This video is exactly what I needed as a DIY’er: I’m patching seven various sized holes in my home left from a plumbing repair job-four foot by one foot for the biggest and down to an 8” by 10” hole. I saved the pieces they cut out and re-installed them to fill the holes. This is a little challenging taping and mudding over all these holes due to the orange peel texture causing the knife to chatter quite a bit. I’m also a first timer using hot mud. I used USG 45 going over the first two repair areas, which I taped with fiberglass mesh tape. I got my patches fairly smooth on the , but I had way too may bumps and blemishes. I got advice on wet-sanding/ragging hot mud instead of sanding from another pro and that saved me-I was able to smooth out everything and make a much better feathered edge using the wet sand methods. I also mixed the 45 mud a little loose. Thank you so much for your tutorials-you are a solid professional, and I really appreciate you guys who are willing to share your knowledge to help folks out.
I appreciate that Conrad!💥👊🏻 Yes, I think the 24” blade is a great all around tool for most projects. Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend! 😎 -Paul
Hey man!💥👊🏻 Thanks for stopping by! Yes, definitely a nice tool to have in the arsenal for sure! I really appreciate you watching and commenting! -Paul
I repair people's mistakes. My company doesn't do a lot of new construction but the roofers, window guys, and sometimes siders do their fair share of damage. 50 hours a week going in after them so it's not bad. I hang, tape, and paint.
Right on man!💥👊🏻 Yes, you definitely need to give the Tomahawk a go. You’ll be glad you did! Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend!😎 -Paul
Hey there Ed! Oh wow that’s awesome! I’ll tell ya, I’m loving these Tomahawks! They make skim coating so much faster. And they are built to last!✅ Thanks so much for watching and commenting man!😎 -Paul
Hey there James!💥👊🏻 I appreciate you stopping by my friend! Love these blades man!✅ Your house build seems to be coming along nicely! Thanks for watching and commenting bro!😎 -Paul
@@PaulPeck it went surprisingly well! I fixed the drywall above the furnace and it was a major improvement. Thank you so much! I can send before and after shot for you to see.
I've been watching your content for a few months now and learning a lot, but I'm a new subscriber so I haven't seen many of your older videos. I reviewed your playlists and didn't see any mention of this topic, so I will suggest it because it's a subject I'm interested in. A video on how you clean your tools and how you transport your tools to avoid damage in the back of the truck would be useful. I'm a contractor doing handyman work, and I do a lot of smaller projects. I carry a large supply of misc. tools to be prepared for whatever the day has in store for me. Currently I use soft sided, varying colored duffel bags to hold my tools. Each bag holds a different trade's set of tools. For example, I have a plumbers kit, a cleaning kit, caulking kit, painting kit, concrete kit, etc. However, my drywall kit is my least favorite set up. It's a large duffel bag which does a good job of keeping the tools contained and when I grab the bag I know that I have everything I need, but I don't like sticking my hand into it because of all the sharp edges and I'm always nervous about damaging blades etc. I like using soft sided bags because they allow me to carry more in the back of the Expedition than hard sided cases. Whatever system you are using might provide me with suggestions for improvement. Thank you for your content!
Hi Phineus, that’s a great video suggestion!👍🏻 I’ll definitely try and put a video together about tool storage. Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend!😎 -Paul
DIY'er trying to learn how to drywall, in order to finish a multiple half done project by my husband. And how to fix several walls where he left huge waves.
Hi Paul, I’m fan of the channel. Thanks for the videos. Would using a paint roller to apply mud over painted popcorn ceilings work for skim coating? Thanks in advance!
This video series is great Paul thank you for sharing the knowledge with us. I feel much more confident and know so much more now going to do my own home. Can you attach the Tomahawk to a pole? Memberships, coolness! A good perk would be to have a way to ask you questions and chat maybe like a private members discord or something?
Right on Chris!💥👊🏻 I appreciate that man! Yes, you can attach it to a handle with the Tomalock. You just have to buy it separately from the Blades i was definitely think about that for membership perks. Especially sine it’s been getting more and more difficult to answer every question in the comments. Thanks for stopping by bro!😎 -Paul
I am using a long 24 1/2 inch Stainless Steel Straight Edge Paint Shield produced by Hyde, the metal is flat/smooth and works well but there is no extended handle to grab as exists with a drywall knife.I did not know about the tomahawk
Hi Paul Im a painter of career and sometimes I have to make drywall finish but you know its hard to make it really clean. I watched so many videos and everybody has their own technic so I take what I like and repeat it myself on my job and it never looks the same haha. Some bubbles in my compound dont know why cuz I mix it with my electric drill. Its a premix compound I buy and I just have to mix it. Maybe thats a problem ? And also the good tool where can I get it for good price ? Thanks
Bought a house with some horribly ugly textured walls in the dining room. Used your techniques to skim coat all 4 walls floor to ceiling and now they are silky smooth. I’ll say.... this 24” blade would have made life a lot easier
My best friend skin costed my entire home.. Sadly he passed away and now I had a roof leak that removed about 2ft square on the ceiling .. my question on one side it's about 1/4 thick.. Should I try to repair this over a couple days.. or do it all at once... He use to paint the bare drywall with this pink new skin.. Do I need that as well... Thanks for your help....
Hey there Ray!💥👊🏻 The Tomahawk is a great addition too to any drywall toolbox! That’s for sure! I really appreciate you watching and commenting!😎 -Paul
I do property maintenance and kitchen and bath remodels. Do you think the 24" is the best size for most repairs. I have 12" and 14" knifes. I also just bought a power sander and love that. No more dust!!!
I have a crack down the middle of my ceiling. I've taped it and feathered out the joint. It was perfect. About 5 months later crack reappered. Any thoughts on what I can do differently? Thanks
Great video. Paul, I’m a diy guy and need to redo the ceiling in a bedroom. The kids peeled away the drywall tape in corner where the wall meets the ceiling. Do you have a video on repairing that?
I appreciate that Frank!💥👊🏻 Heres a video for repairing that corner tape: czcams.com/video/Fd4tsg3s4Ec/video.html I hope that helps. Let me know. Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend! -Paul
I have a 1950 plaster ceiling that has one existing repaired wall to wall patch, not smooth, leaving a 1/4 " inch thicker than the ceiling surface hump. hidden underneath the already remove popcorn ceiling. After removing the pop texture, exposed a new unprepared ceiling crack in the wall to wall 2nd crack. what's the best repair method and following skim coat finishing technique, for these issue?
I have a home in Florida. Built in 1961. The bathroom ceiling and walls are gross the textures are odd uneven and varied and they are cracking like fine tiny spider webs. WE are leaving the old tile because of the way it was installed removing it will be more work than I can tackle. I need to do the walls and ceiling. I have never done this at all so I am watching all of your videos
I have a room with texture wall paper multiple layers thick that is on there like a rock. Removing the wall papers/paint layers resulted in a mess in the test area and took way too long. Was thinking of using your roll on technique to cover the wallpaper texture. Thoughts?
I’d use an oil-based or shellac paint over the wallpaper first if you want to skim coat it. Use a razor knife to cut any loose edges of the wallpaper joins where it came off the roll. Then skim coat the walls. Don’t try and skim coat walls that aren’t ‘sealed’ with paint first. You risk bubbling and that’s a ton of work if it does bubble the wallpaper.
Hey there Jeff! Be there done that! On a 500 room hotel renovation!!! Definitely cut out any loose areas, also around outlets, switches and especially in the corners. A lot of times these areas we to be cut out. I’d do a small tester area with joint compound and see how good it sticks to the wallpaper. Let me know how it goes? Thanks so much for watching and commenting!😎 -Paul
@@PaulPeck: You bet. The idea here is for your videos to be THE place for people to go to learn about it. I’m not a pro like you... just my experience... Keep up the good work.
Hi the texture is a knock down without a strict pattern and I just have problem with the height of the pattern not being consistent. When you texture What product compound or mud do yo use?
Yous over seas use what I've never heard of we in Scotland only use paper tape on internal corners fibre tape on walls ceilings usually 2 easy fill coats and one velvet if needed .,....taper and painter first I've seen your video my friend
DIY. 3 years after hurricane Irma hit and still can’t find someone to come repair ceiling leaks. Many houses still being repaired so they’re all busy with bigger jobs.
Absolutely, but keep in mind, there should be a bit of carpentry involved. Buy or beg some 1x4” scraps and use it as backing behind the drywall board on your ceiling. Best to cut a square of drywall, say 8” x 8”, or big enough to cover the hole. Make a pencil mark on the front face of the piece, at or near the edge, about 3/4” long. Now, lift that piece up to the ceiling over the hole. Trace around the square with a pencil onto the ceiling in a manner that covers the hole completely. (8” should cover a 6” hole) Then... make a mark on the ceiling that matches the mark at the edge of the drywall patch piece. That ensures you know which way to put the patch into the spot you are about to cut out. Use a drywall saw, or a heavy duty drywall knife to trace out the penciled square on the ceiling. Remember, if using a saw, be careful to not hit any loosely strung electrical wires inside the ceiling. Don’t plunge a saw blade too deep. Just use the tip. Any joists in the way, use a drywall knife to cut the ceiling square hole at that point. Okay, now, take either a 10” single piece of that 1x4” wood and insert it into the ceiling. It should give you enough backing to hold the piece in place. Even better is two pieces. Each piece bridging between the side of the hole. Have at least half the width of the wood showing on both sides. Then hold it in place and use drywall screws to screw the wood securely to the ceiling. Once that is done, you will be ready to insert that 8”x8” patch piece of drywall and use at least 4 screws to secure it to the wood backing. Don’t screw in the screws too far. Don’t break through the paper on the drywall. When screwed in place, you are ready to use drywall tape to cover all four sides. Best not to overlap the tape by much. The mesh type tape is sticky, meaning you can place it over the sides of the patch without using drywall compound. If you use paper drywall tape, make sure the mud you use is runny, but not sloppy. Then use your mud spatulas to place a coat of mud onto the mesh tape, or if using paper tape, add the mud covering the four side joints, not too thick and not too thin. Precut the paper tape to size, then push it into the mud. Use your spatula to embed the tape into the mud. Don’t push so hard that it pushes all the mud out from underneath the paper tape. Spatula at around 45 degrees is best. Make sure it is pretty flat without ridges. Leave it until tomorrow to dry. Then add a second coat and a third coat the day after. Then follow the method in this video to get it really flat. Done! Good luck and I hope that makes sense.
Hi Eryn, not sure on your skill levels. But, here’s a video for ya that shows the process for a ceiling hole that size: czcams.com/video/YMelkdOk_HU/video.html Let me know what you think about it? -Paul
@@PaulPeck: Thanks Paul. You make super videos! I’ve learned so much from you. I hope to get a 24” Tomahawk but I didn’t see your link to Amazon for it. Maybe because I’d use Amazon.ca, not .com. Keep up the good work.
See this entire video series playlist here: czcams.com/play/PL7Ww-LhWbB0F8fOEwjAbiJyT6YYFERvUL.html
Always a pleasure and never condescending. Thank you!
DIY-er turned into an all purpose handyman. I do lots of drywall repairs more than boarding. Scraping and skim coating ceilings etc.
This video is exactly what I needed as a DIY’er: I’m patching seven various sized holes in my home left from a plumbing repair job-four foot by one foot for the biggest and down to an 8” by 10” hole. I saved the pieces they cut out and re-installed them to fill the holes. This is a little challenging taping and mudding over all these holes due to the orange peel texture causing the knife to chatter quite a bit. I’m also a first timer using hot mud. I used USG 45 going over the first two repair areas, which I taped with fiberglass mesh tape. I got my patches fairly smooth on the , but I had way too may bumps and blemishes. I got advice on wet-sanding/ragging hot mud instead of sanding from another pro and that saved me-I was able to smooth out everything and make a much better feathered edge using the wet sand methods. I also mixed the 45 mud a little loose. Thank you so much for your tutorials-you are a solid professional, and I really appreciate you guys who are willing to share your knowledge to help folks out.
liked this method! I am a DIYer on a home remod right now. after doing a few rooms i am getting a little better - and a wide blade is a life saver!
DIYer - you drywall guys have so much patience. Kudos.
Thanks for sharing and being inspiring with your videos!!! I learned a lot with your videos. Helped me a great deal.
Awsome job bud! I'm a painter been at it for 6yrs now love it:-)
This is the perfect tutorial for ceiling repair.
I want something that makes sanding even easier. I'm getting one of those blades. I think 24 is enough. Awesome content as usual. 🤙
I appreciate that Conrad!💥👊🏻 Yes, I think the 24” blade is a great all around tool for most projects. Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend! 😎 -Paul
The “Tomahawk” need me one of those bad boys. Great job as usual Paul🤙
I like that smoothing blade. Nice job Paul.
Hey man!💥👊🏻 Thanks for stopping by! Yes, definitely a nice tool to have in the arsenal for sure! I really appreciate you watching and commenting! -Paul
U make it look easy, looks great. Doubt it would go that easy for me the 1st time...
Love the video. It's an art!
I really appreciate that Curtis!💥👊🏻 Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend! -Paul
DYI - having a time getting rid of the seams/joints - I have humps that are visible. I think the new tool might be the winner to help get rid of them
I repair people's mistakes. My company doesn't do a lot of new construction but the roofers, window guys, and sometimes siders do their fair share of damage. 50 hours a week going in after them so it's not bad. I hang, tape, and paint.
I call that job security Chad!💪🏻 I love doing that kind of work. It take special skills for sure! Thanks for watching and commenting!😎 -Paul
We are same job thank you for.sharim
Ng i really like all your vedios about this job godbles
Great job with knift
I always use the12” drywall knife, am going to have to try the 24” tomahawk looks like would be a time saver great content 👍
Right on man!💥👊🏻 Yes, you definitely need to give the Tomahawk a go. You’ll be glad you did! Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend!😎 -Paul
Any time I like your content and the information on different types of repairs 👏👌
Really good video as always Paul. I have 10,18 & 24” tomahawks ....haven’t used the 24” yet but will on one of my handyman jobs soon.
Hey there Ed! Oh wow that’s awesome! I’ll tell ya, I’m loving these Tomahawks! They make skim coating so much faster. And they are built to last!✅ Thanks so much for watching and commenting man!😎 -Paul
Wow, cool looking blade 👌 Great video Paul 👍
Hey there James!💥👊🏻 I appreciate you stopping by my friend! Love these blades man!✅ Your house build seems to be coming along nicely! Thanks for watching and commenting bro!😎 -Paul
Nice job! I'm a diy'er and this inspired me to fix some of my walls.
That’s awesome Jay!😎 Let me know how it goes.👍🏻 -Paul
@@PaulPeck it went surprisingly well! I fixed the drywall above the furnace and it was a major improvement. Thank you so much! I can send before and after shot for you to see.
I’m a contractor. You’re doing a good job.
I really appreciate that Jess!💥👊🏻 Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend! -Paul
Nice tool! Slick 🤙🏼
Right on Jonny! Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend! -Paul
I've been watching your content for a few months now and learning a lot, but I'm a new subscriber so I haven't seen many of your older videos. I reviewed your playlists and didn't see any mention of this topic, so I will suggest it because it's a subject I'm interested in. A video on how you clean your tools and how you transport your tools to avoid damage in the back of the truck would be useful. I'm a contractor doing handyman work, and I do a lot of smaller projects. I carry a large supply of misc. tools to be prepared for whatever the day has in store for me. Currently I use soft sided, varying colored duffel bags to hold my tools. Each bag holds a different trade's set of tools. For example, I have a plumbers kit, a cleaning kit, caulking kit, painting kit, concrete kit, etc. However, my drywall kit is my least favorite set up. It's a large duffel bag which does a good job of keeping the tools contained and when I grab the bag I know that I have everything I need, but I don't like sticking my hand into it because of all the sharp edges and I'm always nervous about damaging blades etc. I like using soft sided bags because they allow me to carry more in the back of the Expedition than hard sided cases. Whatever system you are using might provide me with suggestions for improvement. Thank you for your content!
Hi Phineus, that’s a great video suggestion!👍🏻 I’ll definitely try and put a video together about tool storage. Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend!😎 -Paul
Good video bud 👍🏼have a good weekend 👍🏼
I really appreciate that man!💥👊🏻 Thanks for watching and commenting my friend!😎 -Paul
DIY'er trying to learn how to drywall, in order to finish a multiple half done project by my husband. And how to fix several walls where he left huge waves.
Hi Paul, I’m fan of the channel. Thanks for the videos. Would using a paint roller to apply mud over painted popcorn ceilings work for skim coating? Thanks in advance!
Hi Paul. I bought the Tomahawk blade on your recommendation. Learning lots from your technique. I'm a DIYer. Do you ever use a hawk and trowel?
Would you recommend 18" or 24" smoothing blade for a homeowner/handyman? Obviously you have very good skills and great touch with the 24" blade.
Carpenter with my local utility company.
I do all types of drywall repair, we 5 minute mud 90% of the time
I've been looking for a nice skimming blade. I'm thinking of making a couple from an old tree saw blade what do you think?
This video series is great Paul thank you for sharing the knowledge with us. I feel much more confident and know so much more now going to do my own home. Can you attach the Tomahawk to a pole? Memberships, coolness! A good perk would be to have a way to ask you questions and chat maybe like a private members discord or something?
Right on Chris!💥👊🏻 I appreciate that man! Yes, you can attach it to a handle with the Tomalock. You just have to buy it separately from the Blades i was definitely think about that for membership perks. Especially sine it’s been getting more and more difficult to answer every question in the comments. Thanks for stopping by bro!😎 -Paul
You can also connect the tomahawks to flat box handles without the Tomalock adaptor!
@@JillianKirbyphotog Good to know Jillian!💥👊🏻 Thanks for the heads up on that! -Paul
I am using a long 24 1/2 inch Stainless Steel Straight Edge Paint Shield produced by Hyde, the metal is flat/smooth and works well but there is no extended handle to grab as exists with a drywall knife.I did not know about the tomahawk
Hi I am a DIYer...ty.
Hi Paul Im a painter of career and sometimes I have to make drywall finish but you know its hard to make it really clean. I watched so many videos and everybody has their own technic so I take what I like and repeat it myself on my job and it never looks the same haha.
Some bubbles in my compound dont know why cuz I mix it with my electric drill. Its a premix compound I buy and I just have to mix it.
Maybe thats a problem ?
And also the good tool where can I get it for good price ?
Thanks
I need to repair a water stained, cracked plaster ceiling. Cutting out the damage and doing a skim coat so the ceiling is smooth is my goal.
Bought a house with some horribly ugly textured walls in the dining room. Used your techniques to skim coat all 4 walls floor to ceiling and now they are silky smooth. I’ll say.... this 24” blade would have made life a lot easier
When will you do a video on removing popcorn ceilings? I was shown how to do it. but I would like to see you do it.
My best friend skin costed my entire home.. Sadly he passed away and now I had a roof leak that removed about 2ft square on the ceiling .. my question on one side it's about 1/4 thick.. Should I try to repair this over a couple days.. or do it all at once... He use to paint the bare drywall with this pink new skin.. Do I need that as well... Thanks for your help....
What’s ur technique for cracks at doorways to rid them. Hairline to 1/8” from a corner zig zagging o the ceiling ??
Nice, I wish I watched this video several months ago! I could of used the 24 inch tomahawk tool!
Hey there Ray!💥👊🏻 The Tomahawk is a great addition too to any drywall toolbox! That’s for sure! I really appreciate you watching and commenting!😎 -Paul
Definitely going to have to have one 👍
I do property maintenance and kitchen and bath remodels. Do you think the 24" is the best size for most repairs. I have 12" and 14" knifes. I also just bought a power sander and love that. No more dust!!!
Hey there Don!💥👊🏻 Yes, I think the 24” is a good all around size. Oh yeah, the power sanders are awesome! What kind did you get?-Paul
I have a crack down the middle of my ceiling. I've taped it and feathered out the joint. It was perfect. About 5 months later crack reappered. Any thoughts on what I can do differently? Thanks
Great video.
Paul, I’m a diy guy and need to redo the ceiling in a bedroom. The kids peeled away the drywall tape in corner where the wall meets the ceiling. Do you have a video on repairing that?
I appreciate that Frank!💥👊🏻 Heres a video for repairing that corner tape: czcams.com/video/Fd4tsg3s4Ec/video.html I hope that helps. Let me know. Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend! -Paul
I have a 1950 plaster ceiling that has one existing repaired wall to wall patch, not smooth, leaving a 1/4
" inch thicker than the ceiling surface hump. hidden underneath the already remove popcorn ceiling. After removing the pop texture, exposed a new unprepared ceiling crack in the wall to wall 2nd crack. what's the best repair method and following skim coat finishing technique, for these issue?
Looks great Paul! So glad you're enjoying the Columbia Tomahawk Smoothing Blades!! 👍
I really appreciate that @Columbia Tools!💥👊🏻 Definitely loving your Tomahawk Smoothing Blades. Thank you! -Paul
DIY ER HERE
My walls have thousands of spider web cracks that are not very deep can I put a skim coat on the walls to fix it so I can paint the walls
I have a home in Florida. Built in 1961. The bathroom ceiling and walls are gross the textures are odd uneven and varied and they are cracking like fine tiny spider webs. WE are leaving the old tile because of the way it was installed removing it will be more work than I can tackle. I need to do the walls and ceiling. I have never done this at all so I am watching all of your videos
DYI
I have a room with texture wall paper multiple layers thick that is on there like a rock. Removing the wall papers/paint layers resulted in a mess in the test area and took way too long. Was thinking of using your roll on technique to cover the wallpaper texture. Thoughts?
I’d use an oil-based or shellac paint over the wallpaper first if you want to skim coat it. Use a razor knife to cut any loose edges of the wallpaper joins where it came off the roll. Then skim coat the walls. Don’t try and skim coat walls that aren’t ‘sealed’ with paint first. You risk bubbling and that’s a ton of work if it does bubble the wallpaper.
Hey there Jeff! Be there done that! On a 500 room hotel renovation!!! Definitely cut out any loose areas, also around outlets, switches and especially in the corners. A lot of times these areas we to be cut out. I’d do a small tester area with joint compound and see how good it sticks to the wallpaper. Let me know how it goes? Thanks so much for watching and commenting!😎 -Paul
Great advice Sandy!💥👊🏻 Thanks for sharing your knowledge in the comments. It really helps out a lot. Thank you!🙏😎 -Paul
@@PaulPeck: You bet. The idea here is for your videos to be THE place for people to go to learn about it. I’m not a pro like you... just my experience... Keep up the good work.
Im DIYer for my house. 4000 sq ft of ugly knockdown texture to skim. Hope for smooth finish.
Teach me how to texture repair sections of a textured ceiling please . I can texture but it never matches and looks like a patch☹️
A lot of the trick to texture matching is blending it into the existing texture.👍🏻 What type of texture are you trying to match? -Paul
Hi the texture is a knock down without a strict pattern and I just have problem with the height of the pattern not being consistent. When you texture What product compound or mud do yo use?
Handyman/ superintendent
DIYer
Settling cracks. I need to match an orange peel texture.
Yous over seas use what I've never heard of we in Scotland only use paper tape on internal corners fibre tape on walls ceilings usually 2 easy fill coats and one velvet if needed .,....taper and painter first I've seen your video my friend
Handyman here... HandyVets Home Services in NJ
Nice Jeffrey!💥👊🏻 Do you do much Drywall? Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend!😎 -Paul
@@PaulPeck yes!! So many ceiling leaks. Your tips are awesome, now I actually enjoy doing the repairs.
DIY. 3 years after hurricane Irma hit and still can’t find someone to come repair ceiling leaks. Many houses still being repaired so they’re all busy with bigger jobs.
I have a whole in my ceiling and I have hired someone but is this something that I can do myself? the whole is about 6-10 inches big.
Absolutely, but keep in mind, there should be a bit of carpentry involved. Buy or beg some 1x4” scraps and use it as backing behind the drywall board on your ceiling. Best to cut a square of drywall, say 8” x 8”, or big enough to cover the hole. Make a pencil mark on the front face of the piece, at or near the edge, about 3/4” long. Now, lift that piece up to the ceiling over the hole. Trace around the square with a pencil onto the ceiling in a manner that covers the hole completely. (8” should cover a 6” hole) Then... make a mark on the ceiling that matches the mark at the edge of the drywall patch piece. That ensures you know which way to put the patch into the spot you are about to cut out. Use a drywall saw, or a heavy duty drywall knife to trace out the penciled square on the ceiling. Remember, if using a saw, be careful to not hit any loosely strung electrical wires inside the ceiling. Don’t plunge a saw blade too deep. Just use the tip. Any joists in the way, use a drywall knife to cut the ceiling square hole at that point.
Okay, now, take either a 10” single piece of that 1x4” wood and insert it into the ceiling. It should give you enough backing to hold the piece in place. Even better is two pieces. Each piece bridging between the side of the hole. Have at least half the width of the wood showing on both sides. Then hold it in place and use drywall screws to screw the wood securely to the ceiling. Once that is done, you will be ready to insert that 8”x8” patch piece of drywall and use at least 4 screws to secure it to the wood backing. Don’t screw in the screws too far. Don’t break through the paper on the drywall. When screwed in place, you are ready to use drywall tape to cover all four sides. Best not to overlap the tape by much. The mesh type tape is sticky, meaning you can place it over the sides of the patch without using drywall compound. If you use paper drywall tape, make sure the mud you use is runny, but not sloppy. Then use your mud spatulas to place a coat of mud onto the mesh tape, or if using paper tape, add the mud covering the four side joints, not too thick and not too thin. Precut the paper tape to size, then push it into the mud. Use your spatula to embed the tape into the mud. Don’t push so hard that it pushes all the mud out from underneath the paper tape. Spatula at around 45 degrees is best. Make sure it is pretty flat without ridges. Leave it until tomorrow to dry. Then add a second coat and a third coat the day after. Then follow the method in this video to get it really flat. Done! Good luck and I hope that makes sense.
Hi Eryn, not sure on your skill levels. But, here’s a video for ya that shows the process for a ceiling hole that size: czcams.com/video/YMelkdOk_HU/video.html Let me know what you think about it? -Paul
Great explanation Sandy!🔥👏🏻 Thanks for sharing! -Paul
@@PaulPeck: Thanks Paul. You make super videos! I’ve learned so much from you. I hope to get a 24” Tomahawk but I didn’t see your link to Amazon for it. Maybe because I’d use Amazon.ca, not .com. Keep up the good work.
@@sandymilne224 How cool! Thank you for that! Here's that link: amzn.to/2GgwEwq -Paul
diy
Right on Reginald!💥👊🏻 Thanks so much for watching and commenting my friend!😎 -Paul
DIYer.
Repair errors in drywall compound.. hump on either side
Mechanical contractor looking drywall process
What is he standing on?
Diy
you uploaded twice???
No. But, I did do a sneak peek last week of this weeks video? Could that be it? Thank you.👍🏻
Diy-er
Thank you for watching and commenting!👍🏻😎
I honestly don’t understand how people choose not to use a hawk and trowel
Diy, working on drywall repair after popcorn removal, ugg