I'm a painter and I know a professional when I see one because they make the work look easy. Then when I go to do it I have mud all over my hands, the floor, my knife, my face, and the neighbors dog.

This guy is good! I'm a retired Painting Contractor. I've seen a load of sheet rock people. He knows how to communicate well too.

Wish I had seen this before I spent so much time trying to mud both sides with thick premix mud, using my sharp knife.

I'm a professional painter and a drywaller as well and I always watch the Vancouver carpenter all the time and he's pro without question, thank you so much.

Thanks so much for your tutorials!! I am a 54yr old woman working on some drywall. I watched my dad from a little girl do all kinds of drywall. He was a perfectionist and NEVER had to touch sandpaper to dried mud! His walls were perfectly smooth! He passed away a little over a year ago. I can’t ask him questions anymore. Your videos have informed me on such great tips! I will continue to learn from your videos. 😃👍👍

My dad was a drywall taper for 50 years. You remind me of him. I wish he was still alive to help me with my renovation. 🙁. You are a great teacher. Today I used some roofing tar paper to shim up a joint were I removed a wall. You are a great teacher.

I'm a handy man apprentice and I just redid a bathroom and had the worst time trying to make the corners nice. Its because I tried to do both sides at once. Keep making great videos man I really like learning from your videos and I love working in this trade

I am chuckling as I'm watching this before trying corners...I thought I was "removing old caulk" before re-caulking corners in the house my parents left me. As I ran my knife along one corner, I thought, "Gee, that sounds kind of like paper...." and it sure didn't feel like pulling off a bead of caulk. Now I am learning to tape a corner. LOL. It's going much smoother than I thought it would since I can watch these videos. I'm still sort of amazed at how much material you have to put on your knife to get a good coating. Thanks for your virtual help.

He makes it look so easy. There is an art to this, and some of us are just not artists.

I'm not a "drywaller" but I do a fair amount of drywall and think that I'm decent (non-production type) drywaller, and I learned a ton from this video! Thank you

I'm working through a whole house renovation and fixing the drywall disasters so called "professionals" made during construction 20 years ago. I have an inside corner I'm tackling this morning and I've always struggled, so I committed to search for good guidance and expertise. The first vid I found was not good and then I found Vancouver Carpenter. I couldn't jam the "like" button hard enough. Thank you for this great information.

These videos are really helping... I'm down to 6 coats and 12 hours of sanding for the last room I did.

You also can’t forget all knives come with a very slight ark or cupped. If you eyeball your knife you will see an ark in the blade, this is important. After you get the tape in the mud, then look down your knife and make sure you have the ark in the right direction. The ark should be pointing towards the wall with the corners of the knife winged up off the wall as you pass down the tape pressing it into the mud. Now, when you are coating tape say on the center bands of your drywall joint when you’re putting the finish coat over the tape after you embedded it, you put the mud inside the ark so the knife is cupping the wall or tape center with the mud cupped in the knife, then, after you spread that mud, flip your knife with the corners of the knife winged out away from the wall and feather the mud top and bottom or right and left of the tape. Yes, knives come with arks in them, especially the bigger knives. If you run the knife with the corners cupped out while imbedded the tape, the corners won’t dig into the tape. Just thought I’d throw that out there for people who may not know. You can also over time keep bending your knife on the corners against the floor or workbench to increase the ark if you prefer. It’s tempered steel so it flexes back but will bend over time. The ark is very slight, almost hard to see but it’s there and can be a big help.

I have a small project and no drywall experience with taping, you've taught me a lot! Thanks so much for the great pointers. It's always nice to watch a craftsman work.

Man.. I have been watching drywall vids for hours and you are the first one to explain why every says to finish one side of a corner at a time.. Thank you so much I love you vids btw

That bit about the sharp brand new knife is such a subtle and important distinction.

Awesome! What you just did in under 6 minutes, while showing things and explaining, took me about 20min and looked 10 times worse. I get to try again tomorrow with new knowledge. THANKS!!!

THANK YOU BEN!! I am brand new to drywall and your videos are incredibly helpful. Unfortunately, I started my first project without your videos. So this particular video has improved my work! Especially adding a little water to my premixed mud!! And the tip about doing one side at a time on corners!! I brutalized many corners trying to do them simultaneously. Your new fan from Ontario.

You are the man! I struggled with an inside corner tonight and came to your video for help. Thank you.

I love your videos. Straight and to the point without a bunch of unnecessary chatter. Thank you

I'm a first time DIYer renovating a half bath and your tutorials are the only things keeping us from hiring someone! Thank you for the great tips in all of your videos!

As a learning mudder, I love the pre-formed corners, at the big box store, that have a metal 90 degree with the paper edges. They've been amazing for me! 👍

Exactly what I needed. Not that I am too cheap to hire a professional. It is just that professionals are not interested in small jobs. So, I have no choice but to do it myself. Appreciated having no music and no splash screens and no attempt to entertain. Just concise instruction explained with clarity, which is what we need.

you sir are an absolute Godsend! - I'm remodelling my house and your videos have helped me SO much you wouldnt believe. Thank you - a million times!

I appreciate your videos. I am a rookie GC in Oregon and I try a lot of your techniques and they are helpful.

I’m a stay at home momma who dreams of being a carpenter so I DIY a lot at home. You are amazing!!! Ty!!!

i’ve been drywalling a three bedroom kitchen living room whole house and the corners have been a nightmare yes and I started doing one side at a time thank you for the confirmation. BTW I watched your videos before doing this house so thank you for being with me on this project.

Best advice, wait until the following day.... Done few corners myself and always wondered how the professionals get it nice and smooth. Thank you very much.

In addition to not having sharp corners on your knife, I've found it sometimes helpful to angle the handle of the knife slightly in toward the corner (versus pointing straight up or down) which relieves some of the pressure of the corner of the blade against the seam of the paper. I know... hard to describe.

Best educational videos. On my home remodel, the "hired experts" mostly screwed things up. Now, I only have them install the drywall and I finish it up. The "experts" never take the time to do it well and I'm sick of going over their mistakes. Not "back-filling" the voids with quick-set is my biggest complaint (it drys and cracks). Thanks again ... I'm doing really well now with this damned drywall.

Thanks for the "do one side at a time" advice. You just made my life better! I'll use hot mud if I want to finish a small project in a single day.

best video ever! I took out a wall in a bedroom, after removing a closet. I dulled my knife's edges, and finished one side of each inside corner at a time, with a day drying in between. The walls turned out perfect! Got ride of that stupid v shaped corner trowel, and haven't used one since learned this method. Thanks for this tip.

I really appreciate your videos! You are a naturally great teacher!

Going to finish that taping in my basement that I have been avoiding. Thanks, I hate/fear inside corners.

Dude I'm watching your videos more instead of doing the mud work in my appartment. Thanks for your amazing content!

A great help. I’m a homeowner, been working on several corners that bubbled. Messed it up the first time. Now I can redo it right. 👍 thank you

Thank you so much! I was struggling yesterday with inside corners on a room I added a wall to. I watched this along with a few other of your videos last night, cleaned off what I did yesterday and started over today. I used a smaller knife and hit the edges with a file. I thinned my premix down a bit and did one side at a time. I spent less than 2 min on it and it looks like a pro did it!

Thanks for this very simple and informative explanation. I’m gonna forward this to my contractor who said I was being picky b/c I asked him to re-do the corners in my bathroom. His response, “It’s not gonna be perfect. There’s gonna be some lumps no matter what you do.” You just proved him wrong (and lazy) in 5 mins 😆

I've watched several different videos that offer advice on how to do these drywall techniques. Most have been good.. but yours, are excellent. Thank you.

I watched a guy say he knew how to drywall and tape and clearly didn't. He left a part of the dry wall where he had no support in the ceiling just loose. He than stuck this self adhesive type tape in corners bc a guy at lowes recommended it, put my tape I grabbed him back. All the stuff you went over I tried to explain. So now I'll show this video 😉. Thanks for the awesome tutorial.

I recently used a "corner knife" and my corners turned out remarkably well. Saved so much time to hit both sides at once. Adding a splash of water and mixing your mud also makes a big difference.

You just identified what ive been doing wrong all these years. Ive been trying to do both sides at the same time!

I know this video is old, I'm doing muddling for the first time dry wall for the first time. It's my garage and I want it nice for a place I can wood work and whatever. Your video is going to help me alot ,you must really be a expert and thanks for making and explaining stuff out. I'll keep you updated

It’s people like you who show us (DIYs) your method as if it’s the best one. Well, I tried your method and yes it’s the best one I have used by light years! Thank you again for your sharing.

I'm a tile guy and we have a dude that works with us that always gets stuck with fixing drywall even though he has no clue how to do it. It's so hilarious because we ended up calling him our drywall guy. Which he is clearly the opposite. Thanks for the tips bro

You guys make it look so Easy. I think there's nothing like experience, but also really appreciate your pointers, some of these paste drys super fast and for us starters is difficult, but thanks a lot for your videos

At 70-yrs old, I'm learning to tape and mud renovations on my home. When you know little to NOTHING, learning to do EVERYTHING via YTube can be daunting. I realize that what I did initially in corners really was the right way to do it! Unfortunately, I saw a DIY somewhere, and they recommended doing one side of a corner at a time WITHOUT demonstrating what that actually MEANT the way you did. Thankfully, I was able to get the corners smoothed out anyway. I'll go back to doing it the way you demonstrated. EASY-PEASY. Thanks for the clarity!

great video. i have a friend that is also a professional drywaller and he says the same thing about only doing one side of the inside corner joint on any day. thank you for sharing your expertise.

I can't thank you enough for your wonderful mentorship! Thanks to you, my DIY projects involving drywall now look completely professional and the best part is, instead of feeling like I'm simply "patching things up", I have the confidence that my work is high quality and will stand the test of time.

step 1: recognize your mistakes step 2: correct your mistakes step 3: Nothing is perfect, but we can try make it perfect.

Out of all the help videos ive seen..this guy is the best by far..

Thanx for the tip to let the mud set up on one side before doing the other -- totally makes sense.

Sometimes if we Bed the corner on day 2 and its the painted side of a wall the corner wont have dried all the way on that side, beware of different dry times when mudding on paint, as opposed to drywall, the paper draws out the moisture way better.

Haven't even watched yet, but thanks Mr piano hands for the great KZfaq content. You are appreciated. Have a like.

First time I saw his videos; I failed. I built a wall and started practicing. It takes only a few weeks not years. Now I totally see what he is talking about. Thanks VC

Man I old man has been a drywall finisher for 30 year and said your the best one on here

When butting up drywall to a pre-existing painted surface, I just tape and mud the factory edge and then come back and hit the seam with caulk. Run your sponge down the bead and it's perfect every time.

Every time I have done mud on drywall, I've made that mistake. Haste makes waste! Thanks for this invaluable tip.

That make so much sense , I always try to do both corner and struggle every single time. Thanks for tips

You are amazing! We recently purchased an old house that has a lot of... issues. Mostly from past home owners "repairing" it. Thanks to your videos I'm confident and started fixing the dry wall problems. We are happy with the results and finally getting the house of our dreams. Thank you so much!

I’m starting to get what I would consider decent at taping on repairs and small jobs, a lot from tips I’ve learned right here from this guy up top. Although I bought a corner trowel and don’t mess around trying to figure out doing it with a regular knife. I have the corners turned up on some of my knives, I find it helps things go smoothly and prevent lift offs with my inexperienced hands

Thanks man, watching this has guided me through the drywall phase in my parents bathroom. Your videos help alot of us! 👍🏻

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have struggled with corners for years! No more!

So glad I found this vid. I’ve always dreaded corners. Won’t be a single-coater but so much better than all of my other jobs.

I use 20 or 45 min hot mud for almost everything so my jobs are done usually the same day if not then the next.....I even use 45 mud in my spray hopper to do the texturing and also when doing hand trowel texturing

I always thought doing one side at a time was a beginner cheat. Glad to hear I was doing it correctly (for a beginner at least). Thanks!

I've got some drywall tape that's badly wrinkled that I need to repair. Have already removed it and planning to redo today. Have never done it before so this is really, really useful advice. Thanks a lot, from UK.

i sanded my knife corners, made ALL the difference! THANKS!

Great tips Ben!!🔥 I’m sharing this one for sure!💥👊🏻😎

Thanks for this! Too late for me, but super helpful for others! Also I bet you could get views just by explaining in detail the angles and where you're applying pressure using knives in different situations to keep mud from smearing wrong, getting mud out from under tape, not tearing tape, etc.

Outstanding Sir!! Thank you from a 62 year old guy that thought I knew what i was doing. Thank you!!

been doing drywall for a few years now but i still go to your vids for tips on certain things. def inproved on a few small areas esp sanding

For some reason I've now started to actually say "feather my edge" when doing my mudwork ... :D Thanks for all the great content.

Sounds like the stuff I do wrong. Thanks for this.

Well I have neeeeveeer made these mistakes 🤞. Thanks again for the great advice. I use to dread drywall work, but now I can’t wait for my next project!

I had the first 2 down...but the 3rd tip is the one I struggled with. Now I know.. Thanks !!

Been taping professionally for 15 years , the first year learning the trade was not fun , but now it’s as easy as waking up lol ,, but good job enjoy watching the videos for some reason 👍

Tip #3, so many times I'm trying to be the hero and get it done quicker. "I'll just sand out the imperfections until I start sanding tape. Which paint will cover. That'll be fine... that'll be fine... that'll be fine.."

Thanks as always. You make mudding a lot less intimidating for us Joe-Homeowners. I also know when I really need to have someone come in who does this for a living!

Great ending! I'm one of those poor saps that took on his first drywall project and used the corner trowel and tried to do both sides of the corner at the same time. Wish I would have seen your videos 8 years ago!

Another good idea is to buy used knives/trowels at garage sales. No need for sanding and I got a nice variety for about a $1 each.

I made every one of those mistakes.

Just wanted to say that I have done drywall repairs so I knew a little but am renovating my home and love to do the work myself. Thanks for your time and tips on how to make life a little easier.

i was mudding corners and was running into issue #3. thanks for the clear explanation!

Thanks for the great advice! 4 fingers at 5:10 had me laughing.

Lmao i just see this video on my newsfeed AFTER i literally did the opposite of what this guy said to do? Lol dammit

you cannot be more right with your videos. been watching for a year while i work on my house

this guy is awesome he is like mr rogers you hate to make him mad he is so nice you learn easy from him.

I sure did try to do both sides today man I really struggled I bought the blue lid mud at home depot uffff

I made those 3 mistakes 3 time each thats why it took me 9 days to do one corner

I've never done anything with drywall watched your videos and did my new house by my self thanks so much

Thank you! Doing both sides at the same time is my issue. Couldn’t figure out why my results were bad. Now I know. One side at a time. Love your videos.

Anyone else catch the ,"That is what I think the 3 biggest struggles are," as he holds up 4 fingers?!? haha. Great vid tho, thanks for the help!

What about the mistake when you get metal corner bead and try to use it for an inside corner and then when it doesn’t lay flat you put in about 5000 nails and then try to mud the absolute crap out of it to hide it and then eventually realize you have to pull it out? Is that not a common newbie mistake? Asking for a friend.

I can’t tell you how happy I am that I found your channel. Learned a lot, much appreciated.

Fantastic, thank you! I'm doing a slightly different job to drywall mudding but the good principles here carry across. I ripped out an old built-in cabinet in an apartment and found raw fab concrete behind, so all the plastering on top finished at the built-in. Nice. So now I have 1,0m x 0,5m floor to ceiling to plaster out including an internal corner that I need to square up. I feel much more directed in my approach now. Cheers!

Inside corners will always be the bane of my existence, no matter how good I get at them 😂

mistake #1: not my problem, but noted. mistake #2: I haven't bought a new knife in years, but again, noted. mistake #3: UGH fine...you got me...But I just want the job over with already!

Thank you that really helped with the corners I was not sure how to get it right. I used to do drywall back in 1997, lived in Abbotsford and drove to Vancouver every day. I just taped and did the closet and window returns and never learned how to bead or fill.

You’re a solid pro. I appreciate your tutorials very much. Thank you for helping a fellow Canadian figure out how to DIY!