Using A Paint Roller Is The ABSOLUTE BEST WAY To Skim Coat For A Beginner!
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- using a paint roller is the absolute best way to skim coat for a beginner! Because skim coating with a paint roller gives you the most consistent application of joint compound. which is key to getting a nice skim coat finish. Thanks so much for watching and commenting! I truly appreciate each and everyone of you! -Paul
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Good job, Paul!
I could see many imperfections in that one coat you did - you need two coats on that to take out the imperfections and get it really smooth.
My dad is a retired painting contractor and he used to do a lot of high end jobs in New York City where he had to skim coat entire walls and ceilings and he never rolled on the joint compound but he always told me that everyone has their own way of doing things and at the end of the day, if the job is done right that's what is most important.
I tried the roller also, and didnt like it haha So I just use a hawk and apply it that way. Maybe I'll try the roller technique again on my next project at the house :)
@@RUZTY1311 Dont do it it will crack... The coat is too thin with roller, and most are just doing one coat.
You don't appreciate this trade until you have to do it yourself on one of your own DIY renos, and that's when you get a firm understanding that it's not all what it's cracked up to be. You guys are amazing at doing it. You make is look so easy. A real art of the trade. Thanks for sharing this video.
Dude, if you are not hanging, taping, or finishing drywall, you have no life. Capeche?
This is really well said. As an amateur doing this for the first time, it's absolutely makes me appreciate those who do it every day. Thanks for the video!
@@WickedG5150 Sure! Whatever you say.
I am a self taught self motivated painter..march of 2022 will be my second full year in business for myself and last year I did about 70k$ worth of work and the current job I'm on now is a whole house of wall paper over unsealed drywall..I agreed to do one bedroom to see how it would go and just as I thought..it's a time consuming nightmare..and while I'm no fly by night guy I have never done a full skim coat job..and thanks to what I already know and understand and most definitely with the help of your videos..I am no longer worried about the task ahead of me..that k you Paul for Shari your expertise and wisdom to us dedicated folk who have no one to teach us things we didn't know 👍👍💪💪
I've been using this technique to fix older plaster houses for a few years now. It works and any novice can do it. The one thing that I do differently is that I simply use the blade to scrape ALL the mud off. No finesse needed but you will need at least two coats. The houses I've been doing this on are very wavy plaster damaged by sitting empty in unheated houses. I've needed three coats on them but they come out perfectly flat. Even a child could be taught to scrape it all down tight. No finesse anywhere.
Wet the Roller first. Leve just a little bit of water in the nap. And the Mud won't fall off of it 💪👍
I’ll definitely have to try that Robert.👍🏻 I really appreciate you watching and commenting my friend. 😎 -Paul
Leve?
@@ted3bare “Leave” is what it was supposed to be.👍🏻
Hey what’s a “nap” ? You said to leave some water in it. So what is it?
@@ishtlutz1261 it’s the roller cover.👍🏻
I’m a painter for 21 years. And I enjoy watching your videos. Great job!
I'm not a pro drywaller but used to remodel kitchens, baths, and basements so I've done hundreds of sheets in various remodel projects. I took a 6" x 20" piece of stainless steel sheet that I bent the corners up on to use as a knockdown knife. It works fantastic. On my 12" knife I also use an angle grinder with a flap disc and slightly round over the corners. I profile it starting about 1/2" from the edge so it first very very gradually fades into the corner, then has the radius profile. Once hit with the flap disc, I finish sand both sides with 420 grit to remove the burr. It REALLY helps when skim coating like this to not see edge lines. I use pressure feathering techniques too, but that faded knife edge works wonders when you're a little sloppy with the hand pressure. I keep my 10" knife with one sharp corner for getting into wall and ceiling corners when needed. On the 6" I keep both sides sharp 90's.
Paul, I've also used this method to cover the walls and joints after bedding the tape on new work. It works great with two people.
I have older home & my texture is so thick & horrible my wife hates it i do also but i hate texture im so glad i came across your videos i hope & pray this works out for us thanks again for the videos godbless brother
Everytime I do one of these, I always think I should've installed new dryway. But then I do another😁. I only do flat finish and though I think Im getting a Paul Peck finish. the flashlight test shows how much I suck at it. It typically takes me a good 2-3 coats with touchups and way too much sanding. The finish product passes the flashlight test with flying colors which I guess if you're a diyer is all that matters. Paul Peck's skills with the blade sets a high bar.🙂
Could you please describe how to do the “flashlight test”?
@@aliciastanley5582 point any light across the drywall and you can see bumps and imperfections
I’m a DIY-er and I’m learning alot of tips for taking on the ceiling of my den. Thank you!
So I'm doing some remodeling... and I have some wood panel walls in my living room and hall... I'm learning from you and I'm skimming the panelling to make it look like sheet rock... thank you so much for your videos sir. There AWESOME! Oh.. I'm a Diy
#drywall tube
DIYer here. The ceiling kicked my butt. Other than being less than a beginner, the indirect lighting I also installed revealed all the flaws of my work. I ended up covering the ceiling with ship-lap. Not to be deterred, I plan again to finish the ceiling of my garage. This technique you shared will go along way. Thank you!
I’m about to attempt to do my ceiling. Wish me luck.
@@steventate1425 good luck!
Thanks for sharing and inspiring us all. I've learned a lot from your videos. Thanks so much.
I’m putting in a new 4 piece shower. And feel like I need to just remove all the previous drywall and redo it! Thanks for the tips bro!
Great video. A lot easier than putting the compound on by hand... This way is faster and smoother...
I've been doing this for 35+ years on whole 🏠
ceiling & walls 2 coats
All buildings are solid construction in Greece so a pro painter uses blades more than a brush
Enjoy watching your work bud 👍
Good day. I've been a painter plaster for 30 yes. We pretty much use the same technology. Nice job.
Outstanding my friend, thank you. I tried this technique in my bathroom reno. First time I've done a ceiling and it looks amazing. Cheers. Keep up the great work. 👏🏾
Dude, so I got these special rollers that are for mud and they are amazing. Used them to load butt and bevel joints on 30 to 35' foot walls from scissor lifts. So many advantages. Light weight, small and easy to maneuver around in the cage and up in the tops. Really a huge help. All you need is a bucket of mud with you and that's it. No boxes or tubes to load, far reach and super fast. The different sizes of rollers and one special roller for corners is just insane.
Those rollers sound cool Chris!😎 I’ve used a corner roller before and it worked perfect.👍🏻
What are they called, who makes them?
I’m about to tackle badly damaged wallpaper DIY removal. Vaulted ceiling with damaged popcorn all in master bathroom. I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos and I appreciate your time.
Hey Paul. I'm from the UK London and I eventually thought I'd try this out after watching your videos. I done my first skim coat on a bad ceiling today with this roller method. . It had loads of imperfections. I have to say that ceiling is looking very good now. I used easi fill and thinned it down to yogurt like consistency and rolled it on. I then used my 12" taping knife to smooth it out. Looks perfect 👌👌
Knauff does a product called "pro roll" in the UK which is a bit pricey but is supposed to be a roll on product. I've done a room with it and it's a good finish
@@beaniebrotha thanks for that. Il check it out. Tbh pre mixed filler compound is soo much better to use
I am a new subscriber and your tutorial on skim coating has been fantastic for my post Hurricane Ian repairs in Naples, FL. Matching new drywall to a 55 year old wall was a challenge made much easier by skim coating all replaced sections after the first taping of butt joints. Thanks for the great instructional videos!
I’m renovating my house and this looks incredible. Going to be trying this technique in a few days, and hoping it’s as much quicker as it appears to be. Thanks!
DIY Melissa here, I'm watching your videos because I am trying to fix up some spots in my house in the next few years, before we sell.
I’m a DYIer. Can’t tell you how helpful this is
Been looking at skim coating to make my plaster walls easier to work with and smoother! I’m a painter by trade.
Good work. You're doing the world a service by showing this. I think if I did this for a living, I'd put a pole on that drywall knife, or whatever tool I used. I did my own ceilings more-or-less this way and got used to bearing down on the leading side the same way. At times, I've also used plastic knives with the corner on one side cut to a rounded edge, like that of a pool trowel. I'm not a fan of skip-trowel finishes, so I did end up doing some sanding, but I also found that a second coat made with joint-filler thinned with paint got rid of a lot of subtle imperfections without sanding. Also, if the original finish is really rough, a regular plastering trowel or even a pool trowel does have the advantage of being able to ride over the bumps with less chattering: whatever works.
Thank you! I used the wet and scrape method to get ride of popcorn "balls" and now am attempting joint compound. Because the estimate to have someone else do it was way beyond my budget for this project, watching you will make the rest of my practice (the bathroom is my practice ceiling) in the family room much faster!
I love the title of this video. You have a great knack for exciting titles.
I really appreciate that Owen! Thank you!🙏🤓
Just love this idea! I am not a dry wall specialist (renovation generalist) but getting the muck up there over a decent area before it starts to dry off is always a struggle... I never seem to be happy with the result to the point where I stop messing about with it!
Use "Extratime Plaster Retarder"
A diy here but have done a fair amount of hang tape finish. Your mud is probly too thick. Needs to be like pancake batter. Like when you use a pump to fill boxes.
You make this look so easy! I am learning and you have been my first stop for a rapid education.
It would be beneficial to tell your viewers to sand the ceiling or at least run your trowel over the ceiling to knock off nubs and little protrusions so when you skim it won’t chatter and screw up your job.
This is great info, we are building a house ourselves and really didn't want popcorn. I'm glad you love drywall but, I dread drywall and paint. Great video.
Dad finished drywall for 45 years, and I did it for 20 years, only time we rolled mud on was for texture, or swirl.
I should have seen this video 20 days ago! I just turned on my notification. I just did my grandkids room 😁 Great video easy and to the point . Thanks
Thank you for the video that makes me more confident about doing it by myself. Looks so easy when you doing it! True professional 👌
I'm finishing my basement and am currently working on finishing the drywall in the bedroom. It's taking forever. There's a butt joint that goes down the center of the room the long way. I had to feather it out really wide to hide it. I did two coats of mud so far and sanded it smooth. It was torture - so much back and neck pain. Ouch! It still needs one more finish coat and I think I'm going to try using a roller to get the mud on and then skim it off flat. I think that will be the fastest way to do it and will produce the best results. I can't wait to be done with this so I can start painting.
DIY er learning a lot. Thank you.
Good Video Paul!
One tip: if you have a helper, it's quite fast to use an 18" roller.
Starting on this today. 1 face is roughly 8 ft by 8 ft. I appreciate the guidance on doing a three-by-five foot section at a time. I was going to do the entire wall and then skim coat. I may need to setup / build some staging.
Used a roller for a while , now I use my hopper same prep , cleaner and faster , but to each his own
I'm staring at 8 rooms of popcorn ceiling that has been painted. You vids will help me. Looking forward to how to do the skip trowel. Any other suggestions? Thanks!
Nice smooth touch. Question please: 1) i thought it was better to skim in two passes. The 2nd pass being perpendicular. 2) do you water down the compound?, and 3) what's you thoughts on level 5 to skim? thanks!
Greetings from Buffalo NY master plumber.
Great video! I am in the beginning process of skim coating the ceiling of a 2600 sq ft house. This has been very helpful!
How’d you do?
I’m into my contracting business 1 1/2 years now at 57 years old. Mostly doing bathrooms lately. North central Florida
Hey Paul, thanks for sharing your drywall knowledge. My question is if I'm going to skim coat my ceiling and walls going up a stairway should I do the ceiling first, let dry and then do the walls or can I do the ceiling and wall all at once?
Good job Love your videos, skim coated my ceiling and it looks amazing thanks 👍👍
Is this going to be a smooth or textured ceiling?
What is the purpose of this coat?
Thank you for the help, going to be doing a bathroom wall that was not primered and painted before putting wallpaper on the wall so now I will have to skim coat
O.M.G. You just saved me so much time and so much hassle this was a great idea thank you thank you
The master at work, love it 🤙
Right on James!💥👊🏻 I really appreciate you stopping by my friend!😎 I’m really loving your home build on your channel mate.🔥👏🏻
Diy-er. I only have a mud pan, tiling trowel (I load it with mud and use it like a hawk) and a 4" and 2" taping knife. Although it's been a pain in the ass, I've managed to finish and perfectly smooth a few walls in my house. Will definetly be getting a bigger (10"-12") knife.
Paul , took out a built in tub /shower, trying to blend , new drywall , with old , the old has an orange finish , its a small bath, I want a flat finish, ceiling only. This may work , skim coat , I see the seam , bettween the old & new, Thanks, Tom
That is F@#$IN clean brother!! Im Painter and gyprock installer of 17years here in Australia .. #Paintlife #Gyprocklife
I've heard that if you add a cup of dish soap to that when you mix it up the mud it helps keep from bubbling up and will come out smoother. And gives you a little bit more working time before it drys up.
I've never actually tried this I'm a Mason not a drywall guy.
Graco makes a pump sprayer that will spray the joint compound. I think it is a mark5 or something like that. I think spraying would be faster if you were doing all the walls
Great idea I wish I have thought of that years ago would have saved me an awful lot of time.
Hi, Paul! Thank you for inspiring me, a 60-year-old beginner, to decide to skim coat the plaster ceiling in my 1893 Victorian! Question: Will 20" height work platform be sufficient to reach the ceiling? Also, can you list the specific items used in this video? Thank you.
A great informative video which should help with my DIY room skim I’m about to do!
DIYer Going to skim coat the master bedroom ceiling. Going with faux beams and a smooth texture
Your videos are game changers awesome work
Hey Paul, great video. Did you use all purpose compound? How much water did you add? Thanks!
I understand you are skim coating, but what was the reason for doing so???
Were the ceilings rough, or were they cracked, or did you remove a popcorn ceiling? Thanks!!
Nice work sir. Question: how do you treat the “washboard” as seen at 5:36? Those areas always create extra work for me, and I think it’s caused by standing the blade up and not keeping it at a shallow angle. What say you?
You make it look easy lol. I'm gonna give this a try, thank you!
Nice work Paul. I was wondering if you would consider doing a video on how to mud and finish rounded corners/bullnose outside edges. I really like that look but I'm worried that I might have to apply a lot of mud to make it flush to the wall.
currently work for a gc but worked for painters for years as well.. i can hang sheet rock and do all drywall work before spackle..my boss will tape coat and finish and i will sand and paint but i just don't do any of the spackleing..have done a few small tape coats for walls that were not getting painted just required a tape coat but always feel my spackleing is not great so always like to watch spackleing videos to learn..#drywalltube
I’ve watched your how to cover a popcorn ceiling with joint compound. Could you use the roller to do the same? House was built in 66 so removal is not going to be an option due to $
Im a new home owner with walls and ceilings im repairing room by room. Im on the bathroom now and the precious owner had nightmare taste in wall paint and texturing. Im still scraping and sanding to get the walls and ceiling even. Im going to try this method to smooth everything out. I hope it goes well. This by far is the worst room of the house.
Nice! #drywalltube 👍🏻
I have been skimcoating all the popcorn ceilings 8 inches from the wall, because the previous home owners abused the ceilings where it goes over the wall.
I wanna finish the 8 inch lines on the ceiling with nice tiny trim to cover the line between the popcorn and the 8 inch skimcoated part on the ceiling 👍🏻
Have you ever seen this Paul? I think you have!
I've seen some guys use the graco sprayer with the mud thinned out and spray it up.
Thank you for this straightforward, helpful (!) video.( I am a DIY guy with limited experience). How do you get the joint compound to the right consistency without a complicated "parts per" formula? I love the idea of just mixing it up in the container and putting the roller right into that mix. I'm just unsure of how to make sure I don't over-dilute it. Hope you're able to answer this. :)
You're a Godsend.
Can I do this over popcorn crap?
It's better if popcorn finish is removed first, over time some popcorn looses its adherence to the ceiling... but before you do that, need to test for asbestos. If all clear then get a gardening pump sprayer and spray lightly with clean water to soften up the popcorn (do not saturate) and scrape away with spatula or a popcorn ceiling removal scraper from your local hardware store (Home Depot has them in the paint section) By doing this you reduce dust and it's super easy removal. Oh, if its been painted over, then good luck because water will not penetrate the paint.
@@RoadGlideSTShenanigans that only works if the popcorn was never painted
I have to.skim coat all our walls in our "new" 1900s home and the project seems overwhelming!!
I am a DIYer, with a big list from my wife. You had to have left something out of your videos. I tired it and did not come close to what you are doing. It would not have been the 25 plus years experience would it? I use The USG Green Joint compound because I saw you use it for another video skim coating. I will try the plus three, have plenty of wallpapered walls to practice with. Question. I get a lot of bubbles on the surface, and even if I use it straight (not diluted) to go over the areas with bubbles I still get some. If I use the smaller tubs of premixed, it is thicker and covers the bubbles with not problems. And suggestions? you do a great job and are truly a master. Wish you worked in our area
Just put a liquid dish soap like Palmolive put like a cup of soap to a 4 gallon mud and mix it that'll help to minimize the bubbles.
@@MrSeth166 Worked like a champ, great suggestion and a lot of help. Can not thank you enough for your help....
Hey Paul! I'm reading the classic Dickens novel tonight.
Cool!🔥 I’ll be there brother!🎁🎄🎅🏼
@@PaulPeck They were the best of times, they were the worst of times...
Wow looks great, outstanding job. 👍
I can’t wait to try this. I can’t stand the textured ceiling
Does this work also for popcorn ceiling ?
It's better if popcorn finish is removed first, over time some popcorn looses its adherence to the ceiling... but before you do that, need to test for asbestos. If all clear then get a gardening pump sprayer and spray lightly with clean water to soften up the popcorn (do not saturate) and scrape away with spatula or a popcorn ceiling removal scraper from your local hardware store (Home Depot has them in the paint section) By doing this you reduce dust and it's super easy removal. Oh, if its been painted over, then good luck because water will not penetrate the paint.
Can you please do a video how you clean up and dispose of the extra join compound?
I just dump the excess back into the bucket. The re used mud might begin to get stiff. I then just dump a half cup of water in the bucket and do a quick mix with the roller.
thx for the tips, hail from France!
Working on knockdown walls and ceilings that have had the popcorn removed. Customer wants light dash everywhere.
Not a drywall guy, so, honest question here. Why skim-coat the whole ceiling instead of just taping and mudding the seams and screw holes? I can understand texture, but this seems like some master level work. Definitely not for the un initiated.
Skimcoat produces a job that looks like traditional plaster. Tape and joint mud, then paint gives more of the cardboard office building look.
You're right this guy is a skilled plasterer. Most of us couldn't do that smooth a job without bunches of sanding.
I have done this to fresco walls. Mixing paint with the thinned mud and rollering it on, then a second paint coat. It looks good, especially in goldenrod color.
DIYer. Thanks for simple explanation and demonstration of skimcoating. I have a ceiling crack to repair and then match texture. Do I need to skim coat the crack area?
Really good technique. That how I apply the mud to do a stomp texture I been finishing for rite at 40 yrs lol. Peace bro. When rolling it on. Go the opposite way to assure even application. Ole boy can swing tha 12 inch knife lol
Oh boy I got problem with my ceiling :it's too rough It's not popcorn ,it's frickin nightmare.Some guy asked me for 1500 do do stucco on it.He told me 4 buckets of stucco,plus whatever other material jeez bazeez .I ll try on my own,I am not sure sure about scraping some of it because it is soo rough that if I don't I might need a lot of mud up there.
Man we need to get you up to 500,000 subs
Yes!🔥 Thanks for the support Randy!💥👊🏻😎 -Paul
Awesome!! I'll be watching 🤙
Thank you so much for watching and commenting TreeLynn!💥🙌🏼😎
Paul I am removing popcorn ceiling. Most is fairly smooth and doesn’t have any tears or anything I can see. My question is do I need to skim coat the entire ceiling or should I just coat what may need to be and then sand and paint?
I have no experience with applying joint compound as a skim coat, but I have a hallway about 30 ft long with peeling ceiling paint, as well as an adjacent bathroom, and am planning on trying to refinish those myself. If I scrape all the loose paint I can from the ceiling, will skimming the ceiling stop the remaining paint on the ceiling from continuing to peel? Sanding the remaining paint that hasn't flaked off seems like it would be more difficult than just skimming it and repainting, but I'm concerned about whether the remaining paint under the skim coat could cause future problems.
Thank you for this my question is can I skip the second step in skim coating and paint right after the 1st coat ? My secind question is , is there away to make the layer of the skim coat thicker as my bathroom ceiling is full of uneven spots and old paint I can't remove ? My 3rd question is where can I find the 2nd part video that contains the secind step of skimming? Thank you very much .
That's clever, never though about doing it that way!
Great video dear friend..stay connected always
Nice work. Thank you.
That was good explanation.Thankyou.My issue is that I can't seem to move the kife as easy on the ceiling.it doesn't spread good as it is shown on yours and other expert videos. It takes me so long. Maybe it's wrist strength?
DIYer: I have a 1905 craftsman (Lath & Plaster) that is presenting with long cracks. I "tested" the plaster on either side of the cracks and it appears the plaster has not lifted from the lath for "most" of the wall. Are there any special prep (besides fixing plaster that is not adhering to lath) steps I need to consider in preparing the wall for skim coating? The wall has a glaze paint finish. Thanks in advance for responding!