How to Fix NAIL POPS!!!!

hello and welcome to Vancouver carpenter I got a pretty vicious set of nail pops here to fix I don't know what this dude's so happy about but we better get to fixing them here they are and here the method to fixing these is pretty similar to fixing a screw pop the only difference being pulling the nail without doing too much damage to the wall what you will need to do this job is a hammer a nail bar a glaziers bar or a wooden shim a sharp knife some drywall screws a drill or a screwdriver and of course your taping tools afterwards these two tools I find quite essential for this now I like this because it's nice and pointy this is just a fantastic nail bar I'm gonna link it in the description below if you're looking for it and glaze yours bar I wouldn't be without these in fact I have three of them next let's get up close to these and start fixing them if you take a good look at it you can see this raised portion and that's the paper that's all damaged around the nail you can also hear that it's super damaged it sounds different than this wall so the first thing you're gonna want to do is carve around where that damage is with your sharp knife because you want to get this stuff out if you don't carve this out you won't be able to get rid of the blister that's happened from the nails so I don't actually need my hammer for this because it's so damaged and this nail bar has a nice sharp point that I can get that right in there but in order to not do more damage what I'm going to do is I'm gonna put this here like so you can also use it this way too and if you don't have one of those that's where a wood shim works to so it just spreads the load so that it doesn't crush all the surrounding drywall you can also do this first but it's just a little bit harder and then again you want to get this guy under here to make sure that you crush the least amount of drywall but it was definitely easier to cut it out first now we can carve it out okay so tap on it to make sure that you got all the loose stuff that's good the next thing you want to do is put some new drywall screws in so I'm just using an impact driver takes a bit of a touch to get the hang of it you don't want to sink them too far in they need to be just below the surface without tearing the paper so you should go like this to see if you can hear it if it looks like this one you went too far in and you need to pull it out it should be like this one or this one that one's in too far and has torn the paper secure next I'm gonna mix up some quick set you can do this with all-purpose mud but it's gonna take more coats and take a longer time so I don't need too much so I'm just taking a couple of small scoops right here I am also gonna be adding a little bit of thin down glue for the first coat so this is just glue and water it's PVA glue well bond is actually the brand but it's just carpenters glue you guys have seen me do this before that's to help it adhere to the new screws I often mix in the fan but I'm just doing such a small mix I'd rather just mix on here this is 20 minute mud if I didn't say that already I'm gonna keep it really stiff real thick I don't want it super thin down because the thinner it is the more extreme this is almost workable but it's still a bit clumpy next I'm gonna fill them well I forgot to take out that screw I put in too far but this is just a demo wall in my garage so I'm leaving it nice and flat now I'm gonna give these the required set time to set up so it's 20 minutes probably gonna be about thirty minutes this is kicked off quick great in case there's any high spots and I've mixed up another batch but this time without the glue not necessary except on the first coat and the glue is not entirely necessary it's just my insurance I'm gonna let that set up now and I'll come back and do one more coat of all purpose mud this has now had a chance to set another quick scrape and now it's just time for a real quick coat of all-purpose so in this case I'm actually gonna leave it on a tiny bit thicker and when I say that I mean like half a millimeter now I've left just enough mud on there to give it a light sand and they're ready to paint after that that's how I like to fix nail pops it's basically exactly the same as screws except you need a nail bar instead of a drill to pull it out and there's generally more damage around the nail to remove first before you can repair it after that it's exactly the same if you guys are having any trouble finding the tools you need in the hardware store I've linked them in the description below I actually have three of these because having three of them is the only way I can ensure that I will always have one when I need one and honestly these glaciers bars if I had ten tools I wouldn't be without these would probably be in the top five amazing how versatile this tool is anyways thanks for watching you guys I hope you found this video useful I hope you're able to get some nice smooth nail pop free 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Channel: Vancouver Carpenter

Views: 102,033

Rating: 4.9742684 out of 5

Keywords: drywall, repair, nail, pop, screw, nail pop, screw pop, patch, fix, hole, damage, wall, ceiling, plaster, mud, tape, taping, mudding, wallboard, sheetrock, gyproc, joint, compound, spackle, corner, bead, inside, outside, paint, painting, cutting, cut in, easy, best, fast

Id: i6zMpANFvnA

Length: 6min 57sec (417 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 30 2019