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My uncle said something about taping that actually made sense for once
He's been doing this for 40 years and was watching me tape a ceiling. He goes, 'Kid, you're fighting the mud. Let the knife do the work, you just guide it.' I was pressing way too hard, trying to force it flat. After he said that, I lightened up and the finish was way smoother. Anyone else have a simple tip that just clicked like that?
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susan_adams2mo ago
That bit about pressing too hard and pulling it all back out is exactly what happened to my buddy. He was helping his dad tape a basement and kept getting these awful ridges. His dad finally told him to stop trying to fill the gap in one pass. He said to just lay a light coat in the valley first, let it set, then come back over it. The next panel went on perfect. Sometimes you just need to hear the right way to say it.
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susansingh1mo ago
Angela, pressing hard to squeeze out mud is like trying to dry a sponge by punching it. You just force it back where it came from. Light touch, let the knife glide, and suddenly you're not wiping the wall clean.
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