![]() ![]() So to avoid this, I just like to use mesh. The reason that I like using mesh for quick patches is that you can use it in combination with quick set mud which if you instead use quick set mud with paper tape it and the quick set mud is used as a prefill and then you try to go over top of the prefill with paper tape when the quick set mud has not dried completely, it is possible the paper tape can sometimes curl. But paper tape is not that much thicker and for the price difference it just don’t make sense to me. It does have it’s advantages like it being so thin. There is a new tape out there that some drywallers swear by that is works better than mesh or paper, but I’m comfortable with the mesh and paper tape. Mesh tape I will sometimes use for quick patches. We, Pro Paint & Drywall, always use paper tape. Where the paper tape has a crease in it and conforms better to the square corner. ![]() Because if you use mesh tape in the angles they will tend to get rounded. ![]() Paper tape is always preferred in the angles(corners). Yep right in the ceiling & I had three call backs to fix the crack and had to drive 45 minutes one way to fix this crack. I was working on a church years ago for some Mennonites and tried to use the premixed mud with mesh tape for speed reasons (it’s quicker to mix the premix mud than the quick set mud) and one of the joints ended up cracking. The problem with using premixed mud with mesh tape is that the joint CAN crack later. So if you read the instructions on the mesh tape, it will tell you recommended to be used in combination with quick set mud. The chemicals in it react to heat and then within minutes it will dry and harden. You can’t use quick set mud in -40 below temperature, it won’t dry. If you use mesh tape is it recommended to use quick set mud, which is a dry within minutes, chemical mud that reacts to heat. Sometimes the mesh tape will dry out and if that happens, just like the paper tape, in order to get the tape to stick to the wallboard you can use a little bit of mud to get the tape to stick.īack to the subject at hand. So if you are using mesh tape, which is kind of handy for a homeowner to use because the tape is self adhesive and will stick to the wallboard/sheetrock(name brand) on it’s own usually. He wanted to do it right and not have issues down the road. This will help so you don’t have to tape over texture and finish paint, in the event that cracks would develop down the road, which they could.” And then hope nothing else cracks down the road.” If you don’t see any I would definitely paper tape over the mesh tape he had on his but joints. “You can take a halogen light around and look for cracks.So consider the source and consider WHO you are talking to. …The problem with getting advice from a place like Menards is you might get someone knowledgeable about the material and in this case a combination of materials and their application, or you might get someone that don’t know their ass from a whole in the ground. The problem with a place like Menards, and don’t get me wrong, I buy a lot of material at Menards, not all my material, but some… He said he had bought the material (tape and mud) at Menards and that they told him he could use that tape and mud. I asked him what kind of mud and taped he used and when he told me I had to explain to him, that you may experience cracking in your joints with the improper combination of tape and mud you used. He got tape and first coat of mud on and he put a lot of effort into mudding his bedroom. I recently wen to bid a job and I’ve got to give the homeowner credit for trying. Hi, today I want to talk to you about what is the correct combination of mud and tape to use and also about some of the application processes. ![]()
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