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I finally learned why mudding corners keeps cracking
Ran into an old pro at the supply house who told me I was laying the tape too dry... said to wet the corner bead first. Has anyone else had their corners fail because the paper wasn’t soaked enough?
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willow4072mo ago
That bit about wetting the corner bead first is what finally fixed my own cracking problem. I tried it on the next job and the mud soaked into the paper way better instead of just sitting on top and peeling off later. It's a small step but it makes all the difference in those inside corners.
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william_carter2mo ago
Oh man actually you're supposed to wet the tape not the bead itself, not the metal part.
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