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A lot of people have trouble producing really nice smooth joints in corners in either brand
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new drywall work or possibly a remodel job that you might be doing around your home. I'm going to
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share today some really good tricks that are going to help you get perfectly smooth joints
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every single time. First thing you need to do is start with the right consistency in your drywall
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mud. You don't want to use it straight out of the bucket because it's basically too thick
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You mix just a little bit of water to make it creamy like cake icing. The next thing
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you need to do is make sure that the knife that you use has been tooled. Now what does
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that mean? I'll tell you what. If you buy a brand new knife, often the edges of the
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knife or the corners are way too sharp and they will easily cut the tape as you go ahead
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and apply it. Take a simple file and go ahead and round the edges off. I like to use a knife
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that's extremely worn and it really never, never tears the tape whatsoever. Next thing you need to
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do is to make sure that you put just a little bit of mud in the corner. You don't want to fill the
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whole knife up with mud. Just half the knife and apply it in one smooth motion. Do it on both sides
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of the corner and then you go ahead and embed your tape. What you do then is go ahead and gently
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streak out the mud, making sure you hold your knife at an angle. And as you do that, the mud
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will flow very evenly out from beyond the tape. Don't do it two or three times. Once
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is usually enough. Second time only if you have to. If you take too much mud out of the
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corner, the tape will eventually fall out and we don't want that to happen. See? There's
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nothing to it. If you want to discover more home improvement tips, go to askthebuilder.com
