How to first coat a butt joint

[gustovnovakoff]

Thank you so much! I used the mesh tape and all turned out smooth and wonderful!

[TheFaris1313]

i have to agree with yall..he dont know anything..it needs to be feathered out more if there is a hump in it..for the time it took him to do that..i could have had the room done by hand..when you are getting paid to do it..you got to be good and make it look good..

[TheCactus71]

@TheFaris1313 impossible! you know-it-alls make me laugh. if i didnt know better, i might believe you.

[B0BTHEFIXER]

Good job my friend, I see Many people against mesh tape, and i will never use BUT mesh tape , because for years of using it the correct way i never got a call back on cracks or whatever, because you need to use setting mud with the 1st coat. Period. if you dont like mesh , dont use it ! da da ! keep it up

[TheAxecutioner]

Is that a curved 10inch knife?

[killaclown151]

this clown has no idea how to finish drywall.... no one should listen to him, sadly enough he probably still gets paid to do it.

[TheCactus71]

@killaclown151 I don't mind allowing negative comments so long as there is no bad language. Oh! You're right. I do get paid. Who said clowns should have to work for free.

[bl1tzkr1egbob]

u got skills man

[Hollrobb]

Thanks for answering my question in the form of this video, i've seen 30 videos looking for this answer and all of them only showed taping the tapered edge joints and not the butt joints.

 Thanks again and have a nice holiday season,,,Rob

[Phil145021]

Mesh Tape should be illegal. Period.

[Hirokiji]

mesh tape on a residential project? its not standard practice in australia. Ezytape is used for commercial partition work.

[TheCactus71]

@Hirokiji I don't know what Ezytape is unless you are talking about paper tape.

[Hirokiji]

@TheCactus71 Mesh Tape is otherwise known as easy-tape (Ezytape). Paper tape is for the professional finish bar none.

[xXsnitchyXx]

@TheCactus71 ezytape is mesh tape we call it that in australia as its ezy to apply , ruff tho , not good on butts , but hey your the expert right?

[asadourian]

Great, simple to understand video! When should you use the mesh tape versus the paper tape?

[InShatteredMolds]

with mesh tape, do you use just regular mud? or do you like bag or premade better? I've been told a few times to use the chemical reacting drying mud for mesh tape, regular water mixed mud pulls the mesh tape off where as the chemical reacting mud with paper tape hurts that also but i haven't seen a lot of the 'chemical drying' mud i guess i've just had good luck with using regular green or blue lid mud with mesh tape. What's your blend that you like?

[Watermelonsization]

@InShatteredMolds mesh tape should only be used with fast-set mud. use paper tape if you're using anything else. 

[JoseUvalle]

do you need tape sorry i just dont see it and want to do some diy in my house

[TheCactus71]

@JoseUvalle you always need tape. I am using mesh tape with quick set for first coat. Mesh tape on video is hard to see because it is see through.