I love how you call out your own flaws in the work. "Whoops, there's a crumb, oh there's another one," "my blade has a ding that's causing a line in the mud," "ahh, it was looking good until I did THAT." Because it's exactly what we're gonna run into when trying to do it ourselves. You just seem so real, unlike other UA-camrs that seem to do things perfectly and our work is usually anything but. Keep up the great work, I've learned so much from you!
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Watched many of your videos, but it was only after studying your hand and finger positions in this video that I was finally able to do an "acceptable" job applying drywall mud. Have you already made a video that talks about your 5 hand/finger positions? What a tremendous difference using those positions make! For others wanting to see the positions, look at this video at the following times: 1) 9:21 - 2 fingers in the center to load the mud. 2) 9:43 - index finger in the center to smooth the mud. 3) 10:15 - index finger on the left of center to feather the left side. 4) 10:21 - index finger on the right of center to feather the right side. 5) 16:04 - thumb on top to smooth final skim coat. Once again, thank you soo much for making these videos!
Yeah the way you hold the tools are super important, I had to learn the hard way over time. This could help people ALOT who are into it for the weekend or one job etc....take care
As I was watching you put on the skim coat, I kept thinking why is he not getting that big spot on the patch, then I realized it was a spot on my screen LOL. Keep up the great work, I love you videos, I have gotten alot of tips and tricks from them. My uncle taught me the basics of drywall over 30 years ago and I have only done a handful of DIY jobs for myself over the years and your videos have taught this old dog some new tricks for the toolbox, thanks Ben
From January 2020 to April 2020... just WOW! With so many of us quarantined I imagine home projects have become part of our passing the time! I have never attempted any type of drywall repair in my life. Unfortunately a plumbing issue left one of our bedrooms with 4 decent sized holes ranging in size from 5 x 8 to 20 x 14. My first attempt was my learning lesson. After which I knew I needed to do a little research. After scanning, selecting and then discarding multiple others videos I was fortunate enough to come across yours. You explain yourself in a way I find easy and natural to understand. Added to that you are not redundant with mundane detail that causes a long video. THANK YOU! I now have the confidence to try again tomorrow and tackle it with an optimistic outlook rather than dread of another horrible waste of time and materials. I hope if I have any questions to be able to bring them back here and to you. That being said...hope the wife's arm is healing well and that your family of six is staying safe and healthy during these times!
We recently had a burst pipe at my mother in laws house. Insurance covered most of the repairs but my wife decided this was the perfect time to do some additional updates and renovations. I had picked up quite a few tips from your videos that came in handy, not only in the areas we worked on, but also to go behind the “professional” crews and make those places look much better. Even we “older” folks benefit and learn from your videos. Thank you for making them and sharing your knowledge with the rest of us.
Ben is a top class guy and an expert in his field. From the tips about bedding paper tapes to cutting in painting help and build confidence massively. Thank you.
You seem like a very good man and with your calm demeanor I guessing a good father as well. Keep teaching men to fish, they will remember you for years to come.
I've been watching your videos ever since learning drywall when I started working residential maintenance. It has helped so much. I've got really good results using your methods. I recommend your videos to anyone thats doing drywall patch or carpenter work. I hope everything goes well for your family! Best of luck
I really like that you show how to work through little hiccoughs. One of the biggest things I’ve learned here is to be confident. There are always workarounds. I’d have primed the whole wall section so paint wouldn’t show different, but that’s just on a small wall section like this is. If it was in the middle of a large wall I see why you just do the section worked on.
My go to guy for anything and everything drywall. Your channel deserves 1 million plus subscribers and hope it gets there. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us. Very much appreciated.
You're the one that showed me the "California Patch". The "leave the paper larger than the hole" technique is a life saver for me. I've never looked back after you showing me that.
I've watched most of your videos on drywall/gyprocing and have found them immensely helpful! In the past, I've asked my younger son to do the mudding and taping. But since watching your videos, I took a stab at it myself and found I can do it....if I follow your instructions to the T! So thank you, thank you, thank you for the excellent instructions and videos! Patience is a virtue and you, young fellow, seem have that in bucketfuls! But then again, you've got 4 kids. ;) I'm sorry to hear about your wife's broken arm. I do hope it's better now and that you are both back working despite the social distancing. Stay safe, well and keep the awesome videos coming!
Your the first guy that post a video from beginning to the end! For this I salute you. Many guys start of good but then skip the process of showing how something is done. It drives me crazy! Lol Thank u for being detailed including your errors! You have a new subscriber!
Or December 2022. I hope your wife's arm healed nicely and nothing else has gotten broken since then. Thanks for your great teachings, great carpenter who drywalls.
We are in the process of doing a lot of drywall repairs. It's been really hard trying to understand just how smooth I should be expecting my work to be for the first two coats. This video and it's camera angles helped with this tremendously! Thanks a ton!
Bubbles happen when mud is applied to dry surface. Sponge with water first to somewhat saturate, never any bubbles. Trust me. This applies to dead flat paint and dry compound. Not any glossed paint, since water doesnt penetrate.
Watching this in November 2023 and as a new homeowner, I think your channel is a master degree on how to do DYI projects, dude you’re a fantastic professional and a better teacher. Thank you!
I've been doing drywall for 30 years and this guy has no clue what he's doing!!! A hole that size should only be fixed one way and that's the "framing" method...just put a picture frame over the hole and never worry about it again 👍 Works 99% of the time almost every other time🙃 Seriously thought, this dudes awesome, couldnt tell ya how many times his videos have saved my butt. Great work sir!!!
Dang you had me thinking what are you talking about until I got to the end. He is really good at what he does but he really doesn't need to be sanding just a wet rag on the edges
I’ve done this and it works really well, I had problems doing patches prior to this. It’s a really handy method when you’re adding outlets or high hats.
This video looks like it was done pre-pandemic. I hope you and your family are healthy and happy! I can't thank you enough for this video. I really needed it! I have several drywall holes in the old house I bought - one is in the ceiling. Over the past several months I have had THREE drywall contractors come to give me an estimate, but none of them will take the job. Several contractors didn't even show up when they said they would and didn't call to reschedule. I don't know what the problem is - I suspect they don't want a small job like this. I can't waste any more time on this - it is preventing me from doing the interior painting. I have become incredibly frustrated! Anyway, I'm going to try to tackle this myself and I feel much more confident now. Wish me luck! Thanks again!!
Just putting this out there. I've watched your videos. I bought the tools. I started with the confidence of a 20 year experienced drywaller. You make it look easy... it ain't. After the third five gallon bucket of compound to fix what started as a minor wall repair, the professional comes next week. I buried my hawk, pans, trowels and everything else in a hole with my aspirations of becoming a professional occasional drywall...er. Somewhere the translation of what I see in my head and my hands do gets jumbled into lots of doing, redoing, redoing, redoing and swearing. 4" hole to fix a wall leak is now all the drywall on the southern basement wall... lol.
A California patch is easier in my opinion. Mudding is all about touch and he's probably done this a thousand times. As a landlord myself, I've gotten very good at patching drywall
Found your video in April, which helped me successfully repair a wall in my bedroom. Came back to refresh my brain and repair a bathroom wall. Thanks for this great tutorial!
Very good to see a pro that does not hide his/her mistakes This is honesty at it's best just how it should be Well done and thank you yet again for that !!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, Ben. You didn't mention it, but I think there is a certain amount of importance in dusting the wall off after sanding. Just my experience. Sometimes it can collect into pretty thick areas as it clings to the drywall mud. I keep a microfiber dusting pad with me. I think it leaves a more sound surface that is more easily painted. I know a lot of primers such as bin are formulated for bonding with Dusty services, but I think it just improves things a little bit to remove as much dust as possible before painting. Just my two cents. Great video!
Yes this comment is correct. I did a patch yesterday and when I primed it, the roller was picking up spots of primer. It was like the primer did not bond and dried instantly and then the roller picked it up when I went back over it a few seconds later. I suspect it was from dust on the wall.
I saved hundreds of dollars watching your videos and patching my own walls. I do appreciate your honesty at the end, talking about supporting a family and thanking us for continuing to watch what you post. Thank you!
really appreciate all the "I am human just like everyone else" moments, where you keep going back over and over to get it just right. Unlike Informecial like demonstrations.
Thank you very much for your videos, you have given this finish carpenter more patience with his sheetrock hangers and tapers, as well as teaching him how difficult a nice drywall job is; and how to fix it. Cheers from Oregon.
Best way to patch holes a few inches across -- Stuff the wall cavity with newspaper until it wants to spring out of the hole, then put any sturdy stick inside across that bridges the hole. The newspaper holds the stick in place and the stick will keep the newspaper from pushing the mud patch out. No tape needed, sand when dry, paint. I have done some at home here that have lasted 10 years and are difficult to see any trace of.
My God who needs a journeyman maintenance man you're a helper for a few months and then you go off on your own be careful what you put your hands down in
This is the smart way to patch. Beats the hell out of your California patch!! Never liked a flat knife! Back in the day I used a trowel but they're hard to find today and very expensive. Your knife is over half the width of the area you're working. Two passes is all you need, not three or four?? Try this and see if you like this method? Same hole, same square patch. Fasten the patch over the hole at opposite corners with two screws. With a hole saw bigger than the hole, saw through the patch and the wall together. Now you have a patch guaranteed to fit perfectly. A wider backer will stabilize the patch to the extent that you'll probably not need to tape it considering the size of the patch??
Well done Vancouver Carpenter! I live in Saskatchewan and enjoy completing my own DIY renovations. I have watched many of your videos and find them informative and realistic. I also like your level of patience when completing your work. As an educator, I would feel comfortable showing my students these informative, learning videos. I also enjoyed hearing the personal story at the end of this video. My wife and I also have four children and are doing the best job we can in raising them with our very busy lifestyle. I look forward to more videos.
Hi! It's January of 2023, and I just discovered you! I will be watching a lot. I need to do a lot of work to my house. It gives me a way to talk intelligently to someone doing the work. Or it shows me how to do the work if I need to do that. Thank you so very much!
@Mike Girard Same here. I thought the smaller the footprint the better. But it makes sense that in order to blend it in correctly, you need a larger area.
@Mike Girard If you were to look at the layers of the patch in cross section, by the time the finished and sanded layer is completed, the height of the fill plus the tape beneath might be as much as 1/8" higher than the surface of the wall panel. In order to adequately hide these raised portions of the patch, so as to not leave any noticeable shadows cast across the wall, the filled area needs to be built out that far. The idea being to reduce as much as possible the angle at which light is cast across the hump that is formed by the tape+mud over the seams. To accomplish this, typically, the fill must be built out not less than 18" on either side of the tape for a total span of 36". This makes patches next to corner beads and inside corner angles (as with the skinny wall VC is working on) particularly difficult to hide.
"July 2021..." 😂 I'm late to the party, it's now September 2021. But you're still as relevant. Thanks for your down to earth videos, I'm learning a lot... Quick!
Good video. Two thumbs up! I've probably done this over 100 times. If you have to run wires in ceiling with not access, you will have to cut holes and do this trick. Same with a lot of walls. Save your cutouts, number them, and number your holes. If you have to cut a lot of holes, it makes sense to buy a zip tool that is battery operated. Cutting with a hole saw or knife gets tiring. It actually does not matter if your hole is square. Many of mine are not. Just put your wood in the space and your cutout back in the hole and repair with mud. It always takes three coats to get it perfect.
You have helped me drywall almost my entire basement...so I am going to return the favor and have a Vancouver Carpenter UA-cam Marathon tonight instead of watching Hart of Dixie on Netflix :)
Really really appreciate your willingness to take the time and produce these videos! They are so excellent for skilled tradesmen all the way to diy homeowners! Also your clear speak and age, in my opinion, allow a ‘spark’ within younger viewers that I hope would ignite their interest in the trades....to all you high school kids, you don’t have to follow the brainwashing of your teachers! You don’t have to go to college to make a very good living! The joy of accomplishment and satisfaction of owning your own business is more than can be explained! If you are in the least interested in these videos, in trying skills for yourself, in wanting to be your own boss, in doing something different everyday....please please please explore the many trades that are out there! We need more tradesmen! College will leave you in debt up to your ears and you’ll be far better served investing that money into yourself! You’ll get to work in a fun environment and feel the comradely of tradesmen wherever you decide to plant your flag! In the many years you’ll spend in college you can enter a trade and come out ahead of your peers.... Thanks again!
This is THE best video because you show all the difficulties you can run into AND you show up close views. Every other videos I've seen are so perfect with no flaws. Then when I do it I wonder what I'm doing wrong. THANK YOU!!! Stick to your style/method of doing videos! PLEASE
So glad I found your videos, lots of little jobs and a few bigger jobs to do in our house and your tutorials have given me the confidence to try these myself and save a fortune. Thank you.
Can you do a patch where the wall has a knockdown texture already on it. I’m having trouble getting a feathered edge when the whole wall is already textured.
@@PaulPeck you must have some videos about blending textures. I will have to look for them so I can refer people to them. We do very little texture here. I have never had to do texture on any of my new work. I have done about 20 texture repairs over he last 10 years so i have never gotten much experience with it.
Feathering the edge on knockdown will always leave something there as the surface is uneven. You just have to sand or wet sponge the edges a little extra when dry to get rid of it. Also, priming the patch before actual texture helps a lot with knock down as it makes the surface all uniform. Otherwise, the texture will tend to soak into and dry quicker on the fresh mud compared to the existing painted surface, which won't dry as fast. It will cause two different looking textures when knocking down.
I do knockdown repairs professionally and have shot new knockdown on millions of square feet of wall space. The ABSOLUTE BEST way to make a good patch on knockdown is to go corner to corner with the skim. But almost never practical. So when patching a spot, wipe down the edge with wet microfiber cloth as mud sets up on every coat when using quick set mud. For ready mix, feather each coat with a very soft smooth sponge! Then texture after dry or cured! Hope that helps!
This was awesome to watch as usual. I especially like the phrase "I can live with that" which I hear you use often. That is pretty much how I inspect my own work in whatever I do practically all the time. My husband and I are looking into buying a house so I've been looking into some DIY. These vids are nice cause they aren't boring =) haha. I hope your wife gets better soon and your famo is okay! Thanks again!
I love your videos brother. They are very informative and easy to watch. You are a great teacher and a craftsman. There is nothing quite like taking something that is broken and making it new and beautiful again! That's what the Lord did with us, and what we do with these home remodels! Keep it up!
Good stuff and great info. Your note about screw head depth is a small, but important detail. Well done. When I had to patch a 4"x4" hole, I used 1 paint stick vertically in the center instead of plywood. It was stable and after painting, you wouldn't know there was ever a hole in the wall.
I had the screws tear out that were holding a long curtain rod above sliding glass doors in the kitchen. (Drywall not being very mechanically strong for holding screws.) I deliberately cut holes like this and used a plywood backing and patches similar to this. The mounting screws now go through the drywall patches into the plywood behind and are very secure. I didn't didn't know to use any tape and just filled the joints with the mud, but after 15 years it still looks OK. The kitchen wall was also quite textured and I used more drywall mud and a coarse brush to sort of "tease" a similar texture into it. That is somewhat of an arts and crafts technique, but with a little care, after painting nobody could detect where these patches are. If a patch is small enough, you can use a single piece of plywood slightly larger than the hole and insert it diagonally into the wall space and then position it. Except there is no way to temporarily hold it. So I first put a screw in the middle to use as a handle. Once the plywood was screwed in place, just removed the screw used as a handle.
Easier way would have been to California patch it or buy a patch kit that has the aluminum patch in it. Watch the Ask This Old House episode about drywall patches. Tom Silva makes quick work of the drywall holes.
Was rough-housing with my kid, tripped, and put my shoulder through the wall. My shoulder if fine but now I need to patch a 2x2 hole, so this video was invaluable.
You taught me everything I need to know about drywall being a girl at 55 I was able to knock down all my plaster and put up my own drywall thanks to you I did hire one person to do one room and they did not meet the wall to the ceiling properly it's very wavy. I've literally put several coats of joint compound on the ceiling to try to get it to drop down to the level the wall and I can't seem to do it I wish I could take a picture and show you please hopefully you have a suggestions you are the best teacher.
Thanks! I just did three patches of various sizes today for the first time ever using your method. I can't say they look as good as yours, but like I said, it was my first time. I had been needing to fix these holes for so long and really dreaded doing it. Finally having them done really is a huge load off my mind, and I wouldn't have had such an easy time with it if it hadn't been for your clear instruction.
Thank YOU for all of your videos. I have been watching them every evening for about a month now (since I purchased a flip house). Every day I say Im going to start on the drywall but every day I find other things to do instead. I have done drywall repair before and although I have gotten better I am far from perfect. I have decided to try and do it all myself this time (tired of paying people to jerk me around and/or do a crappy job). Your videos are great to watch and study. I have subscribed (I never did that before), and I am very grateful to you. I hope your wife is feeling better by now, my husband shattered his arm while helping me at the last flip house and we have 4 kids also...it was rough for a while, hang in there :-)
Your trade secrets are safe with all 3,072 of us (and counting). Hang in there Ben - hope your wife heals up well and quickly. Thanks for yet another awesome video.
Just want to say thank you for this information. I just have a hole in the dry wall approximately 4 inches square and this video does help me a lot and I am just learning how to do this kind of work. Just want to say thank you so much.
As a new homeowner tackling some little projects here and there, your videos have been incredibly helpful. I appreciate your attention to detail and producing a good finished product, while also emphasizing when it is important to be meticulous and when it doesn't matter (e.g., the initial coats).
Pffft... I've been in the trades a long time and never cut myself with a utility knife. I've also never cut an extension cord with a skil saw, never sanded through veneer, never nailed a pocket door open installing chair rail, never put a screw through a drain pipe, never built a rough opening the wrong size, never cut a piece of crown too short and most certainly have never almost taken my little finger off doing something stupid with a sawzall. 🙄
17:55 This is what has been haunting me-touching up after sanding and pressing too hard, compressing the touch up. When I go to sand I cannot get rid of the edge.
I used to do it with a knife, but picked up an oscillating cutter a while ago. Does a great, quick job of cutting out the drywall. Btw, a dull bladed, pull paint scraper does a great job of knocking down ridges and bumps instead of sanding
@@thechampion9525 Yes but i think the intention here was to show an easy route for people that have zero experience. Although i will say this way may actually be harder because the average person doesn't know how to feather that out correctly. But still this guy is pretty good. I have seen his videos and he for sure knows what he is doing!
Weird... I *AM* watching this in July 2021! Hoping all is well with you and your family. Your videos have been an incredible help to me as I take on some larger DIY projects in our apartment. Keep up the excellent work! The videos are so easy to watch, you are clear and easy to understand, you explain things well, and you let us know what products to use so we can go get them ourselves. My work will never be as good as yours, but it's definitely better because of your videos!
As a carpenter who does many home repairs for major real estate companies.. you're the kind of fucktard that causes the profit margin of a home to shrink to nothing... get a life.
In this instance I would trim the paper around the hole with a utility knife, clean off loose paper and plaster, glue some dowels on the back side of the hole (so your plug wont push thru) , make a plug mix with fibreglass rovings and mud and fill in the hole leaving it just under the surface finish. Then when dry finish off with a smooth coat and sand with very fine sand paper so flush with the existing board. Provided the existing wall has been painted you should not disturb the top layer of paper. I can make these repairs look invisible. Once you use filler and try feathering it out which I know everyone does, it is easy to pick the repair. If done right wont crack around the hole area, I sometimes spray a little water and rub a bit of mud along the joint area to make sure a good bond there.
I'm watching this in Mar 2021 so almost in July! Thank you for this video, I have contractors trying to charge more than I can afford and after watching this, I am definitely taking a crack at it myself instead. My hole is in the back and bottom of the pantry so it's not like anyone will ever see it anyway but I need to get that filled in before something crawls out of my wall. Thanks for this outstanding and easy to understand video.
I like how in this video you first cut your square patch, then use it as a guideline like a stencil for cutting the hole. Normally I see people do it the other way around, they cut the hole, then then they cut the patch to match the hole.
I accidentally clobbered a guy on day painting on the otherside of a door. That taught me. I felt like a real jerk but couldn't help it. Great note you made.
Thanks for these videos sharing your skill. I am going thru my house, removing popcorn and repairing ceilings and walls from my 3 kids living here for the last 16 years. Hope you wife heals quickly.
I love how you call out your own flaws in the work. "Whoops, there's a crumb, oh there's another one," "my blade has a ding that's causing a line in the mud," "ahh, it was looking good until I did THAT." Because it's exactly what we're gonna run into when trying to do it ourselves. You just seem so real, unlike other UA-camrs that seem to do things perfectly and our work is usually anything but. Keep up the great work, I've learned so much from you!
I liked the fact that when he had to go over with more mud, it messed up the mud he had before. Just like I do!
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Watched many of your videos, but it was only after studying your hand and finger positions in this video that I was finally able to do an "acceptable" job applying drywall mud. Have you already made a video that talks about your 5 hand/finger positions? What a tremendous difference using those positions make! For others wanting to see the positions, look at this video at the following times:
1) 9:21 - 2 fingers in the center to load the mud.
2) 9:43 - index finger in the center to smooth the mud.
3) 10:15 - index finger on the left of center to feather the left side.
4) 10:21 - index finger on the right of center to feather the right side.
5) 16:04 - thumb on top to smooth final skim coat.
Once again, thank you soo much for making these videos!
Yeah the way you hold the tools are super important, I had to learn the hard way over time. This could help people ALOT who are into it for the weekend or one job etc....take care
As I was watching you put on the skim coat, I kept thinking why is he not getting that big spot on the patch, then I realized it was a spot on my screen LOL. Keep up the great work, I love you videos, I have gotten alot of tips and tricks from them. My uncle taught me the basics of drywall over 30 years ago and I have only done a handful of DIY jobs for myself over the years and your videos have taught this old dog some new tricks for the toolbox, thanks Ben
From January 2020 to April 2020... just WOW! With so many of us quarantined I imagine home projects have become part of our passing the time! I have never attempted any type of drywall repair in my life. Unfortunately a plumbing issue left one of our bedrooms with 4 decent sized holes ranging in size from 5 x 8 to 20 x 14. My first attempt was my learning lesson. After which I knew I needed to do a little research. After scanning, selecting and then discarding multiple others videos I was fortunate enough to come across yours. You explain yourself in a way I find easy and natural to understand. Added to that you are not redundant with mundane detail that causes a long video. THANK YOU! I now have the confidence to try again tomorrow and tackle it with an optimistic outlook rather than dread of another horrible waste of time and materials. I hope if I have any questions to be able to bring them back here and to you. That being said...hope the wife's arm is healing well and that your family of six is staying safe and healthy during these times!
We recently had a burst pipe at my mother in laws house. Insurance covered most of the repairs but my wife decided this was the perfect time to do some additional updates and renovations. I had picked up quite a few tips from your videos that came in handy, not only in the areas we worked on, but also to go behind the “professional” crews and make those places look much better. Even we “older” folks benefit and learn from your videos. Thank you for making them and sharing your knowledge with the rest of us.
I have done drywall over 15 years but still enjoy listening tp your vids as i work. Something about hearing a knife and hawk or trowell is soothing!!!
Ben is a top class guy and an expert in his field. From the tips about bedding paper tapes to cutting in painting help and build confidence massively. Thank you.
The best videos are where the person points out the mistakes or imperfections so that we know what to look for. Thanks for this. Great reference.
I did it!!! Thank you so much! I had a 6x9 inch hole and it looks amazing now! I show everyone who comes over, my perfect wall where a hole once was 🤣
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You seem like a very good man and with your calm demeanor I guessing a good father as well. Keep teaching men to fish, they will remember you for years to come.
I've been watching your videos ever since learning drywall when I started working residential maintenance. It has helped so much. I've got really good results using your methods. I recommend your videos to anyone thats doing drywall patch or carpenter work. I hope everything goes well for your family! Best of luck
I really like that you show how to work through little hiccoughs. One of the biggest things I’ve learned here is to be confident. There are always workarounds. I’d have primed the whole wall section so paint wouldn’t show different, but that’s just on a small wall section like this is. If it was in the middle of a large wall I see why you just do the section worked on.
My go to guy for anything and everything drywall. Your channel deserves 1 million plus subscribers and hope it gets there. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us. Very much appreciated.
You're the one that showed me the "California Patch". The "leave the paper larger than the hole" technique is a life saver for me. I've never looked back after you showing me that.
I love the California patch
Also seen it called a hot patch, or hillbilly patch
@@F-Bomb313 Whatever you call it, it is a great way to go!
I use the California patches FREQUENTLY.
I'm a Maintenance guy at a rehab. Lots of walls to patch. 😂👍👍
California patch is is only good for smaller patch jobs. The smaller the pacth the more effective, the larger the less effective it is.
I've watched most of your videos on drywall/gyprocing and have found them immensely helpful! In the past, I've asked my younger son to do the mudding and taping. But since watching your videos, I took a stab at it myself and found I can do it....if I follow your instructions to the T! So thank you, thank you, thank you for the excellent instructions and videos! Patience is a virtue and you, young fellow, seem have that in bucketfuls! But then again, you've got 4 kids. ;) I'm sorry to hear about your wife's broken arm. I do hope it's better now and that you are both back working despite the social distancing. Stay safe, well and keep the awesome videos coming!
Some people have a natural ability at drywalling and repairs. It took me years to learn how to do it perfectly. Good class and good job. Thanks
Your the first guy that post a video from beginning to the end! For this I salute you. Many guys start of good but then skip the process of showing how something is done. It drives me crazy! Lol
Thank u for being detailed including your errors! You have a new subscriber!
Or December 2022. I hope your wife's arm healed nicely and nothing else has gotten broken since then. Thanks for your great teachings, great carpenter who drywalls.
We are in the process of doing a lot of drywall repairs. It's been really hard trying to understand just how smooth I should be expecting my work to be for the first two coats. This video and it's camera angles helped with this tremendously! Thanks a ton!
Absolutely crucial to my sanity was videos like this. Seeing the “crappy” quality on the in between coats
At 73 years old I am still learning new methods of doing finish work. Thanks for your videos.
I have found that sanding the surrounding painted area prior to applying mud sometimes help reduce those tiny bubbles.
Awesome thanks for the feedback
Ah. Thanks. I'll try that next time. Thise damn bubbles are an every week issue.
Bubbles happen when mud is applied to dry surface. Sponge with water first to somewhat saturate, never any bubbles. Trust me. This applies to dead flat paint and dry compound. Not any glossed paint, since water doesnt penetrate.
Add a drop of dish detergent to your mud. It breaks the surface tension in the water
@@yoyoitsKerry what a great idea
Watching this in November 2023 and as a new homeowner, I think your channel is a master degree on how to do DYI projects, dude you’re a fantastic professional and a better teacher. Thank you!
I've been doing drywall for 30 years and this guy has no clue what he's doing!!! A hole that size should only be fixed one way and that's the "framing" method...just put a picture frame over the hole and never worry about it again 👍 Works 99% of the time almost every other time🙃 Seriously thought, this dudes awesome, couldnt tell ya how many times his videos have saved my butt. Great work sir!!!
Dang you had me thinking what are you talking about until I got to the end. He is really good at what he does but he really doesn't need to be sanding just a wet rag on the edges
Thank you for sharing and wishing your wife quick and complete recovery. Best
I’ve done this and it works really well, I had problems doing patches prior to this. It’s a really handy method when you’re adding outlets or high hats.
This video looks like it was done pre-pandemic. I hope you and your family are healthy and happy! I can't thank you enough for this video. I really needed it! I have several drywall holes in the old house I bought - one is in the ceiling. Over the past several months I have had THREE drywall contractors come to give me an estimate, but none of them will take the job. Several contractors didn't even show up when they said they would and didn't call to reschedule. I don't know what the problem is - I suspect they don't want a small job like this. I can't waste any more time on this - it is preventing me from doing the interior painting. I have become incredibly frustrated! Anyway, I'm going to try to tackle this myself and I feel much more confident now. Wish me luck! Thanks again!!
How did it go?
Just putting this out there. I've watched your videos. I bought the tools. I started with the confidence of a 20 year experienced drywaller.
You make it look easy... it ain't. After the third five gallon bucket of compound to fix what started as a minor wall repair, the professional comes next week. I buried my hawk, pans, trowels and everything else in a hole with my aspirations of becoming a professional occasional drywall...er. Somewhere the translation of what I see in my head and my hands do gets jumbled into lots of doing, redoing, redoing, redoing and swearing.
4" hole to fix a wall leak is now all the drywall on the southern basement wall... lol.
A California patch is easier in my opinion. Mudding is all about touch and he's probably done this a thousand times. As a landlord myself, I've gotten very good at patching drywall
@@ExcellingEveryday Wow, a landlord that actualy fixes things? thought those didn't exist
Found your video in April, which helped me successfully repair a wall in my bedroom. Came back to refresh my brain and repair a bathroom wall. Thanks for this great tutorial!
Watching this in July of 2021. This guy is a fortune teller besides all else!
Very good to see a pro that does not hide his/her mistakes This is honesty at it's best just how it should be Well done and thank you yet again for that !!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, Ben. You didn't mention it, but I think there is a certain amount of importance in dusting the wall off after sanding. Just my experience. Sometimes it can collect into pretty thick areas as it clings to the drywall mud. I keep a microfiber dusting pad with me. I think it leaves a more sound surface that is more easily painted. I know a lot of primers such as bin are formulated for bonding with Dusty services, but I think it just improves things a little bit to remove as much dust as possible before painting. Just my two cents. Great video!
Yes this comment is correct. I did a patch yesterday and when I primed it, the roller was picking up spots of primer. It was like the primer did not bond and dried instantly and then the roller picked it up when I went back over it a few seconds later. I suspect it was from dust on the wall.
All Bin is, is a name... you can use cheap flat paint because of the solids and it will be just as good
Yup, and most of the time it'll uncover some pinholes or scratches that you thought sanding took care of but were just buried in dust
I saved hundreds of dollars watching your videos and patching my own walls. I do appreciate your honesty at the end, talking about supporting a family and thanking us for continuing to watch what you post. Thank you!
really appreciate all the "I am human just like everyone else" moments, where you keep going back over and over to get it just right. Unlike Informecial like demonstrations.
I agree 100%. Everytime he got burned by a crumb in his mud, I sympathized having been there myself.
Thank you very much for your videos, you have given this finish carpenter more patience with his sheetrock hangers and tapers, as well as teaching him how difficult a nice drywall job is; and how to fix it. Cheers from Oregon.
Floorlayer for years, swinging a carpet knife every day, sliced myself good at least once a year.
Best way to patch holes a few inches across -- Stuff the wall cavity with newspaper until it wants to spring out of the hole, then put any sturdy stick inside across that bridges the hole. The newspaper holds the stick in place and the stick will keep the newspaper from pushing the mud patch out. No tape needed, sand when dry, paint. I have done some at home here that have lasted 10 years and are difficult to see any trace of.
I’m a journeyman maintenance man and I have been doing this for 15+ years and I gotta say you are hands down the best
My God who needs a journeyman maintenance man you're a helper for a few months and then you go off on your own be careful what you put your hands down in
Explains why you're a 15+ year journeyman...
This is the smart way to patch. Beats the hell out of your California patch!! Never liked a flat knife! Back in the day I used a trowel but they're hard to find today and very expensive. Your knife is over half the width of the area you're working. Two passes is all you need, not three or four?? Try this and see if you like this method? Same hole, same square patch. Fasten the patch over the hole at opposite corners with two screws. With a hole saw bigger than the hole, saw through the patch and the wall together. Now you have a patch guaranteed to fit perfectly. A wider backer will stabilize the patch to the extent that you'll probably not need to tape it considering the size of the patch??
That roll of mesh has been passed down thru the generations lol
Great work as usual!
Well done Vancouver Carpenter! I live in Saskatchewan and enjoy completing my own DIY renovations. I have watched many of your videos and find them informative and realistic. I also like your level of patience when completing your work. As an educator, I would feel comfortable showing my students these informative, learning videos. I also enjoyed hearing the personal story at the end of this video. My wife and I also have four children and are doing the best job we can in raising them with our very busy lifestyle. I look forward to more videos.
Mate, liked, subscribed. I am a russian guy, living in england, rebuilding my first house and having only one child.
Hi! It's January of 2023, and I just discovered you! I will be watching a lot. I need to do a lot of work to my house. It gives me a way to talk intelligently to someone doing the work. Or it shows me how to do the work if I need to do that. Thank you so very much!
Best guy out there on DIY videos.
I’m watching in December, 2021. Recently moved into new home that needs some wall repair. This was very helpful. Thanks!
Fascinating how a 6"x6" patch turns into an 18"x30" piece of work!
@Mike Girard Same here. I thought the smaller the footprint the better. But it makes sense that in order to blend it in correctly, you need a larger area.
@Mike Girard
If you were to look at the layers of the patch in cross section, by the time the finished and sanded layer is completed, the height of the fill plus the tape beneath might be as much as 1/8" higher than the surface of the wall panel. In order to adequately hide these raised portions of the patch, so as to not leave any noticeable shadows cast across the wall, the filled area needs to be built out that far. The idea being to reduce as much as possible the angle at which light is cast across the hump that is formed by the tape+mud over the seams. To accomplish this, typically, the fill must be built out not less than 18" on either side of the tape for a total span of 36". This makes patches next to corner beads and inside corner angles (as with the skinny wall VC is working on) particularly difficult to hide.
Overnight then overnight again never make a living I would of put angle bead then skimmed both sides 2 hours job finished
I watched another video by Paul Ricalde , he use a hole saw, instead of a utility knife,it’s called a “ butterfly patch, that one looks a lot easier.
I've always taken a slightly damp sponge after sanding to the patch. It removes some of the dust that causes pin holes
Best wishes to your wife for a speedy recovery. Hang in there, and things will be back to normal soon. Many thanks for your efforts. Much appreciated.
He's like the Bob Ross of drywall
Happy little feathering. Don't worry about the crumbs makes it unique lol
LOL! No mistakes...just happy accidents!! :-)
Oh man! I hope your wife feels better soon! Keep them videos coming Ben!!!👊😎
Ive been struggling with trying to sand touchups on walls I've already sanded. I could never get rid of the edges. Now I know why. Thank you!!!
I wish your wife a speedy recovery! Thank you for everything you do :)
"July 2021..." 😂 I'm late to the party, it's now September 2021. But you're still as relevant. Thanks for your down to earth videos, I'm learning a lot... Quick!
I really wish I had discovered this channel BEFORE I started my home renovation. Thanks for the great information 😀
keep it up man, learned a lot from you. Hope the wife heals up soon.
Good video. Two thumbs up! I've probably done this over 100 times. If you have to run wires in ceiling with not access, you will have to cut holes and do this trick. Same with a lot of walls. Save your cutouts, number them, and number your holes. If you have to cut a lot of holes, it makes sense to buy a zip tool that is battery operated. Cutting with a hole saw or knife gets tiring. It actually does not matter if your hole is square. Many of mine are not. Just put your wood in the space and your cutout back in the hole and repair with mud. It always takes three coats to get it perfect.
You have helped me drywall almost my entire basement...so I am going to return the favor and have a Vancouver Carpenter UA-cam Marathon tonight instead of watching Hart of Dixie on Netflix :)
Really really appreciate your willingness to take the time and produce these videos! They are so excellent for skilled tradesmen all the way to diy homeowners! Also your clear speak and age, in my opinion, allow a ‘spark’ within younger viewers that I hope would ignite their interest in the trades....to all you high school kids, you don’t have to follow the brainwashing of your teachers! You don’t have to go to college to make a very good living! The joy of accomplishment and satisfaction of owning your own business is more than can be explained! If you are in the least interested in these videos, in trying skills for yourself, in wanting to be your own boss, in doing something different everyday....please please please explore the many trades that are out there! We need more tradesmen! College will leave you in debt up to your ears and you’ll be far better served investing that money into yourself! You’ll get to work in a fun environment and feel the comradely of tradesmen wherever you decide to plant your flag! In the many years you’ll spend in college you can enter a trade and come out ahead of your peers....
Thanks again!
We need "feather my edges" shirts.
I would buy one
"Feather That Edge"
Im in!
Gottta feather it brother
@@ExcellingEveryday FIP
This is THE best video because you show all the difficulties you can run into AND you show up close views. Every other videos I've seen are so perfect with no flaws. Then when I do it I wonder what I'm doing wrong. THANK YOU!!! Stick to your style/method of doing videos! PLEASE
"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." - Baha'u'llah Nice quote on the wall hanging leaf upper right. Love your videos.
So glad I found your videos, lots of little jobs and a few bigger jobs to do in our house and your tutorials have given me the confidence to try these myself and save a fortune. Thank you.
Can you do a patch where the wall has a knockdown texture already on it. I’m having trouble getting a feathered edge when the whole wall is already textured.
Sand off the texture, feather the edge, sand, retexture (spray texture works well) and paint
You can also use a damp rag to feather the edges on top of the knockdown texture.👍🏻
@@PaulPeck you must have some videos about blending textures. I will have to look for them so I can refer people to them. We do very little texture here. I have never had to do texture on any of my new work. I have done about 20 texture repairs over he last 10 years so i have never gotten much experience with it.
Feathering the edge on knockdown will always leave something there as the surface is uneven. You just have to sand or wet sponge the edges a little extra when dry to get rid of it. Also, priming the patch before actual texture helps a lot with knock down as it makes the surface all uniform. Otherwise, the texture will tend to soak into and dry quicker on the fresh mud compared to the existing painted surface, which won't dry as fast. It will cause two different looking textures when knocking down.
I do knockdown repairs professionally and have shot new knockdown on millions of square feet of wall space. The ABSOLUTE BEST way to make a good patch on knockdown is to go corner to corner with the skim. But almost never practical. So when patching a spot, wipe down the edge with wet microfiber cloth as mud sets up on every coat when using quick set mud. For ready mix, feather each coat with a very soft smooth sponge! Then texture after dry or cured! Hope that helps!
Thank you for the realistic video which showing the imperfections and mistakes usually happens in real life. Thanks and Good bless you all.
This was awesome to watch as usual. I especially like the phrase "I can live with that" which I hear you use often. That is pretty much how I inspect my own work in whatever I do practically all the time. My husband and I are looking into buying a house so I've been looking into some DIY. These vids are nice cause they aren't boring =) haha. I hope your wife gets better soon and your famo is okay! Thanks again!
Ria From the River's Mouth I like “I can live with that” or the one I use , “Looks good from my house” 😜
Overkill
Cali patch man
I love your videos brother. They are very informative and easy to watch. You are a great teacher and a craftsman.
There is nothing quite like taking something that is broken and making it new and beautiful again! That's what the Lord did with us, and what we do with these home remodels! Keep it up!
Good stuff and great info. Your note about screw head depth is a small, but important detail. Well done.
When I had to patch a 4"x4" hole, I used 1 paint stick vertically in the center instead of plywood. It was stable and after painting, you wouldn't know there was ever a hole in the wall.
There's such a thing as a drywall tip that has a collar to keep one from sinking the screw too much. It's a lifesaver for the DIYer
@@monkeygraborange When I was doing my first house, I spent the money to buy a dewalt drywall screwgun. It's been well worth it over the years.
I had the screws tear out that were holding a long curtain rod above sliding glass doors in the kitchen. (Drywall not being very mechanically strong for holding screws.) I deliberately cut holes like this and used a plywood backing and patches similar to this. The mounting screws now go through the drywall patches into the plywood behind and are very secure. I didn't didn't know to use any tape and just filled the joints with the mud, but after 15 years it still looks OK. The kitchen wall was also quite textured and I used more drywall mud and a coarse brush to sort of "tease" a similar texture into it. That is somewhat of an arts and crafts technique, but with a little care, after painting nobody could detect where these patches are. If a patch is small enough, you can use a single piece of plywood slightly larger than the hole and insert it diagonally into the wall space and then position it. Except there is no way to temporarily hold it. So I first put a screw in the middle to use as a handle. Once the plywood was screwed in place, just removed the screw used as a handle.
If this is the “easy way” than I am screwed!
NM D. Right.
There is a easier way then this
Just wait to explain it to a customer.
Easier than the old way - lath and plaster lol
Easier way would have been to California patch it or buy a patch kit that has the aluminum patch in it. Watch the Ask This Old House episode about drywall patches. Tom Silva makes quick work of the drywall holes.
Was rough-housing with my kid, tripped, and put my shoulder through the wall. My shoulder if fine but now I need to patch a 2x2 hole, so this video was invaluable.
Jinxing one’s self is inevitable in the world of construction.
You taught me everything I need to know about drywall being a girl at 55 I was able to knock down all my plaster and put up my own drywall thanks to you I did hire one person to do one room and they did not meet the wall to the ceiling properly it's very wavy. I've literally put several coats of joint compound on the ceiling to try to get it to drop down to the level the wall and I can't seem to do it I wish I could take a picture and show you please hopefully you have a suggestions you are the best teacher.
Glad to help support ya! You've taught me several things n I've played with finishing some drywall a couple times. Thank you, Ben.
Thanks! I just did three patches of various sizes today for the first time ever using your method. I can't say they look as good as yours, but like I said, it was my first time. I had been needing to fix these holes for so long and really dreaded doing it. Finally having them done really is a huge load off my mind, and I wouldn't have had such an easy time with it if it hadn't been for your clear instruction.
You’re the best.
Subscribed. Thanks from Australia.
Hope your wife is feeling better soon. How good is universal health care (us Aussies & Canucks are very lucky)!
I hope your wife healed OK and you and your family are healthy and covid free...
Thank YOU for all of your videos. I have been watching them every evening for about a month now (since I purchased a flip house). Every day I say Im going to start on the drywall but every day I find other things to do instead. I have done drywall repair before and although I have gotten better I am far from perfect. I have decided to try and do it all myself this time (tired of paying people to jerk me around and/or do a crappy job). Your videos are great to watch and study. I have subscribed (I never did that before), and I am very grateful to you. I hope your wife is feeling better by now, my husband shattered his arm while helping me at the last flip house and we have 4 kids also...it was rough for a while, hang in there :-)
Your trade secrets are safe with all 3,072 of us (and counting). Hang in there Ben - hope your wife heals up well and quickly. Thanks for yet another awesome video.
lol, what secret , i already seen one , this is the second video of the same style , lol , too much work if you ask me
Just want to say thank you for this information. I just have a hole in the dry wall approximately 4 inches square and this video does help me a lot and I am just learning how to do this kind of work. Just want to say thank you so much.
Totally just watched this in July 2021 so the ending was creepy.
Me too!
Yo, was just about to comment the same.
meow too!
👀
At first I thought your comment was referring to him saying in Jan of 2020 times were tough.
As a new homeowner tackling some little projects here and there, your videos have been incredibly helpful. I appreciate your attention to detail and producing a good finished product, while also emphasizing when it is important to be meticulous and when it doesn't matter (e.g., the initial coats).
Pffft... I've been in the trades a long time and never cut myself with a utility knife. I've also never cut an extension cord with a skil saw, never sanded through veneer, never nailed a pocket door open installing chair rail, never put a screw through a drain pipe, never built a rough opening the wrong size, never cut a piece of crown too short and most certainly have never almost taken my little finger off doing something stupid with a sawzall. 🙄
Really? Wow..
Never nailed your hose to a roof shingling😏
Never wound up the cord on your belt sander.....while belt sanding.
Ahhh...but you will.
How I got stuck watching this video IS BEYOND ME!! LOL It is completely Satisfying watching you do this. You are very good! Make me wanna learn
17:55 This is what has been haunting me-touching up after sanding and pressing too hard, compressing the touch up. When I go to sand I cannot get rid of the edge.
I used to do it with a knife, but picked up an oscillating cutter a while ago. Does a great, quick job of cutting out the drywall.
Btw, a dull bladed, pull paint scraper does a great job of knocking down ridges and bumps instead of sanding
I do know an easier way, it is faster, and it's probably not the best way. Hang a picture over it.
Yeah , a California Patch is actually better !
@@lokientertainmentcanada yeah he almost ended floting the whole wall for a 3x3 inches hole
@@thechampion9525 Yes but i think the intention here was to show an easy route for people that have zero experience. Although i will say this way may actually be harder because the average person doesn't know how to feather that out correctly. But still this guy is pretty good. I have seen his videos and he for sure knows what he is doing!
Too funny! I was thinking the same thing prior to watching this video.
@@lokientertainmentcanada I've done almost a full sheet using the California patch method and screws. The face paper is thinner than most joint tapes.
Weird... I *AM* watching this in July 2021! Hoping all is well with you and your family. Your videos have been an incredible help to me as I take on some larger DIY projects in our apartment.
Keep up the excellent work! The videos are so easy to watch, you are clear and easy to understand, you explain things well, and you let us know what products to use so we can go get them ourselves. My work will never be as good as yours, but it's definitely better because of your videos!
When do you start your Patreon page?
Keep referring back to your videos...thanks for all the pro advice...it's been indispensable in our home RENO work..
My son punched a hole in my wall as a single woman I’m thinking about undertaking the task of fixing it...wish me luck.
You can do it!
You'll be fine. Only has to look OK to the casual observer. The only person who notices my drywall repairs is me. So, again, you'll be OK :-)
If my son punched a hole in his mother's wall.. the next hole in the wall would be from his FUCKING HEAD.
Make the kid do it!!!
Have your son watch this video and follow through with repairing it.
Watching this video in May and really enjoying your videos and learning stacks! I hope your wife is feeling better by now.
The easiest way we do it in Chicago is let the painter figure it out
💪😎👍
So youre that asshole who doesnt do his job...
As a carpenter who does many home repairs for major real estate companies.. you're the kind of fucktard that causes the profit margin of a home to shrink to nothing... get a life.
😂😂😂 cry baby ass painters
@@foodstamp6952 it's a joke bonehead, the reason for your profit margin turning to shit, it's because the pennies up your ass are wound too tight
In this instance I would trim the paper around the hole with a utility knife, clean off loose paper and plaster, glue some dowels on the back side of the hole (so your plug wont push thru) , make a plug mix with fibreglass rovings and mud and fill in the hole leaving it just under the surface finish. Then when dry finish off with a smooth coat and sand with very fine sand paper so flush with the existing board. Provided the existing wall has been painted you should not disturb the top layer of paper. I can make these repairs look invisible. Once you use filler and try feathering it out which I know everyone does, it is easy to pick the repair. If done right wont crack around the hole area, I sometimes spray a little water and rub a bit of mud along the joint area to make sure a good bond there.
‘Hopefully my wood is wide enough”...said that myself a time or two.
lmao
My wood may be short, but atleast it's skinny.
Nice
The detailed explanation is great. So many issues were coming up doing this and you answered them, especially feathering. Cheers.
The easiest way is to put a painting on top
This deserves more likes
I'm watching this in Mar 2021 so almost in July! Thank you for this video, I have contractors trying to charge more than I can afford and after watching this, I am definitely taking a crack at it myself instead. My hole is in the back and bottom of the pantry so it's not like anyone will ever see it anyway but I need to get that filled in before something crawls out of my wall. Thanks for this outstanding and easy to understand video.
3:43 that's what she said lol
I like how in this video you first cut your square patch, then use it as a guideline like a stencil for cutting the hole. Normally I see people do it the other way around, they cut the hole, then then they cut the patch to match the hole.
Pro tip: whenever you’re performing work within a door swing, *ALWAYS* lock or jamb the door.
I accidentally clobbered a guy on day painting on the otherside of a door. That taught me. I felt like a real jerk but couldn't help it. Great note you made.
Thanks for these videos sharing your skill. I am going thru my house, removing popcorn and repairing ceilings and walls from my 3 kids living here for the last 16 years. Hope you wife heals quickly.