How to Coat Screws

hello and welcome to Vancouver carpenter today I'm gonna finally teach you guys how to code screws they're pretty simple really and the main thing you need to know is that you put the mud on in one direction and wipe it off in the other direction so if you're just doing one screw it's like that and like that I'm gonna bring you guys closer so I can show you why we need to do that and then we'll get into form alright first off let's take a look at my knife so I've just got a little bit of mud on my knife like so and let's take a look at this screw so let's say I put the mud on in that direction and then I wipe it off in the same direction so we can you see that little X so a lot of the time what that means is that you actually have a bubble under there so what you need to do is you need to put it on in that direction wipe it off in that direction and then it's better so actually I don't think I had a bubble in either of them but let's try again so Splore pit on take it off so pretty sure there's a bubble in that one so let's do it again that one you can see the X but I'm sure there's no bubble in there okay so why this really matters is you don't want a bubble in that screw because what's gonna happen is you're going to sand it out paint your wall and then you're gonna see a tiny little pinhole where that bubble was so in order to get rid of that it's just putting it on in one direction taking it off in the other and that seems to solve it every time next let's get into speed so you could do it this way one at a time I often do but you might want to use a smaller knife if you're gonna do it that way so I have a six inch right here if you want to do them one at a time use a four inch you're going to be putting less mud on the wall and it's just gonna go faster however if you want to do a little bit of speed again so I'm taking a little bit of mud out of here no about that much and what you can do is you can do the whole row so you can go right from the bottom and and all down well of course I missed one because I'm showing you guys I get these ones down here so also what we need to get into is how much am i putting on and how much am I taking off so it's just a thin enough layer to cover them all and then I'm changing the angle of my knife so when I put it on my knife is really flat like so and then when I take it off it's like at least a 45-degree if not more so it's quite steep and that way it takes all of the mud off because what you don't want to be doing is lumping it on here and then having a bunch to sand after that's a pain there's a lot of screws in a typical drywall job if you're having to push your sander across it more than once or twice that is a real pain in the neck trust me so again I'm out of practice you guys I'm making more videos than I am doing this job these days all right let's see if I could do a little better this time on almost made it up to the top but that's a long stretch right there usually there's only like two or three screws in the middle of a sheet so it's more like a lot faster anyways that's how you code a screw and screws need a minimum of two coats so right now I'm using all-purpose mud that's another thing that's really important to know you want to use an all-purpose or a taping or if you're gonna use a quick set maybe if it's a brand that doesn't have good adhesion you might want to add a bit of glue but I like to use you know ideally just taping or all-purpose to coat my screws second coat can be with a finish mutt because you've already bonded to the screw head really well but that's it just lay it on take it all off really thin ideally you should do it two more times to guarantee that all of your screws are flush you can also use thicker mud when doing this don't use runny mud because it shrinks more and that way you'll for sure have to do three coats but standard practice is three coats for most people let me know in the comments what you do how many coats does it take you to fill screws alright second coat it's just the same thing basically coat it again let's see if I can redeem myself a little on these by not doing so many definitely can't do it as smooth as somebody who tapes all day every day and I always leave little blobs which is why this is my preferred method whatever gets it done though so these do need one more coat I'm gonna bring you guys up close hopefully you can actually see it in this light there it is you guys can see that see that little bit in there that means it's empty so yep one more coat I don't like that method so these are now officially fully coated so we'll come back and sand them on the next day if you coated your screws lightly the sanding should be a breeze like it should not take long done that's it so that's how I do screws I hope you got something out of this video I hope your screws are going well no more of those little mountains and mole hills anyways thanks for watching Vancouver carpenter hope you found this video useful and until the next one thanks for watching

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Id: nNqJ23MIf7o

Length: 6min 49sec (409 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 09 2019