How To Install And Float Sheet Rock Metal Corner

To tape outside wall corners start by attaching a metal or plastic corner bead to the drywall corner.

How to install and float sheet rock metal corner.

You might need to do this when you are renovating your living space or even building a new one. Taping and floating drywall is the process of solidifying the joint between 2 pieces of drywall so that the plaster and paint that goes on top of it doesn t crack later on. Scoop some pre mixed joint compound onto a hawk then apply the compound to the wall corner with a 6 inch drywall knife. Creating perfectly smooth wall corners with this old house general contractor tom silva.

Use a very thick coat that covers all the metal and spreads well onto the the drywall. Cover the corner with joint compound use a 6 inch drywall joint knife to apply a thick coat of setting type joint compound in crossing strokes along both walls from one end to the other. I only show how to install the corner bead in this video not how to coat it. Smear the compound down the wall completely covering the wall corner and corner bead.

Remove the excess mud to float the surface into the corner. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this old hou. Cover the corner with joint compound use a 6 inch drywall joint knife to apply a thick coat of setting type joint compound in crossing strokes along both walls from one end to the other. Fill the joint with mud.

Tape the seam by pressing the middle of the tape into the crack ensuring that half of the tape is on one side and the other half is on the other sheet. Use a very thick coat that covers all the metal and spreads well onto the the drywall.