THE BEST Drywall Tip That Will Make Mudding MUCH EASIER!

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[@nickynicky513]

Don’t let the comments get to you, you’ll always have people who want to say your ways wrong and their ways better. I’ve always found your videos very helpful and professional. As an Electrician I’m not much of a drywall guy but when I needed to skim coat my house your videos helped me out a lot.

[@ThatKiltedGuyDIY]

thanks, and glad I could help. I only posted the trolls comment because he made me think about the subject of adding water so it was actually a good thing and that’s why I put out this video.

[@MF-Dooom]

Im only 24 own my drywall company im glad that you are showing everyone the importance of the drywall Trade thank You Kilted Guy . You are the Man.

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Thank you. Guy

[@MF-Dooom]

@dbltrplx im saying

[@ThatKiltedGuyDIY]

@dbltrplx Thanks, I appreciate that 😎, & Thanks for subscribing!

[@renzo4296]

I thin it back alittle myself and I know for a fact that you're correct, I mix my mud up with a drill and whip and add water as necessary to get a workable material. I also have a small mixer for mashed potatoes that I can put on my little drill so if I have to just do alittle bit in my pan I can just mix it in there, I've been painting and drywalling for 22 years professionally and you know exactly what you're talking about from my own experience and from my mentors back then who were pro's. Thank you so much and people are always gonna be know it all's, them are the one's who are pretty much done learning.

[@pdureska7814]

Thanks so much for your videos. i had a water leak from a bathroom vent. i had to cut out a 3x2 foot section of my ceiling (including around the light outlet) install furring strips for the new piece of drywall ( i had to have Lowe's cut the 4x8 sheet of drywall in half because it would not fit into my small SUV, haha). i taped the joints with Fiber fuse though i used paper tape for the joint where the ceiling met the wall. At the end of the day it turned out great with the joints flat and even and i just finished painting the ceiling. Could not have done this without your videos. You ARE "The Man!"

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Thanks so much, and that’s why I do this, to hear stories like this.

[@Maksim-je4fn]

I'm from Russia! I am watching because I want to come to the USA

[@edover50]

Only time I don’t thin the mud is when I’m filling screw holes. Otherwise always thin it down. Here in Canada we do call our muds a little different but is really just the name. We have yellow box taping mud, you have green box all purpose. Always enjoy your videos !

[@erinobrien8408]

Great tip sir! 👍 I've noticed that the amount of water needed changes with humidity and weather. But I've always had to add water

[@carlsimpson9978]

I’m a full time taper in northeast England , I house bash every day , we are so busy there are not enough tapers about. Every drywall company is screaming out for tapers and boarders , in fact every trade in building industry, I make about £800 a week before tax on average..

[@1975normal]

Good useful tip I just started using this tip on the premixed store-bought mud and it works perfect and comes out a lot smoother with a lot less effort. big thanks

[@junlobo5362]

Drywaller from Japan your channel inspires me to do nice and best job thank you…

[@junlobo5362]

I’m always thinning it except for screws and deep lines

[@johnford6473]

I’m from New Zealand. Great videos, thanks

[@BenReynoldsDIY]

Im up here in Connecticut and I defiantly thin it most of the time and at the very minimum mix it up. It depends on what we are doing on the consistency/thickness you want completely agree.

[@filmmakershelp]

Florida here. Glad I found your channel. Super practical and helpful.

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[@BSTREEEEEET]

I was a green dot kinda guy until I found your channel. I believe all of them say to add water as needed. Shut down the 9-5 trolls while you are in your garage, sharing your knowledge as the most popular drywall expert on KZbin!

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@Christian What a stupid f u c k I n g comment, lmao. Those guys are kids, kilted has most experience in the summer of '87 than both of those guys combined.

[@roncoopersr4655]

I have been enjoying your videos. Years ago, when you open the bucket the water/glue was on top and you had to mix it. These days it is mixed well. I often just mix the top with a 4" knife. It seems that if I mix it with a paddle there more air bubbles in the mud when I itit on the surface. These days I mostly use hot mud. Much quicker finishing.

[@wallacefrey6247]

Just going through a few of your previous videos and was happy to see you recommend thinning a new box of mud. (Sorry for doubting you slightly.)

[@ipikture]

One thing that I've not seen addressed is the relative humidity issues of job areas. I've been working a job in New Mexico with the humidity hovering in the single digits. The mudding of corners and seams is such a pain because it starts drying before you can even get a tape strip completely set into place. You can't leave a good amount on your hawk to work with because it starts getting dry and crusty on your trowel and hawk almost before you finish one seam. I found myself constantly clearing both after each pass. Sometimes it would dry up enough that the tape wasn't sticking. I played around a lot with different dilution constancies. Had numerous repairs as I went along before priming and texturing.

[@ThatKiltedGuyDIY]

When I said I have relatives that do drywall, most of them are in New Mexico so I’ve worked there too and yes it is tougher. In those areas you want to start about 7 AM and finish about 3 PM to avoid the worst of the heat. But mostly you just have to work fast, LOL in case you’re wondering, I have lived in Clovis, Roswell, Albuquerque, Los Lunas and a few other places.

[@ipikture]

@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY last time I did any drywall work I lived in Chicago and Orlando. Never ran out of humidity there. Usually took 24 to 48 hours to set up, not 10 minutes. Lolol 😂

[@moparzmike]

Hiya Mike here from New Zealand I find your videos very helpful as a learner of dry wall mudding. I have got so much better at it. Cheers Mate.

[@ThatKiltedGuyDIY]

Awesome. Thanks so much commenting. I appreciate it

[@hughbrackett343]

About the only time I don't thin the mud is when I use it straight from the bucket to fill nail & bolt holes. Also when using as a sculpture medium such as around electrical boxes that are cut out way too big. I prefer hot mud for sculptural repairs though. Actually I prefer it for patching holes if I've already got some mixed or I'm patching an entire house full of holes.

[@beverlycorey8991]

I am repairing sheetrock in my home so purchased the dry sheetrock sand. I'm trying to save money. I planned on mixing a little at a time, as needed. I would like your opinion.

[@billmccluskey6294]

Definitely use a little water. Especially when you’re going to keep it for a few days. That way it won’t dry out. Keeps it moist & creamy. No chunks of dry pieces in your mud. 😉

[@wayneturley7814]

Watching from Ireland have worked in Canada Toronto and Edmonton your videos are spot on👍🏻 unfortunately over here in Ireland we are way behind in terms of taping, our mud selection and variation is really poor, but we are great for diamond coat finishing alot harder on the body tho, love the videos 👌🏻

[@myway3343]

Lately the buckets of mud I buy has no inner plastic liner and depending on how old it is, you have to add water to be able to work with it. Good advice. Thanks >>>

[@thomasmendez2816]

I change my plastic out as I usually dont use an entire bucket regularly. And as you get farther down in the bucket emptying it the more air in the bucket causing it to dry out and even the stuff on the plastic can start to dry an fall into your mud. For this a trash can liner works fine. just about any plastic film will work. just make sure you get complete contact with the mud right up to the sides of the bucket

[@ronniecardy]

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[@wojciechbartczak3109]

Thank you for sharing that video. I'm really grateful for sharing all these years of knowledge with the community and especially DYI people. I'm located in Poland. The drywall mud here is slightly different. Definitely we don't have that nice division for All purpose, 20, 40, 45, 90, etc. You do buy a drywall mud that is usually all purpose with around 60-90 minutes setting time. Of course, you can buy powder mud or mud already mixed with water. However, professionals usually use powdered mud. It's different because it is bonding in some different way than pre-mixed ones (Chemistry was my weakest subject in the school). Powdered mud makes it also easier to work with wet on wet technique, where you don't sand down the coats layer in between of work at all. There is some variety of taping muds, which are stronger and harder to sand down later. They bond well with drywall and give it extra strength at the joint (used for Q1 and Q2). Nevertheless, I do usually put some water in my mud. I'm a trowel guy so thinner mud make it a much easier to work with the mud. The paint roller becomes more popular now, because it's faster technique to apply mud. So a lot of brands give you exact proportion to thin down the mix to right consistency. And definitely you have to do it for putting the drywall muds with machines. What you can find on the label is that you can add water up to between 2% to 5% of mass of your mud. I remember the first time I used premixed mud without doing anything with it. This was horrible. It was hard to properly build the layer on the wall, mud dried too quickly, simply unworkable.

[@morokeiboethia6749]

Dry mud pulls mud thats already set just like paint does after you paint a spot then try to paint it again a few minutes later. It also craters and it doesn't stick with tape as well. Some veteran drywallers prefer dry mud b/c you can stack it a little higher and it might save you a coat in some situations but the 2 worst completed drywall jobs ive ever seen were done by 2 veterans who were both preach dry mud. I know more veterans drywallers that do add water. One guy i know said "if it's like diarrhea, thats too much water. If it's like cookie dough, its too dry. If it's like cool whip, its just right.

[@adventurebegins1]

Always thin the mud. Lot easy to spread. Bazooka has to have good gravy mud. I'm in south east US. Everybody thins out the mud.

[@TheMrpiggyboy]

I am not sure if you had the opportunity to mix the compound from the dry form. The early stuff was a real workout. Then the manufactureres added vinyl, way easyer. Now this boxed mud slicker than slick. I hear some add liquid soap the mix, I guess they will be at the gym. I still have a couple bags of each in storage from 40 years ago.

[@nicka5484]

Hi. Watching you in New Zealand. Like your videos.

[@edwingonzalez6128]

Great to know funny I was just thinking about this topic. I have done in some cases thin it down. Thanks again.

[@keithdouglas9848]

Watching all Your videos from ireland:-):-) final coat should be tinned down slightly but not too much, as You said until its workable consistency but not too watery.

[@oldskoolwayy]

I love how he explains things ..I can understand it better and he try to cover all of the basics without being so grammatically technical

[@ThatKiltedGuyDIY]

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[@spencercolgan]

Awesome vid guy.

[@davemullins9750]

I thin it down aswell and always have , hello from ireland i enjoy your post

[@topperthompson580]

Great Scot!!!

[@lestalkmorebasss]

Another new subscriber here….. currently in Mississippi

[@vincemorath676]

Thanks for the info.

[@LoueWhose]

another good one TKG

[@doozerchuck8625]

Rusape Zimbabwe

[@curtisbellah3594]

Texas here, and sometimes (most the time)we add water. Especially for the butt joints.

[@ThatKiltedGuyDIY]

Thank you for your input

[@kengoyer3828]

I'm in Canada, will the same products you use be available at the Home Depot here?

[@ThatKiltedGuyDIY]

No but similar

[@johnfarmer4099]

You don't do any plumbing repair videos in those kilts do you?

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I don’t do any plumbing except simple stuff

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[@ernestocarrillo2369]

I’m in TECATE BAJA CALIFORNIA THANKS FOR YOUR VIDEO S

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Have you ever worked with Venician Plaster? Buisness or for personal project?

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@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY that is awesome!! I been really wanting to practice. The only hands on i have is from a job my dad was doing and it was a big job the walls we had to triple stack the scaffold. And because my dad had only a but of expirience we were almost yanking the tools out of each others hands lol. I wanted to finish it the traditional way by polishing it but my dad wamted to use the clear coat

[@pearlperlitavenegas2023]

Howdy from Dallas, Texas

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[@riverratfishing]

I had a lot of trouble on mudding a ceiling. I could not get mixture right. Either I would drop a lot on the floor or it's to thick a very hard to work with. Do you have a video to help with that?

[@ThatKiltedGuyDIY]

This is it

[@aapp953]

I have never checked but im sure the instructions would suggest to water it down a bit.

[@chrispemberton7000]

I like your mixing on new mud. After I mix I dip my knife. If it comes out holding a curtain of mud and not dripping I’m there. Ready to tape.

[@lanceladue2818]

I never did like tape and spackle..too many different tools and too many different materials and way too many steps..that's the main reason I specialize in the easy lime and gypsum plaster finishes...we always add water to our gypsum plaster because it comes in powder form..lol and we have two knifes and a hawk..plus no sanding when we are done..I guess that's nothing to do with joint compound. But I'm just passing through and saying..Hi...

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[@larrywhittaker9901]

Should I use SUPER CHUNK PB 😉

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[@sonnycrockett4596]

I think the only people that don't water down their mud are the ones who have never thought to do it. You only have to see the difference once to know which is better.

[@carltonhester9336]

I've been thinning down mud for about 20 years, it also kills 90% of them air pockets ( bubbles ) , and easy on the arm,. great videos you do.

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[@Stevesbe]

It certainly shrinks more the more you thin it down

[@ThatKiltedGuyDIY]

It does

[@skinsfan4493]

Always added water for taping and for second coat (block coat) added a little less for the finish coat (skim coat) added a little more but a lot depended on the the thickness of the the compound in the bucket when I opened it 45 years in the trade 60 years old

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You HAVE TO HAVE TO add water .. if you don’t add water your tape will delaminate every single time Probably not right away but within a few years it will fall off the wall

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