jennys72•1mo agoProlific Poster

Showerthought: I finally gave that new flexible corner tape a shot on a tricky bathroom job

I've been using paper tape for 20 years and thought the plastic stuff was just a gimmick. Last week on a Reno bathroom with a curved wall, I tried it and it formed perfectly without a single bubble. Has anyone else made the switch, or do you still stick with the old paper method?

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mark3611mo agoTop Commenter

Honestly, it's just tape, man. If it works for the curve, cool, but I've never had paper fail on a normal wall. People act like this stuff is life changing, but it's still just holding mud.

uma_johnson1mo ago

My last paper tape job cracked in three places after six months.

brooke5201mo ago

My buddy had the same thing happen on a ceiling patch. He used the cheap stuff from the big box store. Every single seam cracked right down the middle. The mud was fine, the application was fine. Just bad tape. He had to scrape it all off and start over. Total waste of a weekend.