How to Tape Drywall (Butt Joints) Beginner Drywall Series

Keep it simple!

[@Pickswitch]

As a finish carpenter your "don't leave any mess at the bottom" got me choked up. Yer doin the Lord's work fella.😢

[@badmofo350]

I came here to make the same comment. Also a trim carpenter.

[@vancouvercarpenter]

Then you guys will both like another one I have coming out even more :)

[@WayPastCrazy2525]

​@@vancouvercarpenterMust have something to do with clean lines for crown molding. 🤔😀

[@frostycools1315]

@Tekagi shit at both jobs from what ive seen, it .

[@frostycools1315]

@Tekagi drywaller hangs the board a taper tapes remember what i said about my shits it ?

[@souliog]

As a contractor that does occasional drywall, you taught me so much. Thank you

[@mc-sp8zr]

I've been on jobs with some nasty dudes who smelled like they needed to learn how wipe the mud from their butt joints 😅

[@woopar305]

100% 🔥

[@charlescarmichael1124]

Yes!

[@connerd4990]

Drywall sanding makes you smell like shit. You’re probably an electrician, don’t you have a mess to go make for all the finishers to cleanup?

[@Mark-gt9yv]

You’ve helped me so much over the years. Thank you from another Vancouver “carpenter”

[@Thedrivebye]

In Australia a dry wall is called plaster these little techniques are a great help to anyone and I absolutely respect your forward thinking of being clean when you work. Thank you for these videos

[@jimda4910]

So you call drywall plaster, what do you call plaster?.

[@dannypabon2973]

omg ive been following your skateboard channel forever. i had no idea you had this channel. so awesome!!

[@sweetjohnny8211]

I've been watching the drywall videos. I thought your comment was some kind of joke I didn't get but had to check it out, dewd's a solid skater, who know?!

[@kungfustuey1]

I've definitely been overzealous in the past and removed too much mud when wiping it out. Good tip and thing to consider for a DIY/first timer

[@jamiecook4909]

Late to taping party but I love you man - thanks for bottom tip - I get so excited when I'm mudden that I never clean off/worry about the bottom until I run base then I'm cussin out the mudden guy for sure

[@christopherdavidson5979]

Yeah righto mate. If you say so.

[@RJB81]

Thanks for the tip I’ve never pre-filled I hope that solves my wtf’s

[@DryWallenn]

And to this day he is still finishing this job .

[@WayneMiller-zx4cv]

I've literally learned drywall from this guy by watching all his videos. And I've never had any trouble with any job I've ever done. Thank you sir!

[@frederickczajka573]

Thanks for a simple answer on the order of operations there!

[@ronlovell5374]

Prefill, Yes, Yes Yes! I call it bond coat, but many mudders dont do this. They continuously tape hollow voids and cry when they're back fixing deficiencies while trying to blame it on boarders or framers.

[@charlescarmichael1124]

I'm a 17 year painter who's just now learning actual drywall repair. Question. Why does all my paper ripple? Like wet finger tips in a pool

[@rosshayes6388]

​@charlescarmichael1124 because your mud is a touch to thick. Thin mud so it's easier to wipe out. If it wrinkles it's either crooked or too much mud left under tape.

[@SAUCE206]

I used to wipe with a 6 but I feel like the 8 is better for flats and butt joints you get more mud on the knife. I used to know I guy who you lightly run his pan underneath the tape as he wiped it and it would fall right in his pan.

[@bruceanderson7762]

I'm super surprised at how much I kno, and...how much I still have to learn😊

[@davidgatten1033]

Thanks for these vids dude. It's a big help

[@EdRanalli]

Thank you. Great info!

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

Love the numbers. 😊❤😊

[@yourpillow454]

You do well, but try not overlapping the tape if you do it the wrong order. Its a good habit to do angles without overlapping as well unless you break at the flat

[@UnkleBokey]

Cant help but notice you taped the flat before the butt. I like to tape the flats after the butts so that the top edge of the butt tape is tucked into/under the tape on the flat.

[@shanejohnson4546]

He mentioned that in the video. Said he knows he is doing it out of order because he has been filming all day.

[@scooba871]

Cheers Geoff

[@chuckg2016]

@UnkleB, You're right. The sequence I've heard forever is butts, flats, corners.

[@joebinion1]

So I'm guessing you are supposed to go parallel when finishing never side to side ,love your videos and you sir have taught me a lot about finishing,thank you,GOD BLESS

[@law1588]

You ever wanna borrow my tools you got it my guy

[@jonathanbell9349]

Considering you're a carpenter, you sure do a lot of drywall work.

[@philipoflynn4641]

It looks like bubbles under the vertical line

[@ItchyKneeSon]

Forgot to mention: start in the middle of the run of tape and swipe towards each end.

[@claudiavega1966]

Gracias Gracias eres genial lo voy hacer❤

[@deatherbradley]

What’s the difference between the mesh tape and the full tape you’re using now?

[@Nbrock90]

My tape always bubbles 😢

[@ronlovell5374]

Wet it, slide bulk water off with your fingers. This raises the fibers of the tape and helps with mud dry-skimming over too fast, similar to concrete wicking.

[@institches2750]

What kind of mud are you using? The heavy has the most glue. Light and ultralight have less, and bubble more often. If you're already using the heavyweight, then you might not have enough mud under the tape, or you wiped it all out..

[@andys5562]

Have you tried Buttboard drywall backer yet? Game changer for your butt joints.

[@TWOSU_NEWS]

Correct...your corner was still wrong

[@armandofigueroa8244]

Dude always do the had join first always

[@chiefbighead94]

I usually will dip the paper in water before I lay it on to get it to really stick does this actually help or am I giving myself an extra step that I don’t need?

[@burrburr6816]

Taped for 20yrs never prefilled nor seen any one else

[@BarneeFife]

Prefilling is for guys that wear panties.... I just frost it then lay my tape over the top...

[@BookieRitch]

And that's why you're a hack ​@@BarneeFife

[@_JohnRedcorn_]

For real though, nice work

[@nomargins]

Gotta have patience.

[@olgajoachimosmundsen4647]

Prefill before you mud and tape?

[@jamesmight7409]

So I should let my prefill completely dry ?

[@cornydyck5613]

Prefill be very wide

[@theebalz]

Can you do a video on the "order" you should hang your drywall sheets? Ceiling, walls, closets, nooks, and how to cut circles for LED lights, and how you do a knockdown texture? I'm about to start hanging drywall for my basement and have NO IDEA where to begin.

[@antonioj123]

Which mud do you use for prefill?

[@Ida20]

Why do you hang the drywall horizontally? If you have it vertically you won’t see joins because the sides have valleys where the top and bottom of the drywall sheet does not.

[@justincarter7954]

It makes the wall stronger because the studs run vertically. hanging the drywall horizontally means each sheet is hanging on a higher number of studs. same reason you run joists perpendicular to beams and subfloor perpendicular to joists

[@dillon5285]

Looks like a heavy prefilled to me you just want to prefill the crack in my opinion but we all have our own methods I'm sure you know how to sculpt it flat

[@MrKapitalex]

So if I get this right, you have to let the prefill harden before applying tape?😅

[@Odhege8262]

🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@toddroy9558]

If you are a beginner, don’t use 45 or 90 minute mud. Use mud already mixed. And never prefill a butt joint, unless there is a big gap between the two pieces. But joints are harder to do because they don’t have a concave area for the tape and mud. So the idea is to have it as thin as possible, and float the area out wide to hide the hump you will create.

[@jackbauer9901]

Can you show Fermacell joints please?

[@printseps4622]

Yeah ok, a half a millimeter?? Eyeing it? Cmon guy

[@frankenfaq4706]

If only it was this easy on 100 year old houses

[@davn7723]

Why you need the tape?

[@vincedrapes4341]

Wish that I could shadow you for a couple of weeks

[@recommit]

I also wipe a coat over the top before final glean up to ensure the tape has been dampened right through. This just ensures better tape adhesion & reduces bubbles.

[@ryanmcgowan3061]

Yes, please. Also, I like to unroll a bunch of tape into a trough of muddy water to pre wet it. Especially in dry climates. If that tape never soaks it in, it's going to delaminate. I don't do much sheetrock, but enough to know how important that is.

[@Ketchupbelongsonsteak]

​@@ryanmcgowan3061don't fill the tape with water or the glues in the mud can't be absorbed because the water is in the way.

[@ryanmcgowan3061]

@@Ketchupbelongsonsteak No different than a taper tool.

[@notimportant3686]

@@ryanmcgowan3061 this is a mistake, prewetting the tape is exactly what would make it detach... i used to do it too for a short period... but it doesn't make sense... when you do that, the paper is already moist, when used dry tape over wet mud, the tape pulls in the moisture from the mud and with it a small amount of mud glue and mud particles, that's what creates the actual bond... when the tape is already wet there is no way it can pull in that moisture and glue from the mud under it, the "pores" are already full

[@ryanmcgowan3061]

@@notimportant3686 I should have said "wet mud" instead of "muddy water." Same thing a bazooka does, with about the consistency of pudding.

[@WvhKerkhof]

We use tape with glue.

[@dylanheyworth9519]

Why paper tape and not mesh tape on the flats if you don’t mind me asking?

[@aanthonygavina]

What happens when you don’t pre fill?

[@clittle1559]

35 years I havnt seen the prefilled step. unless your plastering somthing in with quick dry /hot mud whatever you want to call .... not ez to sand that's the perfect name ...

[@roonbooks3227]

You're thoughts on prewetting tape?

[@letsgrow9163]

When you said you better have pre-filled I for some reason got scared and thought about my dad lol 😭 I was like yeah yeah yes sir yup

[@joeydepalmer4457]

same for butt cracks too?

[@e-o-r9264]

Flats before butt joints ?

[@Eyembooks]

Do you prefer paper tap over fiber tape? Does it make for a stronger joint?

[@glencothran]

Show some stress crack taping and drepairs

[@ToHereFromThereClips]

Do I need to prefill all butt joints even if they are 1/8 in or less of a gap?

[@J.vandeVen-u3s]

do you finish the job after the tape dries?

[@fighterpimp]

man I wish the companies I work for let me prefill gaps. They would rage at me for telling them how to make the mud work right by prefilling. They would then have me go back out after they didn't prefil and retape everything anyone else did. I hated working for them sucked.

[@starranger54]

An accurate 2mm for the metric folk, a "small bit" for the americans 😅😅😅

[@circa1991]

Would this leave a small bump in the wall?

[@bend4852]

Yes but its virtually undetectable if the edges are feathered properly

[@vancouvercarpenter]

It does but then you have to put two coats of mud on top to hide it.

[@oneil732012]

Do I wet the paper?

[@fredhawkey380]

If I'm going to plaster the whole wall do I have to use scrim tape instead of paper? Somebody told me the paper tape can bubble under the plaster .

[@scottweltman4131]

Dude !! Butts before flats 😮

[@buckstrickland956]

With the bazooka you always do your butts 1st

[@emelio09]

Better have prefill….. i felt that

[@davidbensko4183]

Why not do it Wright

[@49r4life]

Butt joint tape goes under seam tape

[@Obi_Wan_Wan]

In the previous video why did you prefill some joints and on others you just went straight to tape?

[@clittle1559]

possibly large gaps in drywall joints aside from that is only causing problems

[@age_of_reason]

What is the purpose of the pre-fill?

[@robertpratt1294]

Helps fill in big gaps divots before you put the mud bed tape on

[@beckybarnett2066]

Can I hire you?

[@michaelwin83]

I don’t have all day to do this

[@RobGrant-o6c]

Ya i definatly did it wrong. Like all wrong. LMFAO, i went through about 100 x more mud than i should have. Lol probly should have watched some videos first.

[@lucienberl]

There is no reason for the tape to over lap thenother tape. Uses your knife and cut it perfect off the roll. Why not have it flat from the get.

[@luigidagostini7152]

You should re wet the tape with a tight coat for proper emulsion thru the pin perf tape.

[@coleenbarr]

Wait, you don't put mud over the paper after?

[@vancouvercarpenter]

Not until it dries

[@keithduchnicki349]

​@vancouvercarpenter I needed to know this! I really appreciate your constant communication. Go Wings!!

[@toddroy9558]

Why would you prefill a butt joint? The idea is to create less of a hump as possible. If you prefill you are creating more of a hump to try and make disappear. Never prefill a butt joint unless you have a gap between the two pieces of Sheetrock. When you have a butt joint, you will be creating a hump, so you want the least amount of mud there as possible. Make sure you float the joint out wide to hide the hump. If you prefill all you are doing is adding mud you don’t need.

[@eastwest312paq8]

I went through the comments looking for you lol

[@Ketchupbelongsonsteak]

Prefill is filling the low voids only. Pull it tight and it doesn't build up. In some cases the joint is humped before any mud is applied and guys will make a flat area for the tape to set so it doesn't ridge out from the edges of the rock being the highest point in the joint. That happens because the framing is off and the hanger didn't chose a good stud to land on.

[@BookieRitch]

Dummy

[@a-a-ron3542]

This is good advice. Make sure to always wipe your butts out, folks.

[@FrankDicasmirro]

I like your videos..question I hsve is..when doing any joints but or beveled edge..I find to litely dampen the paper a tad..it seems to hold the joint better..is this a no no...thks.. I find my tape seems to have bubble points..if not dampened...any thoughts..thks

[@robertm5969]

I think he talked about this in other videos. IIRC, pre-wetting tape helps to prevent bubbles but often causes it to lose its tensile strength, so seam cracks are more likely down the road. Instead, apply more mud under the tape before applying and bubbles are much less common.

[@sunny.2883]

you use way to many periods my guy

[@yeeaahBUDDY]

@@sunny.2883 says the guy who misspells a 3-letter word

[@institches2750]

Also, be sure you're using the right mud. Heavyweight has more glue. Light and ultralight have less, and I find that I get bubbles even with the "right" about of mud under the tape.

[@alphonsebenoit1198]

I hope this guy hasn't been taping long.

[@JustinRawrs]

Are you a gyprocker or carpenter? 90% of your videos are gyprock (most of them very similar to your previous videos…)

[@charlesmichael1927]

I don't agree with you about the tape, why overlap it, just run it up to it is perfect.

[@racker7855]

Do you pre fill with hot mud?

[@dylancooper8497]

Yes, the all purpose stuff in the bucket won’t dry if it’s put on too thick. Meant for skim coats and finals coats but hot mud is perfect for fill and taping and first coats. Hot mud is a decent bit harder to sand than the bucket stuff

[@iamchriswick]

Du bother with drywall when we can use Walls2Paint 👌

[@Im-mv6bf]

No wonder American houses don't last. Just put tape on everything. Here in Australia it's mesh tape, literally binding the lot together.

[@clittle1559]

mesh tapes used for plaster /hot mud / not so ezsand .... ofcorse it works wonders for its intended purposes, its not for drywall and normal finishing compound. mesh and regular mud will crack even the next day mesh is fiberglass dosnt absorb moisture

[@DaDaDo661]

Paper tape is just as strong. Your houses are literally built with the same materials as North American houses. What a crazy pedestal to stand on

[@brucej1278]

So your testimony is the houses in Australia are held together with mesh tape? Anyhow, Vancouver Carpenter is your first clue to where he resides.

[@recommit]

Here in Australia, I never ever use mesh tape because I don't feel like going back to the job down the track to repair cracks where the mesh failed to provide adequate movement protection. Don't tell the world we are all rednecks.

[@phlodel]

@@clittle1559 I used mesh on drywall. 15 years later, no cracks.

[@jeffschiefelbein225]

I thought you always wipe some mud over the tape right away to avoid blistering tape?

[@S1CKTR1CKY]

Your tape blisters when there’s no mud underneath

[@BrenanArntz]

Typically you do that after the mud underneath the tape dries.

[@Testing-123]

Haha ... Butt!

[@paulboutilier4928]

Just have to say; your from Vancouver so you are metric. lol I was in grade 3 I believe when the metric system came to are schools, And you are a lot younger then me. lol

[@yeeaahBUDDY]

looks like you stopped learning how to spell in grade 3 also

[@BookieRitch]

The shit buddy above me said is dynamite. Youbig dumb

[@leborhal7450]

"Don't leave any mess at the bottom" said no drywall finisher ever - I did flooring in new construction. First job was going around with a floor scrapper to remove all the mud you bums left on the floor.

[@madboomr9048]

tape should be wet on both sides not just the wall. should always put some mud on your side of the tape and wipe it clean as well.

[@burrburr6816]

No it does not

[@madboomr9048]

@@burrburr6816 SHOULD doesnt mean you HAVE to.. so I am 100% right.

[@M3DIT4TE]

You said ALWAYS

[@mentalimbalance6808]

He said, “butt joints”😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@simeonblair2991]

Butts can't get high😅 Can they?

[@mentalimbalance6808]

@@simeonblair2991 On a ladder?

[@davidcrum779]

Can you spackle my house please I'll cook ya dinner

[@jakeowens1770]

Prefill is a waste of time

[@Phantoma3]

Woah, I didn't know about prefilling the butt joint and letting it set.

[@robertoflores7424]

If the wall was a road my suspension would break with that huge bump. Please if you are going to make tutorials do it right bro, i do skate aswell

[@ROSS4422]

Sheetrock walls aren't flat. They just look flat when correctly done, as he is doing.

[@ericdeissler209]

Fiberglass tape on butt joints will save you that awful blister on paper tape. #justsayin

[@BookieRitch]

Hacks use fiber

[@ronaldfox8520]

Couple of MM for ur metric folk. 😂

[@andrewparis1398]

1/2mm splitting hairs aye bud😂