How to mix drywall compound so it's smooth and creamy

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How to mix drywall compound. I'm using a Makita DS4012 Spade Handle Drill,1/2-Inch with variable speed, a square mixing paddle, bucket, plus 3 and clean water. Previously aired on the buildshownetwork.com

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@snowsurfr 11 ай бұрын

You have THE BEST instructional videos on drywall. Thank you!

@leannhorne8459 11 ай бұрын

Lowes doesn’t even sell those boxes here in the northeast. One extra skill. You are amazing & so are your videos

@mathman0101 10 ай бұрын

Those boxes are cheaper than the tubs I think @USG only sell the plastic cartons to make life difficult in the northeast of USA. Can we get an option to buy both please…

@norzoloco1 Жыл бұрын

Yes! I love the blue mud it's much easier to sand than the green buckets. Sometimes I work right out of the bucket but I do usually add a bit of water to make it easier. But the amount of water you added gave me some anxiety! Try applying that mud to the ceiling from a hawk your gonna be dropping it all over your face🤣!! And the floor. But I think for smaller areas or just on tape lines on walls it might work. Thanks for the video. I'm in the middle of restoring an old house with horse hair plaster that's falling out of the latts. I knocked out all the loose stuff and I'm patching in sheet rock then using hard durabond in between the cracks, then mesh taping over cracks then 3 coats of blue joint compound! Going to try mixing it out of the bucket this time.

@gsifuentes8959 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!!!!. Fixing our home and this right here saving me days if not months of mudding setting !!!!. Thanks again beautiful ❤️

@DrywallShorty 6 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Hope it helps!

@scouseaussie1638 3 ай бұрын

She’s got it all going on👍

@mtp9214 Жыл бұрын

I love these videos. I just wished I’d seen them before I finished my living room. They are a little hard to watch tho the way the camera moves up and down so much. It would probably be easier to not stay zoomed in all the time and just cover the entire scene. Just an observation. Thanks so much for doing these.

@user-uf4vl8jp7i 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much darling. From İstanbul/ Türkiye

@KirbyJr 4 ай бұрын

man i know why my mud sucks lol. Thanks for the tips

@jackjax532 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@stephenn3727 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@DrywallShorty Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@SalPane1224 Жыл бұрын

👍do you use joint compound fast 90,45,20

@galegregory97comcast Жыл бұрын

Can you show me about I don't know what it's used for but I know it's a foam formula or something

@jeffcook8635 3 ай бұрын

Great video. I’m guessing you generally use all purpose to tape? Or do you use Plus 3 for it? Ive heard all purpose is better for taping because it has more glue :)

@khelix23 6 ай бұрын

If I’m only find all purpose mud… do I put dish soap or not? Stores here doesn’t have the one your using

@jasnapon 4 ай бұрын

Do you ever add glue for extra adhesion

@stivendenkovski592 9 ай бұрын

A1 Thank you

@kev5782 Жыл бұрын

i have a domestic well (and no filtration yet). i get probably a tsp of fine black sand in the water for every 5 gallons or so of water pumped out. is using this quality of water a problem with drywall mud? thanks dwshorty! always something to learn from the videos you’re putting out.

@DrywallShorty Жыл бұрын

It could definitely cause trash lines in your mud - that’s when your pulling your mud and you get a big line down it from a piece of trash/dirt/dried mud etc.. If you can I would try and filter the sand out of the water but you can always try and see if the sand is large enough to cause problems. It might be fine enough to not do anything at all.

@kev5782 Жыл бұрын

@@DrywallShorty thanks for the reply! i will try it out before committing

@jayishere74 3 ай бұрын

Try the Level 5 whip!

@vboutique2188 Жыл бұрын

Can you do much smaller batches? I just need to mud a drywall return window or other small projects at a time? Can a first timer get a decent skim coat rolling on with a roller and coming back over it with a 24 or 32 inch drywall blade?

@Trentm311 Жыл бұрын

@v boutique check out more videos in her channel she is very knowledgeable and has some great tips. She also has videos on mixing smaller batches of mud for small jobs.

@DrywallShorty Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! You can mix half a box, mix just a pan worth with a pan mixer, mix a whole box and then cover with water for a later use. USG also makes some smaller pails of compound that are good for small patches. You can get one of those, add some water and mix with a small pan mixer to get good results. For the skimming I would absolutely recommend a skimming blade. You can roll the mud on then wipe down with the skimming blade and get really good results!

@vboutique2188 Жыл бұрын

@@DrywallShortyeven a novice could?

@ronduckett5017 6 ай бұрын

Fill your pan halfway, add a little water and mix with your 4 or 6" knife right in the pan!!!

@Rob_1776 4 ай бұрын

@ronduckett5017 Yes that does work, for sure! I also use a blade from an old beater we had that burned up! And a hand drill in the pan! Which is also good for hot mud in small batches.

@kurthanushek5520 Жыл бұрын

I do drywall finishing only very occasionally so I do it all with hand tools and I am sure that there are may tricks I don't know, but I can't imagine using the thinned compound without wearing more than I get on the wall, yet alone on a ceiling. The compound right out of the box looks about right to me.

@TapelessDrywallFinishing Жыл бұрын

👍👍

@user-up8ng1ow7i Жыл бұрын

Thank you, you are always wonderful, I always continue to work you, I have been sent to you before, I have been working in this field for a long time, I want to work with you, is it possible for you to send to a work contract or invite him

@DR-um2bv 9 ай бұрын

So are you telling me ,it's not ready to put on wall right out the box/bag. I've been scooping it out and straight to the wall

@DrywallShorty 9 ай бұрын

Yeah you’ll have much better results thinning and mixing your mud

@1illlawn192 Жыл бұрын

How much does one of these box’s cover

@DrywallShorty Жыл бұрын

USG has submittal sheets on their website with the amount of coverage with every variety of compound. This one, USG Plus Three has Approximately 9.4 gal./1,000 sq. ft. (38.3 L/100 sq. m) of gypsum panels per the submittal sheet.

@1illlawn192 Жыл бұрын

@@DrywallShorty thank you Im drywall my 12 x 10 shed