If you scrape the surface clean in an area, reapply compound, because the paper tape won't stick to the paper-covered drywall without compound. Once the compound is smooth, cut a piece of joint ...

Here's a helpful tip for getting really smooth drywall seam. After you've laid the tape in a four-inch bed of joint compound, apply another thin coat of compound with a six-inch knife. Let it dry ...

Paper tape is used almost exclusively by the pros because it’s very thin, which helps create imperceptibly smooth drywall joints. Paper tape comes with a crease down the center that allows you ...

Question: I am ready to put up drywall in an at-home office for my business. I have put up drywall before to divide one large bedroom into two, but the joints look bad. This room must look better ...

Dear James: I just moved into an older house, and a lot of the drywall tape is coming loose and needs retaping. Why did it come loose, and how should I replace it? -- Randall N. Dear Randall: It ...

3. Now you can screw your drywall patch onto the wood, and it should sit flush with the rest of the wall and a minimal gap. Step 2: Tape and Finish with Joint Compound Now that all of the ...

There is shadowing by the joints, and it seems worse at night. Shadowing is not a condition that resulted from you not hanging the drywall properly, and the magnitude of the problem varies ...

Drywall cracks and nail pops occur at framing ... Bridge the entire groove with a fiber-mesh joint tape, and apply a hot-mud compound with a taping knife on either side of the tape, covering ...

taking care to use only as much mud as necessary to fill the joint and bed the tape. Mudding drywall can be messy, difficult, and time-consuming, especially without the right wall prep.