How to Finish Drywall Seams
Finishing drywall seams may seem like a job for the pros, but you can do this with the right tools and patience. It usually takes 2-3 coats and an equal amount of days to get a professional seam.
1. Start by laying tape into a generous amount of joint compound.
2. Scrape the excess off.
3. Lay another coat of joint compound on top. Use the taping knife to gently scrape away and smooth excess.
4. Create a slight hill over the tape.
For more details, watch the video embedded in my blog tutorial (url below).
1. Start by laying tape into a generous amount of joint compound.
2. Scrape the excess off.
3. Lay another coat of joint compound on top. Use the taping knife to gently scrape away and smooth excess.
4. Create a slight hill over the tape.
For more details, watch the video embedded in my blog tutorial (url below).
How to Finish Drywall Seams! Video on the blog.
Materials needed to finish seams
Fill all screw holes
When hanging drywall, plan to have the fewest number of seams.
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Like you I am a self taught dry waller. I learned to hang drywall and mud it this past year because we bought a very distressed property and the family room had cheap paneling on the 17 x 24 room. I figured I could do it if I was patient enough...I did...and now I am the drywall Queen. When the Heating and Air guy stepped through the ceiling....OH well! no problem I can fix it... thanks for the video.
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There is a fatal flaw with this drywall hanging. NEVER, NEVER have joints above the windows and doors. They WILL crack in the future (not just "mebbe", they will) and then you will have a not very nice appearance and a future repair job you will continually put off. It will be much more difficult to repair and you can definitely expect to do it again in the future. It is much easier and time saving at the initial finishing and no need to repair in the future. Hang the full drywall sheet horizontally over the window and/or door. There will not be a difficult joint to tape and no repair work in the future. You will not save anything by piecing drywall. It takes lots more time to finish many joints and they will not hold up. In the picture with the 2 seams above the window and the 1 below the window, you have set yourself up for a future unwanted procrastinating project. It is not as difficult to do it right as it is to do it wrong and OBVIOUSLY amateurish. I see so called professionals who have taught themselves to do it wrong. Wise up and learn it right from the start. There is almost never a good situation to hang drywall vertically. Maybe in a hunting camp or clubhouse where you don't care but in a full time, look at it everyday residence, NO.
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