Hi! I’m Eric with Johnson Drywall. Today, we’re showing you how to install a drywall. We’ve already done our block coat. We’ve let that dry overnight so now we’re going to show you how to do the skim coat which is pretty much just like the block coat.
You use the same knife and just spread it over the flat again and just wipe the edges down, feather the edges down good and wipe down the middle. Once you’ve done your flats, you want to do the other side of your angle. On the up and down angle, that you block the one side already that’s dried. Then you’re going to do the ceiling thing, the same part the other side of the angle on the ceiling. You’ll spread the mud on that and feather the edges down.
Then you’ll put your third coat on your corner bead. You’ll spread the mud just like you do in your block coat and your tape coat and then you’ll put your third coat on your nails and your screws. Then you’re done.
Now that we’ve finished our skim coat, let it dry it overnight. It’s time to do your sanding. You want to get a sanding pole from your local hardware store and sanding sponges. You want to use 100-120 grit papers good and you just want to brush the joints down when you’ve mud it, nice and easy, just want to brush the edges down. When we’ve done our corner beads, you want to brush the edges down there too nice and firmly on it, just don’t sand it all the mud off that you applied.
When you get to sand your angles and your nails that you have spot on your screws, you want to use a sanding sponge to just sand on the edge too like that, just lightly brush it down and you’re ready to paint.
If there are any problems or imperfections after you paint it, you can touch them up with a little bit of drywall mud and spot sander to the point up. Hopefully, all these tips will make drywall a lot easier for you.
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