BUBBLES IN DRYWALL MUD!!!

They are ENDLESSLY FRUSTRATING!!! Here is the only solution I have found for them.
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[@HorzaPanda]

As someone with a shoulder injury from when I was 17, I super appreciate the warning about how hard that is on your shoulder

[@deadnthehead4557]

I love how you show the raw hatred for these bubbles. I feel your pain. I recently did a large panel and was doing great. So I thought hell why not just continue this project fix all of the walls in the room and re-paint. Then the bubbles, the bubbles, the bubbles! There were bubbles in wubbles, bubbles in doubles there were trouble bubbles, bubbles bubbles and more bubbles..I hate the bubbles!

[@adamgardner2244]

I'm dealing with this now and its driving me insane

[@BabyBane1231]

Damn, even Dr. Suess can't rhyme his way outta bubble trouble. Sorry kids. 😢

[@billmccluskey6294]

Love that you explain not only the how but the why as well. You need to understand the why in order to appreciate the work involved in the how. Great work as always Ben.

[@ReztoTex]

Discovered this year's ago. You are right on. A light skim coat then hit it again. I enjoy your channel and learn so much. Thanks for being real. God bless

[@ryansand20]

Thank you! Your videos are always the best, concise, solid advice. I started getting bubbles and thought I was mixing my mud too intensely. Nope, just not working on bare drywall now.

[@Matt-my7pz]

Mixing it thourghly and applying in different directions helps the most over the years I have found and not to thick like you said. It's nice to see someone else affirming how I have found what works. Nicely done man!

[@carolyn8728]

These aggravating bubbles have been one of my biggest drywall problems. So glad I found this video before moving onto the largest painted wall where I have to fix two horrible peaked joints.

[@DanFilipi]

I just finished one bedroom with heavily textured walls and ceiling. I skimmed super tight like that on the second and some places third coat to fill the pin holes left behind. Worked very well and saved me A LOT of sanding. I would have never known without seeing this video. Thank you for the trick!

[@danhiatt9614]

Very helpful since we're remodeling our 1975 house that has seriously textured walls with an unknown amount of paint layers. We're testing skim coating on the walls in the entry before moving on to the rest of the house. Encountered these bubbles for the first time. Working them out with your suggestions, but 1/4" drywall may be the solution for the rest of the house and easier on the shoulder for sure! Appreciate the lesson, thanks.

[@antoinelabbe6725]

Really appreciate all your videos they have really help with my basement renovations.

[@alandarrigan7733]

I'm not a true plaster or drywall mud guy, but I do quite a bit of remodeling work which sometimes involves patches or even straightening out some peaked joints. Always wondered about those bubbles and now I know. Thanks for the video. I actually am re plastering a couple rooms now just to get rid of all the peaks and will be using your method. Thanks so much.

[@chaplainand1]

Thank you. I used to work with a BOCA modular home seller and would do all the junction joints, wall cracks, etc. I HATED those pesky bubbles. I have a project coming up that has painted walls. This really helps. Thank you.

[@Giggy7023]

Thanks for the video! I will definitely bookmark this as I have a lot of drywall to fix for my home projects.

[@CorkeryCoop]

Thank you! I was trying to figure out why sometimes I get bubbles and other times I don’t. Now I know why, and what to do about it!

[@chuckrupert1213]

I wondered why I was getting this randomly during my remodeling project. But then you mentioned that it occurs over painted walls in another video--but did not elaborate. I googled the problem and " voila", up pops you detailed explanation! Your no-nonsense videos have made my extensive remodeling job much more enjoyable. Like have a good buddy right there to keep you company. I'm gonna' miss you when I'm done!

[@Faustustopheles]

Thank you! I've been searching for an answer to this problem for two years. It does seem like when I get upset and press the mud tighter against the wall there are less bubbles but never no bubbles... I hate this! But thank you for this video. Now I don't feel so bad or that it only happens to me.

[@bukzvktz]

I been doing this for years and it works great! It just gets really hard when were floating out a whole house lol great video man

[@dannovello1577]

I feel you pain brother, after 35 years as a carpenter, I had my shoulder, (rotator cuff) repaired, & retired! Hurt like a mother f**k, but good as new now. The other shoulder has tares too, but can live with it. Thanks for the info about the bubbles, makes sense about the paint being the issue. Thought I may be doing something wrong. I did slow my trowel swipes, (way), & that helped, but as I knew I'm going to give it another final coat.

[@jimzumbababa6608]

I just began working on the walls of a spare bedroom that would be one of your worst nightmares. It has every type of issue - blistered tape, exposed tape, rough skim coat with ridges and holes that have to be smoothed, a butt joint that isn't close to being flat and an inside corner that's rounded because the tape wasn't pushed in tightly! I'm using everything I've learned from your videos to handle this mess. Thanks very much for your expertise.

[@donnie-sherrieclinton9457]

NOW I know why my shoulders hurt so much! (and here my wife was saying that I was just getting old!!!!!) As always.... Excellent! Thank You!!!

[@justmike57]

I am glad to see this is normal. I always wondered why it happens.

[@johnsoncustomcarpentry6844]

Tiny bubbles....... Thanks for the tip.

[@colinenns]

Great video, appreciate your expert insights 👌🏻. Love the touch of humour at the end 😄.

[@barkayproducts5608]

I'm mudding over slightly wavy plaster walls. For the first coats, I don't worry too much because you can't really trowel the deep spots tightly. For those first coats I'll sometimes wait for the mud to stiffen slightly (like a few minutes) then lightly run the knife or a sponge down the bubbly part just so the bubbles aren't raised. The goal is to flatten the bubbles so the high spots they create are less high, and some get popped. It's fine if it leaves an un-smooth surface. You can make it smooth in later coats, when the wall is more even and you're really able to put even pressure on all parts of the wall with the knife.

[@Chelovegano]

I had been wanting to know for a long time why those bubbles were popping and it didn't explain it to me thank you very much you have solved a big problem.

[@phillsoares5929]

Thank you for explaining this!

[@billm.8220]

Have a wall that needs some major rework. Have to float it out a fair bit. Guess it’s going to take multiple coats. & lots of sanding since it’s already painted. Oh well. Gotta do what ya gotta do. Learning a lot from watching these videos. Keep ‘‘em coming Ben.

[@JSDudeca]

Figured out the same recently. Another trick when there are some more stray bubbles is to wait a bit, maybe 5-10 minutes and then gently pass over with a decent sized knife which will know down the strays.

[@oh8wingman]

Bubbles can also be en-trained in your mud from mixing it at high speeds. When mixing mud with water to thin it down to working consistency, keep your paddle speed low enough that your do not get a vortex around the mixer shaft. It takes a little more time but you make it back up by having fewer bubbles in your finish. One taper I knew actually had a vibrating stand that he had built with an electric motor. He would mix his mud in a 5 gallon pain and then let it sit on the stand and vibrate. you could actually see the bubbles rise up out of the mud. When the bubbles stopped coming up (about 5 minutes), it was ready to apply.

[@ricosrealm]

thats definitely a tip! I noticed them after I remixed some mud in a 5 gallon bucket.

[@Cosmic.Origin.exe.]

This is 300 IQ move.

[@mikeparker444]

That was good. I'm in the UK. I've been getting the bubble problem using Gyproc Easyfill 60 or Diall Really Mixed Filler when skimming larger areas. I always paint the walls with Dulux Matt White Emulsion first, on the principle that it gives me a good base coat to work from, and makes it easier to spot high and low spots.

[@vzgsxr]

I have found that trowelling/skimming very slowly can help minimise bubbles also.

[@dannyoktim9628]

You do great vids, simple to the point, like you've been teaching for a long time. Like your style hope you keep with it. good luck

[@Truth.Hurts140]

I've been drywalling for about 8yrs now and what I've found is 3 good ways you get rid of the fish eyes on painted surfaces, same as you did with the skin coat and also reverse of that to take a 4 or 6 inch trowel scrape the bubbles open and finish it with a really tight Skin coat with topping. Also found putting dish soap in the mud before you spin it up.

[@cottonmouth1756]

Great videos. Most carpenters I know do very little drywall. They try to get painters to do it. Anyway thank for all the great tips.

[@knoxvillehomerenovationsll2399]

Thats like saying most mechanics don't do body work, they try to get body shops to do this.

[@notalot1]

Finally a good video on this thank you

[@liaison66]

I have learned so much from your videos. Thanks you!

[@garytelfer8608]

my second tip is how to best find imperfections before painting. i have an 800 lumens bontrager bicycle light that has effectively doubled as a very compact work flashlight. turn off the lights in the room and go over the drywall with one of these and any imperfections will jump off the wall because of the way the intense light throws detailed shadows. much easier on the eyes than trying to see them in normal light

[@jackyianpo1584]

Yes i do experience that. Thanks bro it very helpful.

[@gregoriolopez2876]

Thank you for teaching us. God Bless you

[@josemata5305]

That's great solution for the little air bubbles

[@LG-gx3nf]

Thank u thank u thank u, so very much! I am going crazy, with the damn bubbles. Trying to fix other peoples mistakes. I have a bunch of painted but joints, WITH NO TAPE IN THEM! Gerrrrrrrr. Ur video, just saved my sanity.

[@pbee73]

Great vid, I will try this as I am currently skim coating painted walls before I repaint and I am getting these annoying bubbles.

[@ronaldbrown5796]

you got it down. same deal with me. however, I did not have you tube to tell me how to fix. Trial and error. same conclusion. good job!!!

[@bfgnews4328]

Great tip, thank you.

[@puppet022]

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous. Cheers, Ben!

[@stroys7061]

That’s funny!

[@jasonoliver7881]

I think it happens over dust on the wall. You should do a test on fresh drywall, one half with drywall dust and one without and you will see the difference. What I find is the best way to remove is to wave your knife over them for a few seconds, most will pop. Then run your knife over them again and they will be gone.

[@josemata5305]

Great solution thank you

[@robinreynolds6116]

Thanks for the tips, wish I would have watch this two coats ago🤪

[@Brian-Burke]

Two years ago I skimmed a painted wall and there were bubbles everywhere. I thought I was losing my mind. Until watching this video I had no idea why there appeared. Thank you!

[@stargateproductions]

Mudding over a painted surface usually always results in a bubbles. I've tried everything from using a primer first, to this method. What I find works best is too keep skim coating it, then touch after a primer coat has been applied. Never add soap or no pock to your mud.

[@dominickbranco]

@@stargateproductions dish detergent will fix this. 👍

[@ricknz2011]

You won't get bubbles if you first use a setting plaster over the painted surface (I use a 45min product, but longer set time like 90min or 120min would be OK in slow drying conditions) and then as soon as it sets, but before it dries, apply the next coat of ready-mixed compound (easily sandable) before the first layer is dry. It's when you apply the second layer over dry plaster that results in the bubble problem. Alternatively, if the first layer of setting plaster is dry, you could use a garden sprayer and dampen it before applying the next coat to avoid bubbles. Don't spray water over a ready-mixed compound though, as it will soften.

[@MV-wb2cz]

I did the same thing I had to skim 3 painted walls and bubbles everywhere even after 3 skim coats... I then said f it and scraped the bubbles lightly to knock them down and skimmed a really tight skim over just the bubble area and problem was solved. annoying waste of time skimming walls more than twice. needless to say I learned from this experience.

[@joshuamenzies4728]

I feel the hatred of drywall mud bubbles to the core of my soul! Thank you for helping me understand why they show up sometimes. Guess I need another skim coat 😢

[@kennethamend8557]

I was chasing my tail!! Seriously!! Thank You !

[@seamlessg7963]

Thanks!! For the info

[@aaron74]

"Oh I hate them so much: big beautiful bubbles." 😁

[@tonyperry6702]

Friggn’ Bubbles!!! Just fished finishing the walls in a bathroom remodel. Bubbles, Ben. Bubbles. Had no idea where they came from our how to rid the surface of them. There are still a few in the primer. I’ll work them over again.

[@fatcat-hc4pj]

I've been remodeling for 20+ years and that method is the only I found that works and your right it sucks the apply mud just to wipe it off and reapply it

[@vancouvercarpenter]

It sure does. Fresh drywall is such a dream in comparison.

[@deejay1506]

@@vancouvercarpenter you take some dish liquid put some in a cup. add a little water to cup. Get the mixer out and mix it in your batch. No bubbles. it truly works. Also smells great.

[@weetzybat]

@@deejay1506 that doesn't sound right

[@GP-ed1ti]

@@weetzybat it does really work. Liquid dish soap mixed into your mud and the bubbles never appear. Dee Jay nailed it.

[@weetzybat]

@@GP-ed1ti yeah but it sounds like it could mess things up down the line

[@CarterOfTheWord]

I had some shoulder issues too, but doing passive and active hangs from a pull up bar at different angles, etc. has helped me tremendously

[@vancouvercarpenter]

I've been doing a ton of that lately too. I agree. it helps :)

[@CarterOfTheWord]

@@vancouvercarpenter Good:)! Im glad it helps you too. I want to to have happy healthy shoulders for you and your family

[@pauljohnston2467]

Great videos!Thanks!

[@viktormusyt1041]

Thanks so much mate

[@leroychavez9409]

Your good. I like to way you explain.

[@illthinkofsomethinglater9095]

Hey man. I have a video suggestion. I think you would be the first to specifically tackle this on video. I never know how much pressure to use with my knives and never know how much mud to leave behind the paper tape. Pressures. If you search youtube for videos, for example; "how much pressure do I apply to my drywall knives." Nothing comes up. No body is sharing this info. But if you look it up on google, hundreds of people are debating this left and right. So it is a concern for alot od people looking to perfect their technique. Your an awesome teacher and you know your stuff so who better for the job? Thanks man. Happy drywalling

[@merlysmcgraw5287]

Thank you

[@lesbendo6363]

Cool thanks! Will you do a video on repairing textured ceilings one day?

[@wolf360090]

i use a little bit of dish soap in my mix, seems to get rid of the bubbles, and allows the filler to spread more evenly

[@ThePhilandPam]

Ahhhhhh the bubbles, thanks I’ll give that a go 👍

[@timellis9293]

I have a really easy solution for you. Got this tip from a guy who has been doing drywall for 50 years. Put a healthy squirt of Joy dish soap in the mud when you mix it. The glycerin in the soap makes it easier for the bubbles to escape when you apply the skim coat.

[@justins712]

@@bradharper5397 How come I can use Krud Kutter, 409, Mr clean, Simple green, DIRTEX, and dawn dish soap to clean walls and have zero issues with the paint or primer? Never been back to any of my repairs using soap in my mud for Over 17 year’s so I call bs sir.

[@qrbkxhl]

I painted military equipment for 12 years. Occasionally we would get into some equipment with a lot of Grease on it or alot of new metal box's with alot of oil in the metal even blasting it did not help. It would fish eye everywhere! The one thing I found that worked was orange degreaser. We would spray it on and just paint right over it it worked like a charm every time. Doing acid wash primers and spraying down the equipment with various solvents was not allowed in our permit. So many tricks were tried. That helped in that situation. I now remodel houses and I have heard of using joy by a few older contractors haven't tried it myself. But think I might give it a try next time just to see I can always fix if it doesn't work.

[@kerryalterman4589]

That works for new drywall, not painted surfaces

[@institches2750]

I tried it this week, switching back and forth between soap and no-soap batches. Personally, I didn't notice any difference.

[@timellis9293]

@@institches2750 I takes about 2 shot glass size squirts in a 5 gallon bucket of mud. When you put it in your pan and fold it if you have enough soap in the mud you will not get any bubbles.

[@rpainter6862]

The ending of the vid made me subscribe

[@texturellaz2118]

I had a little luck with pre-sanding the painted walls when skimming the walls in my daughter’s room. I used the logic that (even lightly) sanding off the paint will create some access to the porous undercoat. I don’t recall having any issues with bubbles, unlike my office walls (which were painted with the same paint) that had bubbles EVERYWHERE. I also wasn’t too concerned with bubbles in the first coat as the original wall texture was a deep, horrendous skip trowel that took three coats to smooth over, anyway!

[@TRAVERZULU3]

thanks for the video

[@samuelmazack234]

I usually just come back and surface fill with spackle everything after first coat of paint. Then take a damp rag and gently rub the spackle once it drys. Then touch up or second coat.

[@atomicj-man4196]

Thanks man!

[@jeffcanyafixiy]

THANKS!!! I was doing a repair were I'd cut into a wall to gain access to the back of a shower. For the LIFE OF ME I can't get rid of theses damn bubbles. I'll give it a try! "California patch Master"!!! 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸

[@GWCServices]

I add to JC concrete fortifier, works good.

[@Viralclown]

I do mainly patching so I try to keep it flat as possible to not leave a hump on a wall. If I get bubbles it’s usually a sign I’ve left it too thick and a quick pass to remove some and that’s it.

[@RonThrall]

As a painter, I get to deal with bubbles far too much. Your video is SPOT ON! Whenever a patch or new wall joins an existing painted wall, the mud usually bubbles on the previously painted surface. My suggested solution is VERY similar to yours, what is it? Start with a TIGHT SKIM USING HOT MUD (20, 45) let it dry partially (similar to your suggestion) and recoat. Or, better yet, MIX some HOT MUD (durabond 20,45) into your mud mix for your first coat. I prefer suggestion 1 - it hasn't failed me yet. Hope that suggestions helps? All the best to you!

[@tedseay9105]

Thanks!

[@vinberube136]

This reminds me of back buttering tiles with thinset.

[@MT-tx2xd]

Great video.

[@bobe8640]

I hate them soooooo much. I’m just starting to get good(ish) at skimming , and for half a second I’m so proud of my nice work before it all comes crashing down in the form of tiny bubbles. Thanks for the info.

[@timellis9293]

Adding Joy dish soap to the mud when you mix it will almost completely eliminate the bubbles. The glycerin will let the bubbles escape when you apply the mud.

[@irvingg.1437]

A painter once told me to spray kilz around the area to prevent bubbles.

[@28reta]

Have you tried priming the walls before applying mud, helps a lot with bubbles

[@honestjohn783]

So smart!

[@mariad4183]

Awww...sorry to hear about your shoulder!

[@tycox8704]

I thought that skim coats were much thicker than the 1/16 to 3/32 that you described. No wonder I struggled.

[@devonbradley3395]

Needed this video

[@jasonw9277]

Prime the painted walls first with Zinsser Gardz primer or Roman rx-35 pro999 problem solving primer. As a professional painter I do this all the time when a remodeled house is gonna have a bunch of wall work done, hardly ever any bubbles. We started using this primer a while ago after wallpaper removal and over torn paper from paneling removal and such. Whenever I do a job where a different drywaller skims over the paint directly I do notice significant amounts of these bubbles so I'm pretty sure using the primer does a good job at preventing the bubbles.

[@alexverdigris9939]

One way I've dealt with the pesky bubbles, was to let them be, then before painting with emultion, I've used a thicker primer that is meant to cover "imperfections in the wall" (manufacturer claim). It did fill in the bubbles well enough, and after the top coat, you couldn't tell that bubbles ever existed. I understand how this might not be practical for professionals, due to the thicker primer costing you more, but for a small DIY job, it worked well for me. The unexpected benefit of that primer, was that it masked well stains in the kitchen (due to the higher content of white pigment, I presume).

[@petrolpancakes2946]

“High build primer” has been my greatest discovery in the past 5 years. It cures a lot of sins and and saved my ass countless times. This is a good tip as well as using a super-fluffy 1-1/4 roller cover for your finish coat.

[@samiam7]

Wow that's a heck of a tip

[@crazyirishmanartist]

As usual, another wonderfully informative video. Thanks for taking all of the time that requires to produce something like this. This might sound a little off-the-wall but would you consider doing a video on how you go about cleaning up your tools at the end of the day? I know I sure would appreciate it. Thank you again.

[@mattgloss8580]

The thing is I have the bubles on the second coat when using ready mix.

[@Fix_It_Again_Tony]

I had the same issue. I was using a bucket of USG All Purpose (green lid). You can see the bubbles right in the mud when you remove the lid. I took it right out of the bucket and into the trough. I think now that I should have transferred it to a smaller bucket and mixed it thoroughly.

[@gregz.4842]

I would be giving a patch 3 coats if there are bubbles or not. Where I work we can the bubbles fish eyes. Anyone else call them that?

[@thepaintingexpert3585]

Hi Friendly tip! I would recommend applying a quick drying oil primer first then apply a skim coat of mud! The gooseneck guy! Cheers!

[@briandubesa8596]

i got some tiny bubbles over painted walls.scraped em off with a dry knife.the base coat absorbed the second coat and lessened bubbling

[@Astrnauted]

The bubbles happen because like you said on painted surfaces you have 2 things working against you. 1) naturally mud doesn’t bond very well to a painted or non degreased surface 2) and probably the most important the textured surfaces that the roller leaves naturally small holes won’t like to get filled unless you tight skin first because the mud will take the path of least resistance just like anything else in fluid dynamics or physics I guess. With that being said I always just skim the stuff tight im use to making a pan of 5 minute mud stretch and anyone that’s tried to mud a decent amount of prefills with it cause the store was out of 20-90 easy sand. You have to like really work the mud I use to do it in the pan but you can kill 2 birds with one stone by taking the mud that’s kind of setting and making it workable again by skin coating the wall. Hope this helps anyone the Dawn dish soap works as well you just have to trial and error figure it out before going into a customers house I suggest?🙏🏼

[@flyingwhiteindian]

Do you need to prepare the painted drywall in any way (wipe down dust, splash it with water, etc)? And how do you know you have the right thickness - is it mainly experience? Keep up the great work.

[@AlakuDamoaluSamuel]

You are just great,am into mudding

[@Anonymous-it5jw]

Don’t overlook a chemical reaction between the old paint and the mud. You will notice that with the same amount of pressure and mud, you only got bubbles in the mud over the old paint. I know little about mudding dry wall, but I discovered bubbles in wall finishes when trying to paint over a wall in my kitchen that had just had the wall paper removed from the old paint beneath it. I tried everything I knew, but the bubbles kept coming and the new paint would not stick in the worst areas, where some of the paper coating on the drywall had been removed. I believe i had to put mud over the places where the paper was torn and damaged. What I ultimately learned is that a shellac-based pigmented primer-sealer will cover that stuff and almost anything else - no more bubbles and the paint stays where you put it. In the USA, shellac-based pigmented B-I-N primer-sealers are made by Zinsser and sometimes also sold under the name of its parent company, Rustoleum. Killz used to make such primer-sealers - not sure if they still do.

[@monkeygraborange]

Bin, Killz, Target 1-2-3 are, in my opinion where cancer comes from, especially the aerosolized versions. Try using those on a job and the clients will start screaming from the smell, guaranteed! That being said, they do do the trick!

[@sexweightsproteinshakes]

You can use oil based paint also.

[@jeffreylonigro1382]

I’ve noticed that when I press my knife hard, it produces bubbles. If I use just enough pressure to smooth the mud...voila...no bubbles.

[@JonnyDIY]

No bubbles no troubles 😄👍

[@GriffinBenchmark]

What about giving the painted surface a quick high grit sanding before giving it that first coating of mud to give the air a place to go?

[@erikmyers2490]

I have good luck with priming first but i do maintenance and can go back and forth whenever, time isnt much of a concern.