How to Use a Drywall Flat Box on Walls | Video 4/6

[@jadenharrelson54]

You’re a lot nicer at explaining then my dad is

[@LEVEL5Tools]

🤣 👌

[@nelsonc562]

This made me lol while I’m sitting in the stall in a bathroom haha 😂 I don’t know why this doesn’t have a million likes. Guess it’s just our dads that are……

[@skoden204]

😂😂😂

[@Jake_Hynds]

I run right over the plugs makes for way less touching up with a trowel. Just cut them out at the end and clean them out when it's all dry

[@mansardmanor3869]

Gotta get that bolling spin leg kick around motion 😝 at the end of the run

[@72mabras]

Oo

[@stich1960]

I like to fill my electrical boxes from both directions so it gets good and full

[@Domiano542]

The leg lift at 2:55 was marvelous

[@mattsivert2594]

Been doing it for 30 years. Always by hand. Now that I'm 52 wrist and elbows are starting to get sore. I'm seriously considering buying some boxes especially for ceilings. I hate stilts lol

[@LEVEL5Tools]

Let us know if you have any questions!

[@jakedrapper6551]

Do u run the flat box twice for two coats. With different size boxes

[@MrLuridan]

Same here. Hand taping everything, knife and trowel, for 25 yrs. Hands, shoulders and elbows are getting pretty wasted! I just started using the inside corner tools. Pretty nice considering they coat both sides of the angle at once. Looks good, too. Now I’m thinking about the flat boxes. I wish the pumps were cheaper, though! Good luck with everything.

[@Bobbob-vb9df]

Oh my god you know I’m going right over those plugs… damn electricians leaving they’re stripped wire all over

[@jamesogilvie9283]

Great video...I eliminate bubbles by mixing liquid dish soap in my mud with water....never have issues.

[@LEVEL5Tools]

Great tip!

[@gray09r56]

Are you serious? How much are you putting in?

[@phillipdavis9853]

@@gray09r56 about a 1/4 cup per box / bucket . I use dawn

[@fredhughes7569]

When you mixing up your mud compound try back spinning it in reverse on your drill... doing so pulls most of the air pockets out of the mud.

[@lynntaylor7513]

It’s just relaxing watching this!!!

[@quinnycoleman7214]

Little leg kick at 2:50 made this whole video for me

[@brandonwestman1823]

must be a bowler!

[@lprescott131]

You're A1 my friend thanks for explaining and demonstrating EXCELLENT craftsmanship !!!!!!

[@TheTechGuider]

Where can you buy butt board. I been say someone should make something like that for years. Always made sense to me

[@havaiki5070]

Appreciate your videos thanks👍 but can't the sparkys be considerate for us and cut their boxes and lights after we've flush and sanded 🤔 open to hear a ginuwine answer

[@user-qr1pl1os6d]

2:54 you pull off with the brake and you lift your left leg off the ground. Definitely played hockey, you probably had a decent shot too! Lol. Love the informative videos man, keep ‘em comin👍

[@jimmyruiz3844]

I have some kind of experience in drywall but I never watched the kind of tools you carrry they look amazing and it must be nice to work with them specially the handle yep that short handle I like it thank you for sharing buddy

[@johnjones4096]

I've used boxes on jobs before that were owned by the company I was working for. I recently bought a set of level 5 boxes. I noticed 1 thing right away. The level 5 boxes are not power assist. How big of a deal is not having the power assist on the box? To me on the tape tech boxes that power assist was a pain in the ass to release before filling the box again.

[@timothymclain907]

how do you eliminate the sides I've setu depth on the blad but still come across heavy sides

[@jpalacess4735]

dude i feel like a pro already and knowing me i learn alot more if i see them doing the job than them telling me doing like this without knowing how the hell hold the tool

[@kevinmondragon8726]

Yo you explain this very well like on 2:18 very good explanation I’m barley starting an I don’t know the basics like the lat Marks thank u drywallnation

[@travisk5589]

A little hitchhiker, yeah right. But what do you call them when you are not on camera???

[@forrestheaney9059]

Great video thanks

[@mccarthy091588]

Is there a different way of doing this on butt joints if you do not use butt boards?

[@talkofthetank2308]

Hi what’s wheels on box they don’t look standard ones

[@dome204]

Man.. great informative video!

[@LEVEL5Tools]

Thank you! We're always glad to help out the finisher community in any way we can.

[@jamestorres5582]

Great tips. Thank you

[@leemcmurray880]

Thanks for a great tutorial / tips video ! I’m looking at getting a 8inch and 12inch .

[@christiancabanero7576]

Get the quick box by tapetech its way better than level 5 trust

[@quinnycoleman7214]

Id say columbia or northstar but im biased, would also suggest a 10 and 12 instead of 8

[@BIGboostedDSM]

I still don’t get how he gets such long runs. I tend to only getabout 1/2 the distance he gets. Mud thickness maybe?

[@ZomBeatBrainZ]

Yes, the setting on the flat box makes a difference on how long of runs you can get. Changes how much mud is applied to the joint.

[@christiancabanero7576]

Mixing your mud and the settings on your box but this is nonsense i hate video like this sorry no offence!

[@omarwilliams8825]

Can I use a flatbox followed a skimming blade to skim coat a whole wall?

[@MrALEG213]

No, because you will leave wheel marks on a finished skimmed wall.

[@michaelcastner220]

What size box are you using in the video?

[@tonkotuhassi]

What’s triggered of left hand?

[@dome204]

I just did a garage with 9' ceilings with that short extention handle. Had to get up on a Scaffold to get the pressure to get out the first load Coat. Obviously a longer pole would be ideal, but I'm curious if you remove the springs will it run easier to apply pressure or does it mess up the working of the Boxes?

[@philipelpablo4920]

Off course fuck those spring

[@cutpaperpaste]

What do u mean butt board? I'm in orange county ca. Cause of earthquake there's a more strick building code. Can I use that out here when hanging ?

[@joeln1636]

You donde use the box the right way

[@andrewcarvalho5886]

Nice

[@travisk5589]

Hey Drywall nation. Those look like recessed metal electrical boxes. How does one finish around the box once the plaster ring is installed? Especially, I have situations where I use a 2 gang box and only need a 1 gang plaster ring. How does one finish those off? I haven't seen any vids on KZbin for this ne

[@redneckgoatfarmer]

Did you ever get your answer? Those are aren’t J-Boxes he is working with those are single and double gang plastic boxes that are just recessed. Plaster rings should always go one before drywall finish. If not we always did a hot mix or straight plaster around the mud ring and then finished with compound 2nd coat.

[@gregorysampson8759]

Nice tool. Sorta wish they weren't so expensive for diy they're a little out of reach.

[@minerdad02]

Then iam bringing that brush home

[@cesararias4106]

How much is the cost. For that box?????

[@LEVEL5Tools]

Hi, you can view our flat boxes and their pricing here: level5.tools/flat-boxes

[@pablodeleon1001]

Thanks

[@gogogokuda7913]

欲しいぜ

[@renannascimento2423]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@darkseta34]

Hi I have a question do you have to fil the joint before Passing two coats of the flat box? or can you roll it after having stuck the paper with the bandjo?

[@endoalley680]

First tape the joints properly and allow time to dry. Then fill coat joints wih the smaller of two boxes (whether 7",8", 10," or 12" and even 14") when the first coat, properly administered, is dry second coat with a slightly larger box to bury the edge from the first box. Rolling is done on angle tape when using a mechanical angle head or flusher to wipe the angle tape. So, no you dont have to coat the joints with a box first to roll the angle tape.

[@darkseta34]

@@endoalley680 sorry I'm French I think I didn't explain my self correctly. When you stick your joint with a bandjo it doesn't fil the edges, do you have to fil it with mud before or can you directly apply 2 coats with boxes to finish the joint? Thx again

[@endoalley680]

@@darkseta34 Sorry for misunderstanding. Two things. First, you can open up the mud flow on the banjo by loosening the thumb screws and pushing the blade in. This will put more mud behind the tape and allow you to easily fill the factory recess on the sheetrock when you tape. The downside is that the banjo runs out of mud very quickly with this setup. Another thing that I prefer is to allow just enough mud out of the banjo that you can run an angle head over the angles without a lot of excess mud spilling out. Instead, you use a sharp drywall knife to cut out broken bits of sheetrock before taping. And V the butt joints. You then prefill all joints with thick mud. That way you can tape with a banjo that is less than wide open, and still have a great fill on your factory edges. Because we always want our work to look pretty, at all phases of completion!

[@SuperUncleRyan]

@@darkseta34 I start with a 7 inch box to mostly fill the recess. Then 10...12. Many guys seem to skip the 7" and fill and first coat with the 10". I do mostly commercial work and our walls are not textured so I prefer to do it in 3 and have a smoother wall.

[@seanadam9391]

As you run tape fill the bevel as you wipe

[@roypaulcarter4654]

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[@DrBooru]

These videos suck. I've watched them about thirty times and have no idea how to run my box