Drywall Finishing: Taping Tools and Materials You Need | Drywall Installation Guide Part 5

[Music] so now you've finished closing up your basement and it doesn't look anything like this because you haven't taped it yet so the next step is they go to the phone and call someone to do your mud work for you so here you go I'm going to teach you all the tips and all the tricks that you need you can finish it yourself and you're going to do it like a pro you're not going to do it like that little course you get at the building store for two hours you're not going to do it like they show you in the videos I've seen on YouTube so far this is a complete guide to how to buy the right tools how to use them and how to finish this basement like a pro with a finish that's even better than the house you're living in right now so first thing you need basic tools we're going to keep it simple you got a four inch flexible blade length alright this is the workhorse this does all of the little details and all the setting of the tape the other knife you're going to need I'm going to suggest this if you've never done this before is a four by ten but the same size as a heated hairy register in your house this is should be really sharp now I like this one this is a stainless steel blade it won't rust it's very strong when you buy it if you start using it right away you're going to get this little greenie look in the mud so grab yourself a sanding sponge sit down and watch your favorite TV show spend about 30 minutes sanding the edges and then you'll go silky smooth when you're at applying your mud that's your secret okay next thing you need is a hawk I've seen a lot of guys talking about these little metal trays and then put a couple scoops of mud in there and they carry it around and wasting your time you're going to spend all your day putting mud in and taking my doubt of that little bucket this is a hawk this is the this is the workhorse for any professional paper while you're working you can also catch any mud coming off the ceiling brilliant keep your floors clean other than that all you really need is some mixing equipment for the basics we have a slow-speed drill now this is something that I would recommend if you're going to mix the whole box at a time it might be a tool that it's not worth investing in if you're only doing your one basement so you can use a variable speed drill just make sure that you're only mixing half a box at a time so you're not overworking your drill and making it burn okay we need some sheetrock 45 this is just a compound that comes in powder form you're going to add water and make your own mud this is designed to set really quick it has a hardener in it so there's different applications that you want to use a hardener and we'll go through those in a few minutes other than that you need some mixing paddles pails some water and a sponge if you don't have a sponge don't start go buy a sponge without this blends you can't keep the pail that you're keeping your mud and clean it'll dry out it crunchy fall in your mud and as you're putting it on your wall you're going to be making big lines and grooves everywhere and destroy your work so once you've got all the basics setup I recommend getting a platform like this as well these are really quick and simple they're made of aluminum and you can move that around real easy helps you to work on the ceiling stepladder or also work but again you're limited you can only work in a couple feet at a time so having a platform like this helps make the job go a lot smoother okay so you'll notice when you go to the store there's a lot of different kinds of mud available there's Vista CGC is a manufacturer but there's there's beige there's white there's ultra light there's four heavy fill as all kinds of different product I prefer to use the machine mud this is the one that's designed to go in the color the bazooka is a big tube and it's more of a commercial application don't go buy a bazooka they're very expensive but the mud is fantastic so here's what we do it's a couple extra bucks a box but it comes in a really nice consistency it goes on the wall really smooth and so what I do is I just take the whole bag out save the box because you're going to need it from the garbage afterwards turn it upside down empty it into the pail okay just like that pull the plastic over that's only 25 cents of mud left I like to stay clean if you really want to you can fight with that and get all the mud possible out of there probably a lot of to you now this mud is ready to be applied most people just take it right out of the box and go and then put it on their hock grab a little bit of mud it's very stiff you see all the air pockets and they'll just work it up a little bit and you'll see it get a little bit smoother okay that's not terrible mud but in my business air pockets are very dangerous because what happens is it settled in behind your paper tape and then after you've done your first coat you've got to go around and cut all the paper and clean it up and then fill it in and that's just a great big waste of time okay so what we do one handful two handfuls of mud that's it that's the whole secret put your mixing blade in there stick on your slope speed mixer now hold on for dear life squeeze with your legs start near the top really slow work that water through all right and then just kind of finish whipping it up [Music] okay put your blade back in the bucket of water keep that clean now I'll show you the difference it's already still good food right a little bit thinner really easy to work with really obedient the air pockets are gone and I can use this mud for my first or my second coat okay and then you can be perfect now for my final coat of mud we want to go even thinner because the last code is really the one you're sanding I'm not a big fan of sanding in between coats I like to do clean mud work so what I'll do is I'll take another two handfuls of water and I'll mix this one [Music] [Applause] [Music] now this code is even thinner okay it'll stay on a hawk okay but it is really soupy that's a perfect finished coat when that's dry you can stand that with relative ease and if you have a nice clean application I hardly have to stand it at all so before you begin the first step is actually to fill all your gaps so anywhere where your drywall has been installed on bit of an angle and it opened up a hole you want to fill your hole and you want to use something with a hardener in it because when you're taping if you fill it with regular mud and then apply your tape the mud will shrink as it sets you'll pull away from the tape and you'll get an air pocket so what we do take your knife now when you're mixing a dry powder you always want to add a little bit of water first okay this particular powder about a one-third two-third scenario again we're going to use a smaller mixing blade here you could even use a paint mixer or a grout mixer [Applause] now we take a look inside the tail this is all about what you see okay right now it's very lumpy what is that a couple handfuls at a time until we get it we want it that's the safest way to do it here we go mixer in your pail of water years this is nice and fluffy okay nice and easy to work with but because it has a hardener since it is 30 minutes this to be hard won't shrink any more and you'll be able to people for top of this all right so we've shown you all the tools and all of the mixing techniques we have our most are ready to go over first coat let's go fill some caps if you're in these videos subscribe to the channel hit the like button and most importantly comment on the videos by all means or a suggestion of videos you'd like to see let us know we'd love to be in touch [Music] you [Music]

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Length: 10min 1sec (601 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 08 2017