good to know- I was wondering about the edge
Came here with the same question
Wow that's why I watched this too.
⁸ 😅 .@@worldonastrng
This is exactly how I learned to coat corner beads. I'm trying to teach myself to use a trowel now, its a bit of a pain to learn a different method than what you've gotten good at
Hey Ben, you're my drywall hero !!!! Wish you could see the 2 corner beads I installed: perfect bc of your superb explanations and showing the technique. Thanks a million feathered likes !
Thanks again. Did my whole 100 year old house using your videos and my mistakes!
We want to see you do the hard/complicated stuff. Keep it coming!
Dude, thanks a lot for these videos. I've struggled with finishing drywall for years as a diyr... Technic is everything my man...
Thanks to your videos and really applying what you have taught, I have become a very good sheetrock installer and mud man in 7 months time. Just wanted to say thank you for all the videos.
Brillant service. Guy does not waste time and the best advice I've seen
I really like his explanations. He's a good teacher. I just want to learn how to deal with drywalls, but I really hate such constructive system.
This guy is helping me do a kitchen. Thanks, dude.
Happy to help!
I am in the middle of my bathroom remodel and there is something so satisfying watching someone else mud, but when I do it, its more aggravation.
Thank you so much for your videos. It figures that you’re Canadian. My wife and I adore Canada and Canadians are the nicest, most courteous and intelligent people. Obviously we’re from the States. Thanks again !
Why thank you 😊
This guy is like the Bob Ross of spackle
We switched to paper faced bead. Its just so much easier to install and dont have to deal with screws anf metal flashing through the mud
Thank you so much for these videos! I love that you are local! Eventhough I am going to finish the bedroom job I have started, I feel better knowing that you could come save me if needed!
Thank you for choosing one with the electrical. I'm having difficulty working around that for my DIY drywall work (pretty sure I put the flat joints where I wasn't supposed to).
Very straight forward, easy to follow, Thanks!
Your voice is sounding really good here! Thanks for the lesson
You make it look so easy... I was doing corner beads today and it sure didn't go like this.
Same here!
You picked the right corner for this video my friend 👍 nice to see the extra pointers
I find that putting mesh tape over your metal bead and then using quickset has been the best for me
Showing the difficult parts is more helpful than you realize
My problem is not knowing when to “fold em”. My OCD gets the better of me.☹️
I'm fine having the area pitted on corner beads next to outlets instead of a raised area like 2:46 . the area that he's smoothing, I do put mud there on the 1st coat, but the level above and below that outlet are allowed to be thicker from doing that 8" blade feather, so when it dries you just fill that middle area later making it match with the rest. makes the outlet covers look consistently flush around corner beads. it's not the fastest method but the finish is kickass for high end custom homes.
good lesson. Im glad you chose that corner
Man, I know I’m late to the party but I gotta say you make this look easy. Been trying to follow your vids on a rough shaped garage. And it IS NOT going as easy as you make it look 🤣 thanks for the videos though!
Tq ..good info...i like the tutorial...im doing it from 1999....but still learning
Thanks Ben for your skate and drywall knowledge 👊
Great video! I wish i had watched it Before i put my corner bead on. Mine is obviously too tight as i am having a tough time covering the corner bead. Thanks for the tips!
I know Canadians are super nice, but this guy would for sure beat me to death if he saw the mud in my second bedroom right now
Thankfully, I only have a six-inch spot to fix on my own wall. I deeply appreciate being shown the proper "how". Thank you muchly. Next stop: the home improvement store.
Need a video on prepping the two corners of the drywall so the corner bead fits properly
Hey Be. What is the best product to use to install and or fill corner bead. Is hot mud more prone to pop out than all purpose or taping mud, etc?
Mmm vanilla frosting 🤤💕
What do you mean when the corner bead is too tight?
I would like to know too please.
Cannot do it too well with a pan and knife, but that is exactly how would do it. Step 1 of my method is the drive to the store and purchase a trowel...
On outside corner bead I like to use 90 minute durabond for the first coat...hard and durable!
Subscribed . I’m so frustrated with hiring people I’m gonna start doing things myself I can’t possibly be as bad as the ones I’ve hired in the past
At the end of the video, VC cleaned off the corners. Does that mean that the very tip of the corner bead should be left exposed with no mud? Or, does it get more mud in a later phase of coating?
That was first coat in the video. Hell sand to get it even then apply one more coat to corner the edge of the cb
Try a crimper on those corners and the high spots will be eliminated. Holding the bead down with outside screws almost always causes low/high spots. Good vid.
Keep it coming it's help me a lot
Beautiful finish
That's my method. I have no skill at skimming or feathering. If I try to feather by applying different amounts of pressure to the sides of the blade I either scrape off all the mud or I leave gouges. So instead of going down the wall trying to feather I go across and change the amount of pressure I put on the tool to "feather" it. It leaves lots of lift offs, but if I try to fix the lift offs then it just gets messed up worse. I leave the lift offs, make sure there is enough mud, and sand the excess off later. If there are any small gouges or divots after sanding then I get the soft patching mud that starts pink and dries white. Using a small tool I press the pink stuff into the gouges and divots and scrape off all the excess so very little sanding is required. This pink process might take a couple applications to get all the spots filled, but once dried and sanded it looks as good as skimming to me. The problem with the pink stuff is you never get good quality if you buy the large containers of it. 2 out of 3 times the large container is dried out like playdoh. It might be pink like it's wet but it will NOT spread onto the wall. It just rolls up into balls and falls off. Never buy the large or medium size containers of the pink stuff. It's a pain but only buy the small ones. Even if you've used the small ones and put the lid on and left them for days or weeks, they still stay soft. You can't add water to the large ones to make them soft. The water just won't mix in. It's called DAP DryDex.
The pink stuff blows. It absorbs paint differently. I had to try a couple different brands of blades before I found one that had the perfect flex for feathering
@@Tonyhouse1168 works great for me. Leaves the walls nice and smooth. A couple coats of paint and perfect.
So if I add switched to dead wires the drywall guys won’t fill the junction boxes with mud?😂
Today I am the drywall guy so I am trying to improve my skills. Love your videos.
Hello. I’ve watched most of your videos. Can you state what kind of mud you are using?
He says they have stuff called taping mud but it’s not available in the states it seems.
@@redskies3000 thanks
Going to do my garage soon. Hoping to put these tricks to work.
Thank you for sharing! Very well done!
You’re a very good teacher thanks, Gracias!!!!
Love your vdos and thank you for making them as I find them very helpful.
You are such a genius!
Thanks for the great tips - I was doing it all wrong until now. Only one question: what do you mean by the corner bead was installed too tight, not leaving enough room for more mud?
He is saying it was not installed perfectly symmetrical on both sides of the corner. If it was installed perfectly on the corner, each side of the corner would have the same amount of depth to add mud.
@@redskies3000 got it. Thanks!
What kind of mud are you using?
Good video you need to get some merch.
Best teacher
Where the ceiling corner tape ends at outside corners, should i add a small piece of tape across the two pieces of tape to cover the gap between the them?
Thank you.
Thanks for the video! Now, what do you do with the corner metal reveal? Just paint over it?
Beautiful pull down work there👍🏻👍🏻
I find this method works best using the concave side of the large knife, leaves a fuller bead.
When mudding these corner beads, do you use Quick Set mud or the Bucket premade mud? Thank you for all your videos I am learning sooooo much!
Pre-mix bucket mud. Quickset is only for deep fills or multiple coats in a day.
@@vancouvercarpenter thank you!!!
I’m so glad for your videos
So satisfying to watch
Hey ben. Ive been watching for about 3 years now. I know it shouldnt be done per the manufacture, but if i add glue to 20 min can i install 80 inches of tape on corner bead without problems or should i just use metal. Its a time problem and i cant keep coming back for the fix.(girlfriends parents building) just want it done right and not falling apart after 10 years....edit im a sparky and i have to work my electrical jobs. Trying this drywall thing as a freebee to her so i can patch all the holes we make. If you could let me know, or not; thank you for all of your advice so far.
I can live with that....as he gives it one more pass 😄 🤣
It's a curse isn't it brother 🤜🤛
You did not cover metal edge at last . After painting uncovered metal bead will metal color fade ?
I still can't get my wife to not call outlets, "plugs".
I'm trying to figure out "put on too tight" term, I bet you are saying the corner ridge, where the two sides meet is put in so tight that the ridge is lower than the wall surface on one side, giving you less space to have a proper fill of mud? I've been using the "needs more mud" term a lot ;) so your 6" knife, using it with convex out, (bump out) ? did you put the curve in it or did it come that way?
I didn't know if I should start with a mud tub or hawk, i bought the tub, but I bet the advantage of the hawk is you don't have to clean out dried mud as you are working because you are continuously using all the mud and you are using a clean surface with no walls or corners like the tub.
Darn, I bought a plastic tub and it has metal edges inserted in it which makes a little ledge that holds mud to harden on it. A metal one doesn't have those ledges. You save me years of trial and error to gather the experience that you share. I'm 64 and always avoided mudding. Never had anyone who knew anything about it.
Dunno if you check old vids, but why not put mud on the actual corner? Seems like the point gets scraped clean. If there is video on that I'd love a link.
Thanks!
Your videos are so helpful, thank you! I'm looking to use corner bead and mesh so that I can tidy up an edge where I've taken out a door; as I'm going onto an already plastered wall, I was thinking a corner bead with no nose would be best, but the techniques you demonstrate for beginners like me seem to work best if there's a nose. Would you advise going for a 3mm nose at least? Thank you
How to install a corner bead when it goes from drywall to hardibacker that will also have a schluter trim strip and then tiled. Seems like the schluter trim will have to go against the corner bead.
Can you please tell us what kind of mud you're using in each video? I have noticed some contradictions video to video on when to use different types of mud and when.
What’s a tight corner bead mean?
the sharp outward facing corner of metal still juts out tho?
I go completely around the plugs
Thank you so much for your help
Hi! 👋🏻 Newbie here and I had a question.. all videos I see the walls are not painted? I have a sliding door in my room and the corner metal is showing on about 3 feet down the middle .. how do I cover the metal up with textured painted walls ? Thank you
So you don't tape over the corner bead at all as you're doing your first coat?
Interesting your bead is held with screws and not just crimped; I prefer this also.
Crimped is rubbish sometimes it gets lose use roofing nails instead of screws
Thanks for the tips
You don’t mud the corner edge? Just paint?
Which corner bead do you feel has the lowest failure rate?
I can’t answer for him but i’ve had really good luck with Aquabead. It has a water activated adhesive and similar to a no-coat. Adding tape to edge of corner bead is for paranoid people like me who hate callbacks.
Why clean the edge in the end? How do you make sure the end looks proper?
I can butter a mean bagel, will these skills transfer over?