EXTREME LEVEL 5 DRYWALL!!!

This ceiling has the CRAZIEST LIGHTING! It looked SO UGLY!! Watch the video to find out what was wrong and how I fix it.
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[@scottbennington2936]

I am going to work tomorrow, thankful I don't skim ceilings for my daily bread... Great finished product. As a contractor/handyman man in the states, your teachings are a great asset. Thank you for your time. May your business prosper in 2020.

[@keikeiasako]

The most difficult process in that job is not giving up. So easy to say good enough when it is not. Well done! Nice edit too.

[@duanebauman9755]

Gotta be time and material job

[@ModernGentleman]

At work whenever I'm wiping out joints now I always say out loud "Feather my edge.." 😄

[@MrThundercleese]

did the smallest of projects the other week, I was repeating this to myself as well... "feather my edge..."

[@investingwithpaco6540]

Same lol

[@fonkenful]

Is that why kidders generally like to work solo, so the thinking out loud doesn’t sound like craziness?

[@marcopaugym1604]

Hahaha I am renovating my apartment and this guy is my official coach with his videos. Found myself saying feather my edge too, even thou I am Italian LOL

[@emoss6264]

Listening to this while I'm hanging sheetrock in my gutted house. I've picked up a lot of tips from your videos, thank you.

[@marsh1998]

I was there last fall. Its so nice when your done. I gutted my whole house and redid everything, and it needed it..

[@garethkalber7236]

I can't believe you went to all this effort to fix the problem, the correct way is to just not look at the ceiling

[@randybobandy9828]

Is it his own house? If not the correct way is to do what the customer wants.

[@garethkalber7236]

@@randybobandy9828 it’s a joke Rando. Tell your face

[@user-iq9uu9mh7k]

😂

[@wesleypatterson3277]

Working with drywall and mud everyday. I follow your techniques and it has improved my craftmanship. Truly is an art. Just level 5'd a master bath with similar styling. Pain in the neck! Both literally and figuratively. Torn rotator cuff doesn't help! Love your videos Ben!

[@2-old-Forthischet]

I've learned so much from watching your videos. Many years ago I redid the ceiling in my small condo kitchen. I removed those sunken fluorescent lights under clear plastic panels and installed drywall with canned lights. It came out less than desirable so my fix was the brightest baddest led lights that blind you if you look up! My "numbering" system" includes fractions so I think I'm about at a 3.6 level.

[@oltedders]

I wouldn't have touched that with a 10 foot sanding pole and I specialize in level 5 finishes. That raking light will make a gnat turd cast a 1 inch shadow. I hope you got paid for this one Ben.

[@lollsazz]

😂

[@grandbuba]

Amen. Had friends that wanted to do a 'wall lighting' thing in their toilet (think vertical led strips in a recessed space behind the toilet, both sides), and I couldn't talk them out of it. They're not really 'plaster master' material either, so.. It came out 'alright' (to them), but I can't go in there without averting my eyes.. :-)

[@oltedders]

@@grandbuba It must be awful to look at.

[@grandbuba]

Well, you're pooping while looking away from it, so it's manageable.. :-p

[@oltedders]

@@grandbuba Excellent point!

[@rychei5393]

My neck and back hurt from watching this. I would have remixed that second batch. Amazing work!

[@brianburke3883]

Anyone keep pausing the video thinking the squeaking from his ladder was coming from inside your house? Or just me?

[@stoneyj1a1]

thought it was my desk chair! lol

[@maxlee6676]

I was trying so hard to sit still so my chair wouldn't squeak!! lol

[@android01978]

Sounds like a smoke alarm needs a battery replacement

[@billmccluskey6294]

@@android01978 I had the same feeling. I put in new ones last year. They’re good for 10 years guaranteed. I was hoping I didn’t have a bad one. Glad it was the video & not my detectors.

[@ae1ae2]

Reason 539 to love this channel: the final view was in the same video as the work, so we didn't have to wait a month like a lot of other channels that save the reveal for a second video that comes out a week or more later.

[@johncarcamo6772]

for some crazy reason, this relaxes me like watching bob ross work.

[@gnhun101]

He's truly a professional

[@mooko85]

Bob Ross would have been great at level 5 finishes

[@fonkenful]

Happy little ceilings

[@ryanduggan5688]

Stubborn Puffy little lift off next to a happy bright little recessed light. Peace and love Bob Ross

[@chuckharrison7858]

Thanks so much for all your drywall videos !! I usually texture my walls but i decided i wanted smooth walls this time. This video along with a few others helped me greatly and my office room turned out great !!

[@orbiebibbee977]

Wow nice work I met a guy about 15 years ago who could float an entire ceiling without sanding. I painted it it was nice no defects. I learned a lot watching this video. You have a lot of experience clearly. I have done some level 5 painting not easy.

[@peterantonic6923]

I'm glad you were doing the job, my shoulders and back were hurting just watching you.😄

[@platonfoucault1087]

Hell of a job! Thanks for being a great teacher! Cheers from Montreal.

[@christoff8750]

Another GREAT video...I really appreciate it. Tremendous help with my own DIY home projects!!

[@jminnmiggler3209]

Learned so much from your videos!! Thanks for all your hard work!

[@brandonskuba5150]

Always very informative knowledge well spoken, I've done a few ceilings myself on Apts. and feel your pain. Love the channel 👍

[@xolomartinez6036]

I've been using a 4ft long feather edge now and now surfaces are completely flat and level. Thanks for awesome videos! Looking back at this a yr later and after coming up with my own tool to create perfectly flat and smooth surfaces, I can see those lights making this a total nightmare.

[@matthewgoetz4988]

Might be my favorite video of yours so far. Nice house and was nice to watch you just work for a change instead of stopping to instruct

[@CarlosContreras-nc7dk]

I’m so glad I found you’re Chanel couple months ago ..I’m an electrician I’ve been doing remodel jobs lately and behaving to Make holes to run my wires in areas were it’s not assessable and guy I was using was charging me almost 50$ per patch 😬 at times it would be 4-5 a house but now I’ve been doing them my self and just wanted to say thank you for sharing you’re skills 👍🏻

[@mo7144]

How can one person not like this video? You did a great job of burning out your shoulder for it. I'm renovating 1500 sqft of living space and you have help me immensely in finishing the drywall. My father in-law laughed at me when I bought a hawk and trowel (he is definitely a pan guy), but we are texturing tomorrow and the primed drywall looks incredible. I cant wait till its finished! thanks my man for all the instructions and tips. Vancouver Carpenter to the Rescue.

[@vancouvercarpenter]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@tairi]

Your videos are the best! I have all house to do! And I have never done it before .... but I’m learning and getting better every day :) Best wishes from Estonia !

[@cribbsprojects]

Camera person is great! Always has the right angle and feathers just right!

[@lylecoglianese1645]

Another great informative video. Thank you !!

[@Smart-electrical]

Nice job, here in the uk you’d pay a plasterer and the whole ceiling would have a plastered finish like glass within a couple of hours.

[@curtismann6851]

Yep, a one coat veneer plaster (since we can't get any kind of Thistle Multi-Finish in NA) was the way to go here. way less time, and twice the quality finish,,,,,if done right. that smooth cold feel of a water troweled plaster....can't be beat.

[@MP-yz6sb]

Wow what a cool space and love the concrete pillars. That is one expensive ceiling. Looks much better.

[@dinnerwithfranklin2451]

Dear gods, you leave such a nice looking surface. Thanks

[@pbmc_]

Nice work! Skimming ceilings are a workout.

[@npanos1]

Real Art! ...Thank you!

[@garygwong88]

my neck and shoulders hurt just watching this..props dude

[@TheBigLeeg]

I’ve been framing, rocking , and taping light coves for 20 years . I Use a Graco Mark V fogger and a tape tech 24” skim tool you can be done with application in 15 minutes. Then it’s just a light sand.

[@Eaez]

this is how we do it here in Germany too :-)

[@camgreer]

What tip size would you use for this ceiling skim?

[@tonyr8443]

That is just super hard to do. You really did a great job👍

[@billmccluskey6294]

That was a LOT of work Ben. Hope you got paid well for this job. Couldn’t really tell but as long as the customer is happy, the ceiling looked really good.

[@fonkenful]

Brave to skim coat a ceiling wearing a black t-shirt😉 I get more mud on myself just filling the mud tray.

[@stroys7061]

For me this is like watching the Olympic downhill ski racing. It’s fun to watch and I can ski downhill, but not on those runs.

[@aaron74]

Totally dig that indirect lighting

[@daychob1]

Good job bud. That 2nd coat over a painted surface is a 🐻. I found that misting the area with water( I use a pump sprayer or sponge) and let it sit 5 minutes or just before water evaporates. Then apply 2nd coat. Cuts the amount of bubbles by 80 percent or better. Give it a try. Thanks for your videos

[@1942nn]

This video helps me a lot as I am replacing the plastic panels on the ceiling with sheet rock panels. Sheet rocks are pretty sturdy to hold recessed LED lights. Now I know what to do to improve the look of these sheet rocks panels. I am not going to the extreme like this video but as long as my ceiling looks good, I am OK. Kind of hard to see as the LED lights on the ceiling is going to blind whoever looking at the ceiling ;-)

[@johnhardisty5955]

I use stilts and sanding sponges to hand sand ceilings. It’s much easier on the joints and shoulders

[@clintonflowers877]

i think poles are way easier on body than stilts and sponge

[@rafaelmiranda8935]

Out here in California we do at least 3 coats. Most cases we do four coats for a Level 5. Especially when going over existing textured and painted walls/ceilings. Two coats we do only if we are going to re texture or wallpaper.

[@cwrowe]

Well done

[@johnnyfeathers2567]

Damn I hate ceilings, especially sanding them..lol

[@MrMander87]

At 8:12 - this is exactly the same way I get around on my same scaffold. Things you do when typically working alone!

[@johnbrill7909]

Based upon Vancouver Carpenters videos I took 100 year old plaster walls and made the them both flat and smooth. I did all the walls in six rooms and the stairway. Turned out very nice.

[@johnhamilton2680]

You're an artist!

[@tehKnocker]

Whenever I get air bubbles, I scrape it completely off the area and reapply the mud. Does the job every time.. Annoying as hell, but better than air bubbles all over :)

[@acanadianwoodworker]

23:36 There's so many glamorous drywall videos out there, no one really shows how after the job you have to dust yourself off like an animal in a dismal backyard while cats dart around in the background

[@liljoker8803]

Great work sir

[@Skebtik]

I'm definitely rolling that level 5 vs trowel

[@MrBobVick]

@ 65 have rails, a skinny bench & a step stool on the scaffold. Being able to change the angle of attack helps the shoulders.

[@peep39]

Ben is the Yoda of mud

[@spencerthomason6558]

Thanks for all your videos! Extremely helpful. What about one that teaches how to install baseboards on round corners?

[@brianl8843]

you are a drywall god!

[@Ocanadakiter]

Roller and skim blade is another great way to slick out.

[@NylonStrap]

Moving the scaffold: it's all in the hips :D

[@jamesnettleton68]

As plasterer myself. Getting ceilings perfect is almost impossible. But to them looking good or very good is nice. You have done well, hand sanding =nicest finish 👍

[@vancouvercarpenter]

Thanks 👍

[@thrillbilldeluxe]

If Adam Corolla and Bob Ross had a baby that became a pro carpenter. Love your videos! Especially these long form ones!

[@rickkrieger4455]

I can easily say the I have never finished anything to a level 5. I'm lucky to get to a level 4, I'm just not that good although everyone likes my work. Thanks for posting.

[@puttyman.paintpark]

putty is so good!

[@Chris-xc1tm]

Don't you have a Patreon yet? I learned enough that you got me for a buck a month going forward.

[@JohnSmith-or7re]

Vacuum sander!! works great. Beats sucking dust drywall dust all day.

[@dennisgarber]

This happens on adjacent walls to can lights as well. Often, I have had to pull out hvlp since even a quarter inch roller paint stipple is too much for such a strong angular lighting. Customers don't get it.

[@tykellerman6384]

Good work ... that was a nasty one🤠👍🔨

[@AlexRides808]

I think I would have recommended tearing it down and starting over.

[@fonkenful]

Still a good chance of replicating the problems - unless your name is Ben-couver.

[@stephenzwemer2905]

That rolling scaffold is just a giant skate board to you.

[@fejeadam8467]

Very perfect!!!!

[@oogityboogity6644]

I built my fist skate thing today and it’s a 3x6 grind box/Manuel pad and I ran into a lot of snags along the way but without your videos on this channel I wood have had a really shitty ledge so thanks for the help

[@oogityboogity6644]

I know this doesn’t have much to do with drywall but wanted to say thanks

[@Titantitan001]

We all do that on bakers. Lol Also bro there are some dope dead lamps now. When sanding I always use them.

[@handiman5]

Love your education and skill, but my arms and shoulders hurt, just watching you!

[@mirfster7425]

Awesome work, you are truly an artist. Learned a ton from your videos. I am no professional and just do stuff for my house. Came to the conclusion that I am not ever going to be that good at it TBH. My reality is just get the stuff on well and thick and get used to sanding A LOT. Seems to work for me...but I am not under any time constraints nor have any customers to please (except the wife). Wonder if anyone else has taken the route of "aww screw it, I'll just sand the crap out of it" approach? ;)

[@oltedders]

My 1st ceiling on the job. I learned a lot after that one and specialized in level 5 finishes until my clients all had painting projects that kept me busy into retirement.

[@trungphan2550]

Thank you for all of your vdo! Are you using pre mixed drywall compounds or something that you have to mix yourself?

[@richardpellis]

In my part of the country I think it is against the law for drywall guys to use lights. Particularly as an inspection tool. I paid someone to tape and float a 750 Sq ft condo. He (and his wife) did the whole thing with no lighting, even at dusk. Needless to say it showed big time. I ended up bringing a dual lamp. He wasn't even embarrassed by the globs, chunks, missed corners, pin holes, etc. Just looked at me like I was an a _ s for even questioning his work. After my 3rd inspection I just sent him on his way. It took me longer to clean up the poor workmanship than had I done it myself. And I had planned to texture everything. Now it's level 5 and will stay that way.

[@Eaez]

In Germany too, no Lights for the last Inspection allowed, but if you like your Job and put your name out you do more than just usual.

[@allysonand]

Well Richard it all depends how much you were paying the man. Maybe you paid for a poor level of finish?

[@dotdash2284]

Can you make a video of the different layers of taping with coloured mud?

[@visby2548]

Hard to completely get rid of bubbles, but it helps to mix your compound 24+ hours in advance. Even 12 hours is helpful.

[@mikezdrummer]

Do you have any special way you clean up your dust? Besides just a shop vac? Maybe a video on all the other stuff you do before and after a job.

[@beforemodel1309]

He has it tented with poly and its most likely poly or cardboard on the floor

[@SRW65]

Thanks Ben for enabling the plasterer in me, also it must of been hard not to kick flip that scaffolding...

[@oltedders]

Ben's a skateboarder. It's all in the feet.

[@dc6929]

Watched a few of your video's and they have been really helpful in my DIY unfinished basement project. ONE QUESTION: Why is the channel not called Vancouver Drywall(er)?

[@ruok9537]

Technically drywall is a specialized niche of carpentry called 'Interior Systems'. It includes metal stud framing, drywall, layout, etc. The man also does trim. I suppose the job title varies by region. In my neck of the woods he could just as easily call himself a finish carpenter.

[@TheMishost]

great work! but what do you do with the dust left on the ceiling after sanding?

[@provishky]

Hey buddy thanks, I enjoy your videos. Is plus 3 good enough for skim coating?

[@mrktplayer]

Thank you for the videos. I was looking through the descriptions but could not find info on the light you used to check the wall surface. Do you recall which light it is?? Tia

[@braydonjones6280]

Have you tried filing your trowel and knife down? A new sharpened smooth blade will scrape the bubbles out, and shouldn’t come back when you reapply mud if you want any fill. Might have to scrape in different directions but it works like 95% of the time rather than 50% of the time lol. Cheers from the Fraser valley!

[@phillmellina]

My shoulders hurt just watching you.

[@nathanielaguas7847]

Guys !!... he’s also an inspirational skateboarder hehe

[@docjohnson3980]

This dude makes everything look so easy, but I'm sure it's not.

[@KamilJan95s]

Plastering is such a pain in the ass job😂 not only is your hand above your head the whole time which hurts, but it didn’t go as smoothly in my case 😂

[@docjohnson3980]

@@KamilJan95s Look like you have to be in super shape to take on a job like this.

[@nathanielaguas7847]

Come to Los Angeles people here talk about you a lot !! And there’s sponsors like shops here who know about you too !! I work at Val Surf skate shop and you have a ton of love waiting for ya here :))

[@SteveO3232]

I would like to think I’m pretty good on mud jobs, I take my time, get up close with an LED light, feather my edges, do 2-3 scim coats, and try to make things as perfect as I can can. With all that said, I would have passed on that job. I think that job would have done nothing than piss me off and give me a headache. I would have told the customer why I’m passing and what to look for in the contractor. Those lights show every single imperfection. Congrats to you for being a true professional.

[@TMOR_]

nice job!

[@MJ-iy4fb]

You do some nice work. I see the ceiling appears to be painted. Would you say it's safe to skim coat over paint, or at least primer?

[@niakiajr9579]

Little trick I learnt a long time ago is do your first coat in a half thicker taping mud mixed with a little runny confill to make almost a perfect thicker first coat mud sand that and use thin finish mud no bubbles ever. Sucks sanding on cieling but hey no bubbles lol

[@1987colbyjames]

Hey there! Would you use this same method for coating a whole ceiling out after texture has been scraped down and sanded? Patch low spots, dry, then coat whole ceiling? I've heard of using a paint roller to get the mud on, would that be a better use for the application? I do mudding regularly but have never had to level 5 a ceiling yet, and homeowners want it to be a painted finish now ugh lol

[@richardwatts9819]

Pro tip bro, if you wanna have less bubbling when skim coating, put dawn dish soap in your mud when mixing it up.

[@gageirwin7206]

Love your videos man. Just wondering why wouldnt you use a muchlarger blade to skim that like a 2 foot blade ?

[@FartSmucker]

Yeeeep, tray ceilings with lights, evil.

[@michaelwarren2391]

I agree! We had cove lights in tne hallways where I used to work, and they were a real pain to change (4 foot tubes). I wonder what the homeowner will do if they have to replace the lights. I assume that they're LED strips, but the opening looks pretty narrow.

[@bgwhalley]

You make it look so easy. I have several rental properties and am always doing patch jobs. I would be dropping a pound of mud every swipe to the ceiling. I enjoy your vids! Thanks.

[@tullgutten]

Had plans of having my whole living room light up like that but... Nah not anymore 😅👍

[@randybobandy9828]

Me too

[@sleep-escapeyourmind8759]

Ben! I's awesome! becarful of your neck! I have to look up a lot at my job and I ended up getting a fusion from T1-C4!!! Becarful!!! I think it lookds AMAZING!! Question for you. After ysand dust off of the wall ou are all done sanding how do you get all the loose sand dust off of the celing and walls? It drives me nuts!

[@garychandler4296]

Once I designed a tray lighting system around a living room. It had a "shelf" 4" below the ceiling with a lip in front, to hide tri color low voltage string lighting on the shelf, going to 3 rheostats that would control the mood of the room, lighting the ceiling, and therefore the room. WOW, did that ever make a fair looking ceiling look like a WAR zone! But my idea had great merit once I had that dealt with and repainted. I don't mind if some copy my idea; I'm sure I'm not the only one who came up with it! Just be ready for a LOT of work to make it work. Mind you that this was NOT a tray ceiling, just a normal flat one with the tray-like wood shelf added as a great alternative to a tray, and much less work. You put up a ledger first and add the shelf beneath it, and the front block (casing, chair, cove mould, block, whatever), so 3 pieces. Possibly some crown against the wall under the shelf for a really fancy effect.

[@TheFunnyCarpenter]

I can confirm snow blinding as well as shoulder forest fires when it comes to sanding ceilings:)

[@vancouvercarpenter]

I think it was the sanding that ruined my shoulders maybe more than any of it.

[@TheFunnyCarpenter]

Vancouver Carpenter I could only imagine, I was ready to retire from my drywalling career 15 minutes in! Massive thanks for helping/doing 99% of my ceiling repair this week, should be done the painting on Saturday it’s looking great!