I never heard they stopped until too late.

Have you been looking in my blade box😂😂😂

Ben is slightly trashing Nela but I would say their finishing blades and trowels are jazz. I find the 5" width on this 13x5 Marshaltown a bit too wide for me. 4.5" / 110mm is the right spot for me

@Robert Swaine I did my homework for about 6 months, lol still learning though. Ben's videos have been the most helpful but I also checked the VOG panel manufacturer as well. The trick is ,at least for me is wash walls with TSP twice. Carve out the butts and fill with confill. Mix taping mud with PVA glue and tape normally. First coat is with general purpose with a little PVA. Next was a learning curve but Ben's bubble solution video of a wet skim followed by fill seems to be working out. After final I have been using an oil based primer/sealer with 2 coats over the compound and VOG panels. Then I apply 2 coats of paint. The finished walls look great but working alone it takes a long time lol. Now that it's fall winter I am going to switch to hot mud (Pro set 90 ) on the initial coat after taping to speed up drying and finishing with the higher humidity. PS, The first part of the reno was done spring of 22 and I am just getting back to indoor work to finish it off . The reno is looking great and no fails after about 6 months so I think by doing the research and following good advice it can be done. Tongue and groove ceiling next :)

Im going to get a Nela 12x4 but the top of the line has two types a very flexible blade and I think a stiffer curved blade type. Im new to this so which would be best for my last coat when taping joints?

The kind of pink dye that turns white upon drying maybe?

This might be the stupidest thing I've read on KZfaq.

Shark tank

@@waytospergtherebro then you haven’t read much of anything on youtube. This is f’ing genius compared to the really stupid shit on youtube.

You will be surprised - European filler/joint muds have exactly that. Slightly pink or grayish and turn white on drying

Me too 😀

Look for acme tools if you have one. They were selling this for $45USD last week

I like the handle too, but I’m OCD on cleaning and drying my blades😏😏

So do you use a flat trowel now? Im going to get a Nela 12x4 but the top line has two types a very flexible blade and I think a stiffer curved blade type. Im new to this so which would be best for my last coat when taping joints?

@@allanpennington , for finish coat i use a 14"x5" marshalltown. I like a stiffer blade for finish coat. I use the flex blade for topping coat. I don't like the flex blade for finish coat though. I use flat boxes(10" and 12") on larger jobs though.

@@robcosenza5569 Thanks I’m new to the terminology. I’m just going for a Level 4 finish I.e. no skimming. The guide I have says first coat to imbed tape in joint with 4 inch broad knife, second coat a little wider with 5 inch knife, then last coat with 12x4 trowel. This is on tapered edge joints. Butt joints obviously somewhat wider. So is my third/last coat a finishing or topping coat! Thanks

@@allanpennington , i use my six to spread the mud and wipe down when i bed tape. I top over that with the 12x4 flat flex trowel. Then, i finish coat with the 14x5 trowel. 14 inch isnt necessary. It's just what i learned with. So, i continue with it when i do jobs by hand. You want to make sure that the bevel is full and the tape is covered on your second coat. Honestly, it doesn't really matter what you use as long as everything is flat and smooth buddy!

@@allanpennington , the terminology is tough. Depending on which region or country you're in, we all use different terms.

Nope, Hawk and knife here too! I just can’t wrap my head around using a trowel on drywall… reminds me too much of tiling! But I do resort to a pan for a really thin topcoat.

i do it too. i only use pan to wipe out tapes. hawk for everything else. but i also use trowel.

Old Skool!!!

This is my question also. When I use to finish concrete and got a new trowel we would place a dime on a flat clean surface at the end of the front bar. Then take a hammer and hit the bar just in front of the handle. This would set the front of the trowel so that it wouldn't leave lines in the concrete. I was wondering if that might be done with a drywall trowel?

@@rickkrieger4455 Conventional drywall trowels are curved not flat. The trowel Ben is using is a flat trowel. 13x5 has some decent flex to it as that's what you want when finishing drywall. I don't know much about concrete to know if trowels need to be stiff vs flexible.

honestly i think they are interchangable...

They basically are interchangeable, but I believe drywall trowels are made with a more flexible material. Also many brands put a handle-ways curve into the towels for feathering. In Canada though, you can buy trowels that are curved the other way, leaving a sort of mud hump on the wall, which, as it dries is supposed to flatten out, because the thickest part of the mud will shrink the most. I'm not a trowel person, I spent ten years on knives, and since my lead plasterer uses curved trowels (which I tried and got pissed off with) I just put a better curve into my 12" knife and flipped it around, so I'm still basically doing his method but with my tools.

@@Zyo117 the only point of that inverted curve trowel is to fill 1st coats on flat tape joints. 1 trowel width of mud. Far too limited of a tool for me

TWSS

….not gonna make the joke….not gonna make the joke……

I will, that’s what she said! Lol

Which one?

@@badchips10 been using the 13 by 4 finishing trowel i love it. Been a commercial taper for 35 years now

I bought a set of nela putty knives and they are pretty awesome too

We might have a different model.

Bummer

I wanted to try a Marshalltown for about 10 years. I'm back on my old 12

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