Torn Drywall Paper REPAIR | DIY DRYWALL

in this video i'm going to show you how to repair torn drywall paper [Music] okay who's had a drywall repair that looks similar to this you're doing a renovation and you've got some damaged drywall paper your first instinct is let's cover it in mud and so we can get this thing finished but i want to show you one thing that you need to do before you put that mud compound on torn drywall paper during a recent bathroom remodel we took off the vanity and the backsplash and this is the result of what we had now the first step you want to do is get rid of any loose material and edges caulk edges anything like that on the paper we want to get rid of any of the bubbles or torn edges that that may cause a problem in the future and to do that we take just a flat putty knife or razor blade or anything like that just kind of you see how i'm removing the paper here scrape the edges get all that loose stuff gone get all that down to a somewhat manageable manageable working surface i mean this was you know this tore down i mean all the way through the through the layers of paper here so i'm just trying to get that big stuff out of here get all that down to where we can work with it [Music] now i'm taking some 220 grit sandpaper i'm going over the torn edges of the paper and the fuzzies i want to get that stuff down get it removed you'll see here that the paper the sandpaper actually removes all that little debris off of my working surface i want this surface to be as smooth as i possibly can get it and this sandpaper gets it to where i needed to be so let's pause here for a minute so now you're thinking okay we just need to put our mud over this and this will be an easy repair gosh i'm so glad i watched this video no we do not put mud directly over exposed sheetrock or drywall paper that is a big no-no you will end up with what they call blisters and trust me i've seen it happen more than once it's a stupid easy thing to avoid i've done it myself i mean i'm gonna be honest with you we all learn i've done this myself watch what i do next this is how you keep that stuff from blistering and lay that paper down perfect that's right i use the zinzer bin shellac based primer this primer actually penetrates the paper draws it back into itself and dries to a nice hard substrate mimicking the sheetrock the original sheetrock itself this will also prevent any bleed throughs it will prevent any bubbling because it's shellac based the next water-based product i.e the mud and or the paint will not penetrate into the paper causing it to bubble again it's a good nice base to work with i love this stuff it's it's my go-to zinzer also makes a product called guards which does the same thing but it's it's the exact same thing and my local big box store doesn't offer the guards and i have this on hand and it works the exact same way so check that out that's the that's the key i have done mud projects before where i have mudded over top of the paper and it is a miserable miserable time trying to deal with the bubbles and the stuff that shows through why fight it you can take this stuff you can prime the whole wall with it if you need to it prevents bleed through and it will it will make that paper you know draw back into itself and create a nice substrate for you to work with and paint on top of and mud on top of this is the biggest key to doing this kind of repair once the zenser bin has dried which is usually about 15 minutes you can add your pre-mixed or mixed drywall compound to the wall i used a mixed 20-minute drywall compound here you mix it yourself a little bit of water and using about 20 minutes you can begin working the mud with sandpaper just make sure you get it on nice and smooth here you can see i'm adding it smooth and then we're going to start the sanding process and get all those ridges out and get this thing ready for our first layer of paint and or primer i'm using a 100 grit sanding paper here to knock down the ridges that's what i have in my arsenal and it's usually the quickest and i have it on a sanding block that usually goes on a paint stick or a pole or something like that i just use my hand here you can see it's making quick work of the ridges and or the lines so just use that to get down to your smooth nice smooth [Music] finish now i know some people watching are going to notice the joint compound that i have on the electrical cover and they're going to think man that seems kind of sloppy well let me explain i would much rather clean joint compound off of a plastic cover then i would have to dig it out of the wall or remove it from the actual you know device itself so i just left the cover on here to kind of give me an edge to work up to without causing too much trouble when i was adding the mud i do remove it later once it starts you know when i get into the sanding a little further and painting and all that good stuff i just wanted to clarify that because i know some people are gonna hate that i left that cover on there but in this particular situation actually helped me it kind of gave me a little bit of a guide and helped me keep it a little cleaner on the finished piece again this stuff's water soluble i literally took a rag and wiped it off another bit of information here you may notice that i'm sanding a lot more typically drywall compounds you know sands really quickly with 100 grit and this is sanding pretty quick too however with the 20 minute compound you're using the reason it's 20 minute compound has some additives in there which makes this a little more dense product than the average just lightweight compound a lightweight compound would have worked fine here and it would have dried and it would have sanded super quick i just wanted to use a 20 minute mud so i can get right back to work with it so just keep that in mind the the quick dry products have have additives in there that help bind and help dry quicker but it also makes it a little denser and harder to sand so that's why you're seeing me saying quite as much as i'm doing [Music] once you finish sanding you should end up with a smooth product like this it should be ready for your paint and then when we all got all said and done it was a smooth wall and a nice bathroom remodel with you know that ended up looking really good it's a simple easy fix just make sure you use the right products don't mud over the brown paper on sheetrock and you should be fine if you like this video make sure you check out this video here in the corner and make sure you hit the subscribe button see you next time

Channel: Tony Collum the HOW-TO HERO

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Id: T94oXvNhuX8

Length: 8min 30sec (510 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 27 2020