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My old way of taping drywall was making my mudding take forever
For years, I would just slap on the tape and start spreading mud, which always meant a ton of sanding later. The tape would bubble, the joints would be lumpy, and I'd spend a whole weekend just on one room. About six months ago, I watched a guy on a job site use a 6-inch taping knife to bed the tape first, then immediately go over it with a 10-inch knife to smooth it out before it even started to set. I tried it in my own garage on a practice board, and it was a game changer. Now my first coat is so much flatter, which cuts my sanding time down by at least half. I don't know why I never learned that trick in the first place. Has anyone else found a simple change to a basic task that saved them a bunch of time?
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leo_harris16d ago
That knife technique sounds like a huge time saver. How much mud do you put on the wall for that first pass before you lay the tape down? I've found if I put too little on, it still bubbles, but too much makes a mess.
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