How to Mud - A visual tutorial - Third coat of mud

[@johnmichael642]

Thanks for the video I thought it was super helpful. Obviously you’re using the color to help us understand what’s going on, which everyone who watches this appreciates… well not everybody I guess but some people just have to complain

[@zackcrafted]

Thanks for the encouragement! Yes, the added chalk is just for the benefit of the viewer to show the different layers illustrate the process better Thanks for watching!

[@SprouseyTheHandyMan]

This deserves so many more views!

[@brianherald5756]

This guy is good

[@duanebauman9755]

In 54 years I never seen anything like this

[@adde32332]

What's the purpose of creating a hump on the flat? Why not just stop where the taper ends?

[@zackcrafted]

That’s a really good question. It’s actually quite hard to just fill in the sunken seam, in theory you should be able to fill in that 1/8” valley and maybe for some jobs that’s okay, but because mud has so much moisture in it your mud is going to shrink at uneven rates, so you’d probably notice that transition between mud and the edge where the tapered drywall begins

[@Rob-mv7oj]

Adding colored powder into your mud makes it less sticky. Do not do this at all unless yout just doing touch ups. Your mud will litterally just flake off the wall