I'll be 70 in December. I'm mudding my first room...a bathroom remodel. I'm a retired church musician thinking...hey, if I can play Bach, I can mud! Well, I have learned a LOT from you...but...while mudding and playing Bach are both art forms, the techniques are quite different. I view mudding as sculpting and I view you as a sculptor. As a novice mudder, I've noticed there are many parts that simply have to been learned and practiced. Like playing Bach. There is mud consistency, proper tool size, a "feel" for hand pressure on the trowel, knowing when you're close enough, and so much more. And like playing Bach, you just have to get in there and go for it. I'm gaining confidence. Thanks!
Lol. Yeah. Sheetrock mudding looks sooooo easy when you watch a pro do it. It is easy for them. Unfortunately there are a few key things they do while mudding that are hard to catch onto when just watching them.
You’re the Bob Ross of Taping and Mudding! Thank you very much for this much informative video, I am new to this and found your channel most helpful for my home renovations.
hi ben, any tips for feathering if the wall isn’t raw drywall but an orange peel paint texture? i try feathering and it creates ridges and i don’t get that seamless edge you showed.
Your channel is great and your videos are excellent! I’ve been drywalling for the first time and mudding my first project. Your vids are clear and easy to follow!
Perfectly explained Ben Im a electrician and do a ton of remodaling jobs that require sheetrock and tapeing when I’m done so now I add it in my price. Because of Ben my skill level skyrocketed and much faster. Thanks Ben, I even told my customer how this electrician learned how to tape from Ben from Vancouver youtube Chanel. I watch all your videos keep doing your thing Ben!
I really appreciate you doing these videos. I was able to drywall and mud our entire basement. The mudding turned out excellent thanks to all your tips. Thanks man
Thanks man, I’m building a guesthouse and decided to try and do all of the drywall start to finish. I could not have done it without your videos. I would have given up day one.I owe you a beer, or poutine fries, or pancakes, whatever you guys do up there I owe you that. Thanks again!
I was watching recently a lot of Home and Garden TV in my country and saw these TV shows presenting US houses interiors covered in drywall but I have noticed that indeed only junctions of drywall boards have been coated with mud. Your videos saved me a lot of work cause most probably I would be covering whole drywall boards with mud so no junctions are visible. Now I know how to cover these properly and save myself a lot of work and time. Thanks for this video!
I am learning so much about DRYWALL from your videos, DRYWALL is something that i know very little about and thank you so much for this information as it is totally AMAZONING !!
Your videos are proving to be so helpful. I've taken on a pretty big drywall project (storage room under the stairs) and I have been watching your videos to help me. And they have! Thanks so much.
Your feathering technique is awesome. I’ve watched your videos and my drywall finishing has improved dramatically. Sanding is now a breeze, simply knocking down the lift off. Thank you so much from this do it yourselfer!
Perfectly said Gary,I’m a electrician and do a ton of remodaling jobs that require sheetrock and tapering when I’m done so now I add it in my price. Because of Ben my skill level skyrocketed and much faster. Thanks Ben, I even told my customer how this electrician learned how to tape from Ben from Vancouver UA-cam Chanel. I what h all your videos keep doing your thing Ben!
I know this video is 2 years old but still great knowledge. Love how you explain and demonstrate things so simply and to the point. It’s like you get me staring at my horrible edges thinking, how can I feather that better, and here you are telling me just that but also why it wasn’t working for me in the first place. Thank you sir!
You are a fantastic teacher. I am glad I found your channel. I am currently working on a garage remodeled into a bedroom. I am learning a lot as I go. I appreciate your expertise.
Superb video, you explained as well as demonstrated the technique, you addressed common mistakes when applying and feathering and offered solutions to these mistakes. This was the best video I’ve seen on applying joint compound and how to get a smooth finish.
I’ve said it before. You have a gift on how to explain and teach all of this. I just can’t wait till my next project to put some of this to practice. Thanks!
My lockdown project was to build a 2 bedroom granny flat inside a steel 6 x 12 metre shed. I wish I'd watched this video first! Never done this type of work before - UA-cam has been my go-to for advice. Done a pretty good job, but then again, as I said, I wish I'd seen this video first......so much sanding!!!
I worked as a "making good" man for a dry lining firm donkeys years ago so understand the basics, but your videos have helped fill a lot of memory gaps. I am building my own house right now and you have helped me turn out a good finish. Your teaching skills would be valuable at any college. A lot easier than working for a living. Good luck.
You are the most confident and knowledgeable craftsman I have ever watch a video of. You explained enough to be clear but did not beat the information to death. Bravo.
I’m detexturing a whole house that has awful texturing……. By skimming every wall. I started from nothing and you have taught me very well. Every room is a higher quality than the last. Thank you!
Thank you for the great explanation and demonstration. I have been doing inside corners, factory edge to factory edge butt joints and butt joints to factory edges thanks to your videos! Keep it up - so helpful to us DIYers!
I honestly find sanding the most enjoyable. I too tape and texture what i hang and have gotten pretty good at it. As you said feathering the edge is important but also paying attention to the surrounding rock/wall. Making sure everything is nice a level is what really hides away repairs and joints. Have become a huge fan of the channel keep up the good work!
You explain this skill so well and I love how positive you are in your videos. Whenever I'm discouraged with my skill set, I feel better after watching one of your videos and ready to go try again!
I learned the hard way that getting a good knife is key! (at least for me, beginner DIY). It's definitely a learned skill with a touch of finesse! Thanks for the great videos!
Been watching your skate channel for years, mind is blown when I find out through random searches for plastering that you are also teaching this too. Thank you 🙏
I have watched your videos and as a homeowner, I have renovated/ repaired so many things around the house. Thank you so much for your patience and help.
You are AWESOME! SO CLEAR, YOUR DIRECTIONS MATCH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. ALSO, THE DETAIL OF TECHNIQUES WITH THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE TECHNIQUES (CRITICAL FOR SOMEONE JUST BEGINNING!) IS RIGHT ON! THANKS MUCHO!
You, my man, are a very good teacher. I've learned so much from your videos. I thank you so very much. Your work is so clean. I used to hire all my sheetrock jobs out. I don't anymore. Thank you thank you
Been watching your skate videos for awhile. I like how you go super deep into how different hardware affects your setup. This is the first time I had to watch one of your home improvement videos. No nonsense. To the point video. Good stuff.
Good work! I repair drywall settlement mostly, and except for full drywall installations, don't even bring a sanding block in most of the time anymore. I just smooth it with a damp rag if necessary. An extra skim coat with quickset is so much easier than making a mess with a sanding block.
I like how you explain the technical things that are actually happening when your coating. Like you said before its all those little things that make u GMA experienced finisher
You are weirdly my 3 year old's favourite UA-camr. He loooves drywalling! He's always trying to explain to me what to do while I'm trying to repair a wallpaper crapped-up wall.
I did and entire home theater remodel before discovering this channel. I've had lots of compliments on the drywall but there was SO MUCH SANDING! Looking forward to applying what I've learned to my next project.
If only I had seen this 24 hours ago! 😩 I just finished spackling the bathroom last night and this would have been incredibly helpful. I've never spackled anything beyond a nail hole, but after binge watching your videos, I learned so much that I did a reasonably good job. While spackling, I did have the thought that "I have no idea how to feather an edge, but it must be really important since you mention it in every video." Well, now I know. Better late than never. I'll know for my next job. Oh, and I've also learned the hard way what a bad bucket of drywall paste looks like. If there's water floating on top, return it and get a new one. It should look smooth like pudding and completely uniform in consistency when you open it. I didn't know, stirred up the bad bucket, and what should've taken minutes to apply took me an hour. And that was one 5ft edge! Good drywall paste shouldn't gum up, peel up and fall off the ceiling while you're trying to apply it. It will load easily on your knife and go on like peanut butter - very smooth and easy to manipulate. So for all you beginners out there, learn from my rookie mistake.☺
Thank you for making this video. I wish I had seen this prior to last year. No one had ever explained the feathering process the way you have in this video. This explanation would’ve made my life a whole lot simpler. I spent several hours having to send because I didn’t understand how to make my edges smooth. Thanks again man.
I never sand. I had a great mud crew that had decades of experience. They were fast. Came in and got out. They would come back the next day and do the next step. Four steps: tape, bed, float and finish float. If a ridge occurred it would be quickly knocked off with a 6 inch "knife." Not much dust was involved. The one time they did sand was when they were cleaning up someone else's botch up where the floating over the tape was an eighth inch above the plane of the sheetrock. They took the "ridge off the mountain" to save having to add a ton of mud to the wall, to fill the "valleys." If you need to do all four steps in one day, use fast setting mud. Works well. Thanks for your good tips.
I’m from Kelowna and been watching your videos for about half a year now and your getting there well I’ve been taping for almost 40 years. Keep using the dish soap
I am a hand man and mostly I do is painting and for long time I have been having trouble applying The Compound on drywall but thanks to the Masters like you I can get my jobs done I always look for professional videos and UA-cam to increase my knowledge thank you so much my brother for sharing your techniques I will subscribed to your Channel gracias Mi Hermano
Great video! As you showed in the video how to feather the edge, but worth mentioning: hold your index finger to the left of the handle when feathering left, move your index finger to the right of the handle when feathering the right 🙂
It 5:29am this fine morning and I'm feeling hella empowered. Sooooo....I'm going to be repairing walls of my moms 1950's home that has plaster walls that are heavily dinged and dented.....with these vertical lines formed from painting over original wall paper. Thanks for the vid....wealth of information.
Wish I had you with me yesterday. I’m a skilled carpenter and have been a carpenter for over 20 years. I’m definitely not known for speed but for accuracy. Well I framed this wall with a ton of angles and I figured I could Spackle them myself heck I’ve seen my guys Spackle all the time. Never again it took me all freaking day while I watch my guys do an entire room in about an hour. Goes to show that we simply cannot do everything well
Thank you SO much! I have been working on several projects over the past 3 years in our church built in 1884. The old plaster walls make it a little challenging for a beginner. My first large project was removing popcorn and re-plastering between the old wood beams on an arched ceiling, and plastering a large crack 3 stories high on scaffolding. REALLY wish I watched your channel then because boy have my skills come along way since watching your videos!!
Your explanations are so well presented they are a pleasure to watch. I’m glad I found them as I’ll be helping my son in law tape and finish joints on a remodel job. Now to see your other videos. They’re very instructive. Thanks many times over.
Thank you so much for all of your pro information, I've been a residential painter for over 20 years and drywaller also but only for ten of that and I'm constantly learning and have been watching your channel for awhile now and learn alot from your tutorials. Thank you so much. Sincerely Lorenzo gig harbor Washington.
These videos are exceptionally helpful. Generally, I go do whatever drywall home I repair I need to do, do that badly, Get frustrated, and then watch one of his videos and see how I should have it done it. I guess it would be better just to watch all of these vids like a bunch of times and then try to tackle the project, but then I wouldn’t get to marvel at my bizarre looking patch job.
I really appreciate the information you provide in your videos. Currently redoing my bathroom and have never done drywall work, but your videos are helping a lot! Thank you!
Very informative video, Ben! The bottom line really is "practice makes perfect" when it comes to using a hawk and trowel. I have learned that in my painting business over the years.
Haven’t even seen your video yet trying to skip through the commercials no worries I can’t wait to see you show me Nix you’re an awesome dude thank you for the like energy the world is that oyster
I’m taping and mudding a 12x16 room - walls and ceiling. Today I got ambitious and spread mud on a 12 ft section, started fussing around a light switch before feathering my edge and it looked exactly like the video. I put more mud on it out of frustration and refeathered (is that a word?) the edges and they looked ok. I did not know why until I watched this video. Thanks!!
People should appreciate this trade, it is real difficult to master the technique. I don’t get overly hyped about sports figures or movies stars. My hero’s are people with this kind of hand trades.
I started following you because of your great skate product reviews and now that I’m doing my own work on my own business, I’m finding these videos super helpful too. Keep up the great work and thanks!
I use a pool trowel for stucco. I’ve avoided drywall work like the plague hahhaa but now have to do some at my house hahaha. Thanks for the great video.
So that's how you avoid speed bumps on the walls eh. I once clogged up an orbital sander. I looked like an abominable snowman when finished. Excellent video, thanks. :)
I’ve watched many drywalling videos of others and yours. In my opinion you are the best at what you do. Like man, those feathers have the be the cleanest in the business! I’m curious who you think is better than you at what you do
The biggest adjustment I made after watching was to thin out the mud. I struggled with feathering well enough to eliminate sanding until i noticed your mud was thin enough to fall off the knife or trowel. I added water to my mix to get to that consistency and results improved dramatically.
I watched a lot of your videos over the fall and winter. I watched again to refresh myself and thank you for the pointers, you make it look easy but you also explain it well enough to make it approachable.
wish I would of seen this a few months ago before I started repairing this place. Would of saved me lots of sanding. I tried feathering but I defintiely didnt use enough pressure. Im more than a beginner, before the past few months I never touched any tools. Taught myself as best I could watching your videos and others. Luckily you cant see my repairs and they blend well, but I definitely gave myself shitty lungs with how much I had to sand, even used a mask but definitely sanded way too much
Or... say for a flat, you can either use a coved trowel and the edges will automatically feather or use an 8" or 10" knife that you coved upon purchase. For the most part VC, you know what you're talking about and somehow learned to use a hawk & trowel for floating. Show people the easier way with a pan and knives for floating joints and recesses. And actually, the older the knife the better as it ages it weakens and bends easier to feather. I'm 39 years in the trade and believe it or not, I recommend your videos to the novice. Where I come from, we either use 12" coved trowels or 14" knives to float butts and thats if we're not using boxes. Best of luck and pretty good videos from a journeyman hanger, finisher & texture guy.
Goodness I should of watched this before I attempted mudding today. I will have lots of sanding to do😖. But I'm noticing I'm getting smoother as I go along. After watching a few how to videos I think tomorrow I'll do even better. Tnx
Dear Carperter I am really thankfull for this amazing video at last I got a really good explanation , God Bless you Greetings from Costa Rica Centralamerica
If your 12 yrs old or 101 ? If you watch these videos of a Picasso of mud ! You will be able to do a fine job. He is a master , his expertise is fantastic
Thanks four teaching us the way! You have a lot of great ideas but I have to say to the Hayes was perfect let's sanding heck yeahI've read through the comments but I noticed right at 4::20 I hear now let's finish this joint right when I was thinking the same thing was just reaching in my pocket for my lighter! So glad to see you guys in Canada are going through the same motions. Sure going to make signing this a lot better! Have a good one y'all!!!
The Vancouver Carpenter is the best teacher of his trade on the internet.
I'll be 70 in December. I'm mudding my first room...a bathroom remodel. I'm a retired church musician thinking...hey, if I can play Bach, I can mud! Well, I have learned a LOT from you...but...while mudding and playing Bach are both art forms, the techniques are quite different. I view mudding as sculpting and I view you as a sculptor. As a novice mudder, I've noticed there are many parts that simply have to been learned and practiced. Like playing Bach. There is mud consistency, proper tool size, a "feel" for hand pressure on the trowel, knowing when you're close enough, and so much more. And like playing Bach, you just have to get in there and go for it. I'm gaining confidence. Thanks!
A curiously similar analogy was going through my head.
im going to be 5,473 next year :3
don't over think it. lol just fooling it does take practice.
Good on you mate. We’ll never know what we’re capable of unless we have a go.
Lol. Yeah. Sheetrock mudding looks sooooo easy when you watch a pro do it. It is easy for them. Unfortunately there are a few key things they do while mudding that are hard to catch onto when just watching them.
Nice tips. I got a nice chuckle when you said "Now I'm gonna finish this joint." Go right ahead, sir. You deserve it.
I bet you did, Panama Red. Lol
@@redskies3000 I had to google that. Nice! lol
LOL, good one !
my thoughts exactly. from british columbia…
With 1.5 million views I can’t imagine how much this man has done to improve the quality of work being done across the world.
You’re the Bob Ross of Taping and Mudding! Thank you very much for this much informative video, I am new to this and found your channel most helpful for my home renovations.
Awesome, thank you!
watching my dad do mud work is equivalent to watching a beautiful ballet performance. The man has a gift lol
Bob Ross can't kickflip
should u use a joint knife or a putty knife?
hi ben, any tips for feathering if the wall isn’t raw drywall but an orange peel paint texture? i try feathering and it creates ridges and i don’t get that seamless edge you showed.
Your channel is great and your videos are excellent! I’ve been drywalling for the first time and mudding my first project. Your vids are clear and easy to follow!
Not only are you a pro at what you do, your presentation is fast, comprehensive and easy to understand.
Perfectly explained Ben Im a electrician and do a ton of remodaling jobs that require sheetrock and tapeing when I’m done so now I add it in my price. Because of Ben my skill level skyrocketed and much faster. Thanks Ben, I even told my customer how this electrician learned how to tape from Ben from Vancouver youtube Chanel. I watch all your videos keep doing your thing Ben!
I really appreciate you doing these videos. I was able to drywall and mud our entire basement. The mudding turned out excellent thanks to all your tips. Thanks man
Clear, concise, and informative. Your channel has been my go to for all things mudding / taping. Thank you for your videos!
I dont even do drywall work and I love watching your videos
IKR. I love this guy.
I wish I saw him earlier! Last week it felt like I was sanding my basement the whole day. What a hassle
#metoo 😀
@Sancho Pansa
Does the thought of that make you feel insecure or something?
Thanks man, I’m building a guesthouse and decided to try and do all of the drywall start to finish. I could not have done it without your videos. I would have given up day one.I owe you a beer, or poutine fries, or pancakes, whatever you guys do up there I owe you that. Thanks again!
Cute 😂
I was watching recently a lot of Home and Garden TV in my country and saw these TV shows presenting US houses interiors covered in drywall but I have noticed that indeed only junctions of drywall boards have been coated with mud. Your videos saved me a lot of work cause most probably I would be covering whole drywall boards with mud so no junctions are visible. Now I know how to cover these properly and save myself a lot of work and time. Thanks for this video!
I am learning so much about DRYWALL from your videos, DRYWALL is something that i know very little about and thank you so much for this information as it is totally AMAZONING !!
This is the ultimate explanation on how to feather an edge. Thank you so much for sharing your gift 😃
Your videos are proving to be so helpful. I've taken on a pretty big drywall project (storage room under the stairs) and I have been watching your videos to help me. And they have! Thanks so much.
Your feathering technique is awesome. I’ve watched your videos and my drywall finishing has improved dramatically. Sanding is now a breeze, simply knocking down the lift off. Thank you so much from this do it yourselfer!
Perfectly said Gary,I’m a electrician and do a ton of remodaling jobs that require sheetrock and tapering when I’m done so now I add it in my price. Because of Ben my skill level skyrocketed and much faster. Thanks Ben, I even told my customer how this electrician learned how to tape from Ben from Vancouver UA-cam Chanel. I what h all your videos keep doing your thing Ben!
I know this video is 2 years old but still great knowledge. Love how you explain and demonstrate things so simply and to the point. It’s like you get me staring at my horrible edges thinking, how can I feather that better, and here you are telling me just that but also why it wasn’t working for me in the first place. Thank you sir!
Glad it was helpful!
You are a fantastic teacher. I am glad I found your channel. I am currently working on a garage remodeled into a bedroom. I am learning a lot as I go. I appreciate your expertise.
Superb video, you explained as well as demonstrated the technique, you addressed common mistakes when applying and feathering and offered solutions to these mistakes. This was the best video I’ve seen on applying joint compound and how to get a smooth finish.
I’ve said it before. You have a gift on how to explain and teach all of this. I just can’t wait till my next project to put some of this to practice. Thanks!
My lockdown project was to build a 2 bedroom granny flat inside a steel 6 x 12 metre shed. I wish I'd watched this video first! Never done this type of work before - UA-cam has been my go-to for advice. Done a pretty good job, but then again, as I said, I wish I'd seen this video first......so much sanding!!!
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I worked as a "making good" man for a dry lining firm donkeys years ago so understand the basics, but your videos have helped fill a lot of memory gaps. I am building my own house right now and you have helped me turn out a good finish.
Your teaching skills would be valuable at any college. A lot easier than working for a living. Good luck.
You are the most confident and knowledgeable craftsman I have ever watch a video of. You explained enough to be clear but did not beat the information to death. Bravo.
Did a small repair a week ago, and thanks to your videos, I feathered those edges like a BOSS!!! Keep up the great work!
Great video. Love how you created a real world problem and fixed it on camera, instead of just talking about it.
I’m detexturing a whole house that has awful texturing……. By skimming every wall. I started from nothing and you have taught me very well. Every room is a higher quality than the last. Thank you!
Same here! Whew talk about having patience
Wow, I feel like the biggest mystery (to me) of basic mudding was just revealed and I understood it. Now I hope I can do it. Thank you very much!!
Thank you for the great explanation and demonstration. I have been doing inside corners, factory edge to factory edge butt joints and butt joints to factory edges thanks to your videos! Keep it up - so helpful to us DIYers!
I honestly find sanding the most enjoyable. I too tape and texture what i hang and have gotten pretty good at it. As you said feathering the edge is important but also paying attention to the surrounding rock/wall. Making sure everything is nice a level is what really hides away repairs and joints. Have become a huge fan of the channel keep
up the good work!
You explain this skill so well and I love how positive you are in your videos. Whenever I'm discouraged with my skill set, I feel better after watching one of your videos and ready to go try again!
I learned the hard way that getting a good knife is key! (at least for me, beginner DIY). It's definitely a learned skill with a touch of finesse! Thanks for the great videos!
Been watching your skate channel for years, mind is blown when I find out through random searches for plastering that you are also teaching this too. Thank you 🙏
I have watched your videos and as a homeowner, I have renovated/ repaired so many things around the house. Thank you so much for your patience and help.
You are AWESOME! SO CLEAR, YOUR DIRECTIONS MATCH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. ALSO, THE DETAIL OF TECHNIQUES WITH THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE TECHNIQUES (CRITICAL FOR SOMEONE JUST BEGINNING!) IS RIGHT ON! THANKS MUCHO!
You, my man, are a very good teacher. I've learned so much from your videos. I thank you so very much. Your work is so clean. I used to hire all my sheetrock jobs out. I don't anymore. Thank you thank you
Been watching your skate videos for awhile. I like how you go super deep into how different hardware affects your setup. This is the first time I had to watch one of your home improvement videos. No nonsense. To the point video. Good stuff.
Good work! I repair drywall settlement mostly, and except for full drywall installations, don't even bring a sanding block in most of the time anymore. I just smooth it with a damp rag if necessary. An extra skim coat with quickset is so much easier than making a mess with a sanding block.
Myself as well, I use wet sponges and multiple coats. Never sand.
Crazy how many little tricks you have for drywall! I’m taking it all in! Remodeling my first house, your videos have been super helpful! Thanks!!!
I like how you explain the technical things that are actually happening when your coating. Like you said before its all those little things that make u GMA experienced finisher
You are weirdly my 3 year old's favourite UA-camr. He loooves drywalling! He's always trying to explain to me what to do while I'm trying to repair a wallpaper crapped-up wall.
I love this comment! My 4 year old loves plumbing videos! 😂 like I just don’t understand the fascination! 🤣
@@jenniferbruschuk8326 He's now 5 and Vancouver Carpenter is still his favorite!
I'm a total rookie in all this and feathering my compound is my biggest challenge. Good video, thanks.
Great focal point, Feathering in everything in everything is a golden element in drywall, exterior stucco , and Painting ......Absolutely 🤘🏻
I did and entire home theater remodel before discovering this channel. I've had lots of compliments on the drywall but there was SO MUCH SANDING! Looking forward to applying what I've learned to my next project.
Watched about 10 drywall videos. Your by far the best explanation. Will try it on our new build..
If only I had seen this 24 hours ago! 😩 I just finished spackling the bathroom last night and this would have been incredibly helpful. I've never spackled anything beyond a nail hole, but after binge watching your videos, I learned so much that I did a reasonably good job. While spackling, I did have the thought that "I have no idea how to feather an edge, but it must be really important since you mention it in every video." Well, now I know. Better late than never. I'll know for my next job.
Oh, and I've also learned the hard way what a bad bucket of drywall paste looks like. If there's water floating on top, return it and get a new one. It should look smooth like pudding and completely uniform in consistency when you open it. I didn't know, stirred up the bad bucket, and what should've taken minutes to apply took me an hour. And that was one 5ft edge! Good drywall paste shouldn't gum up, peel up and fall off the ceiling while you're trying to apply it. It will load easily on your knife and go on like peanut butter - very smooth and easy to manipulate. So for all you beginners out there, learn from my rookie mistake.☺
Sanding truly is the pits for so many reasons esp.in a furnished house that you have to look after yourself. Thanks for the great vid and advice.
Thank you for making this video. I wish I had seen this prior to last year. No one had ever explained the feathering process the way you have in this video. This explanation would’ve made my life a whole lot simpler. I spent several hours having to send because I didn’t understand how to make my edges smooth. Thanks again man.
I never sand. I had a great mud crew that had decades of experience. They were fast. Came in and got out. They would come back the next day and do the next step. Four steps: tape, bed, float and finish float. If a ridge occurred it would be quickly knocked off with a 6 inch "knife." Not much dust was involved.
The one time they did sand was when they were cleaning up someone else's botch up where the floating over the tape was an eighth inch above the plane of the sheetrock. They took the "ridge off the mountain" to save having to add a ton of mud to the wall, to fill the "valleys."
If you need to do all four steps in one day, use fast setting mud. Works well.
Thanks for your good tips.
Also I've noticed keeping a spray bottle filled with water will help novices when they make a mistake feathering and top coating.
You’re a God send! After watching your video, I was able to hide this annoying bump on my wall. Thanks a bunch!
I’m from Kelowna and been watching your videos for about half a year now and your getting there well I’ve been taping for almost 40 years. Keep using the dish soap
Man, I just bought a home for the first time. This is the most useful information I have ever seen. Much appreciated.
I am a hand man and mostly I do is painting and for long time I have been having trouble applying The Compound on drywall but thanks to the Masters like you I can get my jobs done I always look for professional videos and UA-cam to increase my knowledge thank you so much my brother for sharing your techniques I will subscribed to your Channel gracias Mi Hermano
Great video!
As you showed in the video how to feather the edge, but worth mentioning: hold your index finger to the left of the handle when feathering left, move your index finger to the right of the handle when feathering the right 🙂
It 5:29am this fine morning and I'm feeling hella empowered. Sooooo....I'm going to be repairing walls of my moms 1950's home that has plaster walls that are heavily dinged and dented.....with these vertical lines formed from painting over original wall paper. Thanks for the vid....wealth of information.
Ive painted by hand and carpentry 36 years but never wanted to do mud and taping. Your very good at it appreciate watching your video.
Take care....
Wish I had you with me yesterday. I’m a skilled carpenter and have been a carpenter for over 20 years. I’m definitely not known for speed but for accuracy. Well I framed this wall with a ton of angles and I figured I could Spackle them myself heck I’ve seen my guys Spackle all the time. Never again it took me all freaking day while I watch my guys do an entire room in about an hour. Goes to show that we simply cannot do everything well
Every time I get a drywall gig I always come back to your videos
Thank you SO much! I have been working on several projects over the past 3 years in our church built in 1884. The old plaster walls make it a little challenging for a beginner. My first large project was removing popcorn and re-plastering between the old wood beams on an arched ceiling, and plastering a large crack 3 stories high on scaffolding. REALLY wish I watched your channel then because boy have my skills come along way since watching your videos!!
Aside from mixing the mud for the best consistency, this is the best tip to date.
Your explanations are so well presented they are a pleasure to watch. I’m glad I found them as I’ll be helping my son in law tape and finish joints on a remodel job. Now to see your other videos. They’re very instructive. Thanks many times over.
Thank you so much for all of your pro information, I've been a residential painter for over 20 years and drywaller also but only for ten of that and I'm constantly learning and have been watching your channel for awhile now and learn alot from your tutorials. Thank you so much. Sincerely Lorenzo gig harbor Washington.
These videos are exceptionally helpful. Generally, I go do whatever drywall home I repair I need to do, do that badly, Get frustrated, and then watch one of his videos and see how I should have it done it. I guess it would be better just to watch all of these vids like a bunch of times and then try to tackle the project, but then I wouldn’t get to marvel at my bizarre looking patch job.
Why anyone would dislike this video is beyond me. Love your channel dude!
I really appreciate the information you provide in your videos. Currently redoing my bathroom and have never done drywall work, but your videos are helping a lot! Thank you!
Very informative video, Ben! The bottom line really is "practice makes perfect" when it comes to using a hawk and trowel. I have learned that in my painting business over the years.
Haven’t even seen your video yet trying to skip through the commercials no worries I can’t wait to see you show me Nix you’re an awesome dude thank you for the like energy the world is that oyster
Very good stuff, I always show your videos to my maintenance engineers so they can better their carpentry abilities. Thank you for sharing.
Finish carpentry TV is really good also, I am a qualified carpenter and have learned a lot from him
Awesome video. As someone who’s worked many years in construction, I can say you definitely know what what you are doing. (Montreal)
I’m taping and mudding a 12x16 room - walls and ceiling. Today I got ambitious and spread mud on a 12 ft section, started fussing around a light switch before feathering my edge and it looked exactly like the video. I put more mud on it out of frustration and refeathered (is that a word?) the edges and they looked ok. I did not know why until I watched this video.
Thanks!!
no way i found you, i stumbles accross you in the skateboarding channel, and i click on this video and i hear a familiar voice. Good to see you man.
People should appreciate this trade, it is real difficult to master the technique. I don’t get overly hyped about sports figures or movies stars. My hero’s are people with this kind of hand trades.
These videos are giving me the confidence to doing the mudding on my bathroom walls. Thanks.
I started following you because of your great skate product reviews and now that I’m doing my own work on my own business, I’m finding these videos super helpful too. Keep up the great work and thanks!
Thos is what I'm was talking about way back. When I was telling you my wall problem. Thank You. I'm am still learning.
I had no idea I was supposed to bend the tool after watching multiple videos. Looking forward to trying this!!
I use a pool trowel for stucco. I’ve avoided drywall work like the plague hahhaa but now have to do some at my house hahaha. Thanks for the great video.
Sanding/finishing your own work is the best way to learn and get better.
So that's how you avoid speed bumps on the walls eh. I once clogged up an orbital sander. I looked like an abominable snowman when finished. Excellent video, thanks. :)
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This guy is one of the best on you tube.
I’ve watched many drywalling videos of others and yours. In my opinion you are the best at what you do. Like man, those feathers have the be the cleanest in the business! I’m curious who you think is better than you at what you do
getting ready to do a very small diy drywall job for the first time all by myself. Thanks so much for the prot tips!!
Not sure what you do better.. Carpentry or teaching!
Very, very helpful. Thank you.
The biggest adjustment I made after watching was to thin out the mud. I struggled with feathering well enough to eliminate sanding until i noticed your mud was thin enough to fall off the knife or trowel. I added water to my mix to get to that consistency and results improved dramatically.
Thanks for showing a DIY'ER such as myself great tips on what to do or not to do!
I watched a lot of your videos over the fall and winter. I watched again to refresh myself and thank you for the pointers, you make it look easy but you also explain it well enough to make it approachable.
Love your tutorials. My jobs have improved so much
Thanks!
Really well done video! Of course, you make it look way easier than us weekend warriors can manage. Hope to get to your level of skill some day.
Excellent tips. Helped a whole lot on my master bath reno!
wish I would of seen this a few months ago before I started repairing this place. Would of saved me lots of sanding. I tried feathering but I defintiely didnt use enough pressure. Im more than a beginner, before the past few months I never touched any tools. Taught myself as best I could watching your videos and others. Luckily you cant see my repairs and they blend well, but I definitely gave myself shitty lungs with how much I had to sand, even used a mask but definitely sanded way too much
Or... say for a flat, you can either use a coved trowel and the edges will automatically feather or use an 8" or 10" knife that you coved upon purchase. For the most part VC, you know what you're talking about and somehow learned to use a hawk & trowel for floating. Show people the easier way with a pan and knives for floating joints and recesses. And actually, the older the knife the better as it ages it weakens and bends easier to feather. I'm 39 years in the trade and believe it or not, I recommend your videos to the novice. Where I come from, we either use 12" coved trowels or 14" knives to float butts and thats if we're not using boxes. Best of luck and pretty good videos from a journeyman hanger, finisher & texture guy.
Learned much from this guy. Very good videos with good explanations
Excellent video. Clear and concise instructions. I will watch your other videos too. 👍
Goodness I should of watched this before I attempted mudding today. I will have lots of sanding to do😖. But I'm noticing I'm getting smoother as I go along. After watching a few how to videos I think tomorrow I'll do even better. Tnx
FEATHER AN EDGE... my new fav phrase. Thank you so much! 😁
Dear Carperter I am really thankfull for this amazing video at last I got a really good explanation , God Bless you Greetings from Costa Rica Centralamerica
He is a master at drywall. Only guy I watch n learn from. Ty
If your 12 yrs old or 101 ? If you watch these videos of a Picasso of mud ! You will be able to do a fine job. He is a master , his expertise is fantastic
Awesome job feathering.
Basic, simple premise where practice becomes real talent 😁👍
Thanks four teaching us the way! You have a lot of great ideas but I have to say to the Hayes was perfect let's sanding heck yeahI've read through the comments but I noticed right at 4::20 I hear now let's finish this joint right when I was thinking the same thing was just reaching in my pocket for my lighter! So glad to see you guys in Canada are going through the same motions. Sure going to make signing this a lot better! Have a good one y'all!!!