"I'm just going to leave it. No I'm not." 🤣 Story of my life 😊

I've probably watched at least 50 of your videos throughout the last 5 years. Every time I have drywall patching work to do in my house, I come back to your videos to refresh my memory. I love that your videos are straight to the point. Thanks and keep up the good work.

When mixing hot mud, I use an egg beater on the end of my cordless drill. It's very fast to mix in the pan and it does an amazing job of thoroughly mixing the compound. To this day, my wife has no idea why she only has one egg beater instead of two.

I spent a day recently patching drywall ceilings in a house that was gutted following a hurricane. With the general understanding of the materials and process that I learned from you I was able to be one of the more proficient volunteers. Even better I was able to pull out some of the tips and tricks you've shared to solve a few problems. Thanks for what you do. The folks who's house is being restored are going to have a little bit better of a home than if you weren't making these videos.

you made all the videos to teach me how to tape and finish and now youre making videos i can use to teach my helpers a LITTLE bit faster and i love it thank you

The fact that KZfaq hasn't made you a multi-millionaire for putting together this glorious channel is, in my opinion, criminal.

I love to drywall as a DIY'er. It's a rather relaxing and Zen-like activity. And since I don't bang it out day in and day out, I've found a trick which helps with paper tape. Use a water spray bottle to moisten the tape slightly before applying it on top of the mud. It helps with placement. It keeps the tape from sucking all the wetness out of the underneath mud. In addition, it allows for the slower methodical fumblings of someone that doesn't do the activity every single day. The spray bottle also works to help adhesion of skim coats when applying to dusty surfaces.

Your an excellent coach! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with all of us.

I enjoy watching your videos because you are THOROUGH when explaining why you choose the products and techniques that you choose. Keep up the fine work and videos.

I’ve never used mesh tape mainly because it has rules of engagement. I’ve always used paper tape. And ever since you posted the video about mud consistency taping became way easier. Especially the corners.

I use mesh tape for all except corners... super thin, can fill the voids thru it without prefilling, and with hot mud i can mud and tape and skim in one step for a quick patch, and then texture it and be done...

I must be pretty lame. After watching your previous videos on taping several times, I patched a 3'x4' hole in my garage ceiling caused by my stepping through it while repairing earthquake damage in my attic. You make it look so easy. My taping job was a mess and ended up looking pretty bad. But, as my wife said, it's only the garage! When I saw this new video I had to watch it even though I've already completed the job. Thanks to this video I should be able to do a better if there's a next time! :-)

I love your videos. Since I have been watching you, my dry wall work has gotten so much better. Much quicker as well. TY for sharing your craft!!

I think prep is key to a good drywall patch outcome. I like to cut the existing drywall back on a 45 ish degree angle and prefill with hot-mud before applying tape.

He makes it look so easy. Takes a lot of experience guys. Nice work as always

I do a lot of repairs on cracks in plaster and 95% of the time there's mesh tape underneath and the reason being there is either no plaster in the crack or the drywall is too tight to get plaster in it! Never in 40 years have I heard of the other stuff! Might try a bounce sheet for my next small repair! lol! Love your videos, never too old to learn!

Thanks everyone for helping me, and I have a better understanding. I will be drywalling two gutted rooms myself, because it is too expensive to hire someone. I really appreciate the help.

You are using a knife! You are so video- genic! You always make me feel like I’m standing right next to you or, you’re delivering a seminar about drywall and repairs To a live audience!

I was told by a 30 year drywall pro that you should wet your paper tape before applying it. That helps from not forming bubbles because the wet tape does absorb all the moisture out of the mud. Have you ever heard that before? Also, I have been doing this for years and it seems to work well.

I have used fibafuse that had a center crease. I liked it. Apparently the crease was a weak spot, and was prone to tearing, which I experienced(until I sanded the sharp corners of my knife thanks to you). They have since discontinued it. I think I still have part of a roll. lol When I use fibafuse, I wear light duty work gloves that are only about twice as thick as sweat factory gloves(latex, nitrile). If I forget to wear them and get the itchy hands, pantyhose works best at getting it out of the skin. You are the man btw.

you are now my new drywall teacher thank you

I tend to usually have a lot of other things to do and probably opened the wall for wiring. Since I am working as DYI and not pro it works out. I found I suck as a drywaller. I just use paper and 45min fast mix. I open the wall and run the amount of wire I need. Then close it tape it. I come back a bit later after working on other stuff and form a valley that covers the tape well. Continue working on other things. Then come back and fill it in and spread as needed. Typically, The wall is ready for sanding and prime about the time I finish up the other things I was doing. NO a pro way, but I never claimed to be a pro. Definitely faster with better results since I started watching this channel.

I have a modular home which is built in a factory and set with a crane on the foundation on site. I've found that the fibafuse is the best stuff for repairing the drywall cracks. Repaired with paper tape, the cracks come back, but when repaired with fibafuse, the cracks are gone for good. The fibafuse is strong stuff for sure, and a lot easier to work with than paper tape. In corners I use it with the corner tool and it holds up unlike the paper corners.

Definitely appreciate your instruction & explanations for using the different tapes. You’re good at what you do Ben. You’re a dam good teacher as well. Always learning new tid bits as I watch these videos. Between you & a couple other drywall experts, I think I can tackle most small jobs. Haven’t decided yet whether to either drywall the ceilings or have the popcorn (level 1 asbestos) ceilings removed. May need some professional advice if I choose the former.

Thanks for the knowledge. I wish you and yours a happy life.

Expert, master piccacio of mud. Great job ben

When I patching small holes I cut away the face paper to frame a boarder around the hole and apply plaster to the joint with fibrefuse tape. That way I don’t have to mud out over a larger area. It also works with plaster plugs with dog ears to patch old power points and ceiling light holes etc.

Fibafuse in the banjo is awesome, works pretty good on the corners also. 👌

As usual another excellent accessible video

Awesome, great video Ben!

Dude your videos have helped me so much. I got a new house that needs a ton of drywall work. Do a kick flip !!

Merry Christmas thanks for all your videos. My drywall patches are perfect now.

Great video! Very informative.

Thank you I love learning

What a smashing video!

Thanks a lot man. Step by step Im becoming a drywall expert.

I like how you give advice and tools that only beginners have

Good work teacher.

i use mesh on most of my patches . its good to prefill with quick set first , let set and scrape level and tight . then apply mesh and mud otherwise the mesh will bulge out at the seams especially on the ceiling . im 55 yrs old and do hundreds of patches per year

very informative, appreciate everything you do man. 💯❤️💪🏼

Glad to see you're on the fibafuse bandwagon now. I think it's great for my amateur, DIY use. You should mention that it's the most expensive of the three options... more expensive than mesh, and way more expensive than paper. But money well spent for an amateur who doesn't have a ton of experience.

Some of the fiber tape I've used, the fiber fuse, actually have a crease down the middle to fold it. I do like using it.

They sell a little spiral mixer for 5 gallon buckets at Sherwin Williams. Just cut the stem down and chuck it in a drill. It fits perfectly in the pan and if done on the 1 setting it won't fling mud everywhere. Great for mixing up hot mud. You can even remove the red spiral bit and cut it down to reduce fling as well. Then just epoxy it back on the shaft.

I always use an egg beater to mix my hot mud, and even though I don't use mesh tape much, I prefer fibafuse, but I always double up the end so I can always find it. I do it with electrical tape, and any roll of tape as well.

Excellent video exact info been wondering about

When he said no I’m not 😂

Awesome video!

Thank you!

I need to learn more about the different kinds of mud and applications

Thank you

Thanks!

I realize everyone has opinions based on their own experience, however your love of quick set is not DYI friendly. I have used regular all purpose mud with mesh tape many times with no cracks. I believe the key is to make sure the mud is thin enough to flow completely through the mesh to make contact with the drywall paper. If you're merely smearing a layer of mud on top of the mesh tape you'll have problems. Full penetration is the key!

Good video and information

Love your videos man! Just wanted to post to help that KZfaq algorithm😜👍🏽!

Thank you for all your insight im learning a lot for my diy home remodel. Question: Do you tape the edge of a Metal corner bead to prevent cracking? What’s the professional diy methods for corner beads?

Thank you for the mud pun.

good info

There is one much better way, which is to use a roll of crackstop 36” mesh and make full-sized patches, even covering all three with one large mesh patch. Wipe the embedding coat (setting mud only) fairly tight to the mesh, diagonally. This leaves the mesh covered but slightly visible. Then after it has completely dried (fully dried, not just hardened) apply one or two very tight skim coats with all-purpose or topping compound. This method produces a durable & undetectable patch that’s approximately 1 mm thick. Force dry with a fan and paint it same day. Your patch work shows decent workmanship and great understanding of materials, but it would benefit by removing more wet material with a much longer straightedge. A tile straightedge or a Level5 skimming blade would help. If your sanding is anything more than 220 grit to blend here and there, you’re putting too much mud on the wall.

I've never been a huge fan of the mesh tape, although I've used it plenty of times. I don't trust that the mud will fill the gaps behind the mesh as well as applying mud first then applying tape. Applying mud first with mesh tape is a losing proposition. Paper always works and it's versatile, but it does build out the butt joints especially. For patches which are almost always butt joints, I love the fiba fuse tape. It lays on thinner, for a flatter patch, and the compound oozes thru it so you're guaranteed good adhesion. 95% of the work I do is remodeling, mostly kitchens and baths, so I do a lot of patches. Fiba fuse is my new best friend. I also really like the plastic corner tape, straightflex, that comes on a roll with the crease for inside corners It makes a nice straight corner where a patch is on a corner. Paper will follow a crooked inside, but the plastic is rigid enough that the it will make a nice straight inside corner and give you the ability to finish that corner with less coats.

Oh my, where were you when I was trying to learn this trade? Not for a profession but as a patcher for other things I did. Lol Love all your vids

I'm a huge fan of fibafuse! It's so user friendly! And you can do big costs same day!

i say fibafuse is THE best out of the 3, hands down for patches. It goes so thin and it's actually stronger than paper, the kilted drywaller guy tested the load strength.

I never saw a taper use both sides of the knife while applying compound. Thanks for sharing.

Fibafuse Max is a thing, so try a comparison using that eventually

The only thing we keep fiberfuse for is one day patches. I’ve found the quickset mud dries a little faster as it can breath. Also, as you said, slightly less build out. I haven’t used the fiber tape since the last crack I had 12yrs ago.

I follow your vids. When are you gonna make a complete video including repairs a painting from start to finish with results of viewing from a different angles and lighting?

Fabulous 👌

I use the fibertape on my house, I live on a hill and have 2ft-9ft of crawlspace, yes the side of a hill and my pier and beam house moves a lot depending on the time of year so cracks are always showing up, The fiber tape has seemed to do A LOT better holding together on the doorways and certain area's that the mesh tape just couldn't fix and kept getting small cracks every 2-3 years. I am currently working on putting the mud-in LED light tracks in my house and I am using fibertape over the metal\holed sides of the light rails so we'll see how that works in a year or two.

Hey Ben. Do you have a video for hanging drywall when using bullnose corner bead? How much do you recess the curves if any

Amazing video very helpful and your videos are always so fun to watch. Keep up the amazing work Ben.

Like you I do parallel side first two. No over lapping the paper tape on the corners?

with fibre tape they do make 1 thats solid and 1 thats spined. i just buy the spined one as you can use it for corners as well. ive switched from paper to fibre as well since ive had clients dealing with fire department wanting fire stops and they wont certify with the paper since its flamable they say

If those patches were going to move relative to the panel you might need tape but in this case the patches coincidently are over a stud. Also, evidently you could use wider and probably longer backers as your screws are too close to the joints. "Back in the day" we used concave trowels not knives to finish. I used to have a 18" one that could burry a butt joint with one pass.

I like to leave the joints a little larger and pack the joints with mud prior to laying the mesh tape in the still wet mud as you would with paper tape (thanks Jose). Also the thin fine mesh tape is much easier to work with (other than finding the end of the roll the first time LOL) than traditional mesh tape.

I'm all about paper tape for flat joints and fibafuse for butt joints. Fibafuse can't be beat when it comes to keeping buildout as low as possible and gives the flattest butt joints I've seen (aside from buttboard)

Do a stress test with 2 excess piece of drywall mud all 3 different tape in same joint and lift other board to see what tape will visibly crack first.

You make that look so easy. I tried method 1 and there was a bulge where I put mud on the mesh. Tape started moving a bunch of times. And the finish, well you could clearly see where I had patched. Solution was to put a picture over it!

We always texture after the mudding and mesh tape, that way no cracks ever seen... Do you have any vids on texturing? Would be cool to see

A Primus reference?! GOLD

Just tried FibaFuse tape for the first time after doing some "testing" with different mud, it's pretty good. It's actually almost twice as strong as paper tape, according to what is advertised but yes, the corners are...I wish they put a crease in it.

Depends on the situation but we've been running regular mesh and fibafuse on the butt joints for several years. Strength, prevents hairline cracks and can use setting type mud and get to topcoat in one day. Needs to dry before sanding still. And over paint pitting is usually problematic, which requires extra skims. I'm a fan of fibafuse for it's result in addition to mesh. Uncomfortable to work with. Rips incredibly easy, which is why I always call it cosmetic, it's just to prevent the hairline crack and mimic paper in that way.

In NZ our Fibre Fuse Tape had the crease now... I guess that would be the same where you are now as we are usually way behind you guys.

I like mesh tape and fiberglass tape for any type spackle. I do not use or like paper tape. I've seen more joint failures from paper tape over any others.

I'm in. Watching your videos made me dare to tape drywall. It's likely a horrible job but it will be being the IKEA cabinets I'm installing but this is my training ground before I do my family room. Maybe.

Hey Ben, here's a video idea. Tips for patching ceilings! It's hard to tape and spread mud on a textured surface. And when you're done, you need to match the texture across your whole patch. I'm probably not the only one struggling. Thanks!

I’ve been waiting along time for you to put up a three way video.....it was sticky, gooey, and kinda dirty. Nobody slaps tape like you do Ben.

Hey I got caught in a jam on a job that was super far from any hardware store and I folded the fibafuse carefully and it will work I'm the corners it you are experienced and use to working with mud

fibafuse is great. (7-years pro use) it often allows skipping a coat! (shhhh 🙂) best for all, except corners. no biggie, since paper tape is the bomb there!

That first method and your thought process of like oh well that's not good. Lol that's me.

I JUST SAW YOU FEATHER A EDGE, just learned finaly after 30 years of failures.

Two more advantages of fibafuse is that it's mold resistant and that you can sand through it

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I've been doing drywall for about 10 years now and I found the best way is when someone else does it for you 🤣🤣

You mention thinning, can you explain more on that or do you have a vid that does?

I think the more you play with the fuse ut will grow on you. Its never blistered on me in ten years ive been using it . I still tape all flats and corner's with paper but but joints and patcjes ar fuse all the way

Great video! Question: can you use quickset with paper tape?

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Love this side-by-side comparison!

When I learn to paint the first job I got working at a paint company was with a friend of mine when I was younger I think I was like 19 years old and I’ll burn later on they would call apartment shit work back then because you were spray all the flat The inside the closet would have flat paint all the walls you would roll and cut the kitchen and the doors will get semi gloss I don’t wanna see you pretty much we would have a unit done in an hour we carried to dry clothes want to put down under the paint sprayer set a drop to cover if I was painting the kitchen I would cover up the stove Countertop and instead of using a drop on the floor we had a piece of carpet cut long enough when we put it down in the kitchen it will cover the whole wall so when you’re rolling The wall the carpet would catch all the overspray from the roller because we were fast and you didn’t make custom paint money work for these units but that’s why two people did at least five a day if it was 63 people it would be six. Unit a day 👍👍

hi. can you do all you're tapping with all purpose joint compound? I'm in VA US.