Mudding Bathroom Walls

Use the 6 inch taping knife to scoop up and place a dab of mud to fill in and cover screw indentations and nail heads.

Mudding bathroom walls.

There will be spaces or small creases joints where drywall panels meet. Drywall panels come with slight bevels on both of their long sides. It s an art form. Prepping walls after cement board duration.

Damp mud will have a. With your larger trowel lightly. When the bevels are fitted together they form a small indentation about 2 inches wide along the joints. Put on a dust mask every time you sand.

Make sure the first coat is absolutely dry especially the inside corners at the ceiling. Sanding will put a lot of fine white powder in the air and it s stuff you. Sanding the first coat 1. You can use this regular drywall tape if you re redoing any sheetrock walls in the rest of the room.

How to mud and tape drywall. Use the 6 inch taping. Tape mud sand mud sand repeat. Use the knife edge to smooth out the mud.

Mudding drywall steps 1 2 and 3. We enlisted the help of our friend andy who is basically a professional at taping and mudding walls. We mainly used the heavy duty mesh stuff for the shower walls.