@abdulazizalnamlah319
Thank you so much! I'm currently preparing to drill my wall to hang some painting and was worried about creating cracks. This majorly reassured me!
@monie227
great video! To the point and no fluff! Thank you so much!
@Reve_Hyrulier
Thanks so much I moved into recently renovated home and we have about 2 cracks like that and now i can fix them with thanks
@carlosraymundomartinezesq3396
Fibafuse and hot mud will make a much stronger repair. Fibafuse lays really flat too. A small point but it will help. Great technique though!
@chrisnorth5832
Thank you so much! I admire your thoroughness and patience.
@johng9562
Really nice repair ~ if I were doing it, I would have used quickset and mesh tape for the initial repair, than regular mudd for the finish coats as the repair would have been far stronger and less likely to ever separate in the future.
@JayTurner-lg1wh
Only thing I would add is on the second or what we call bed coat of joint compound (where you use wider knife), you should offset the knife at least 3/4 of the knife width. In other words, don’t align the center of the knife with the center of the tape. You will have to make 2 passes, one on each side of the tape.
@BrazilianHashMan
Just watched for a refresher, you sir are a professional 🫡
@DanEmCarter
I watched this video before fixing the cracks in my wall for the first time. This is a great video and helped me get them done!! Thank you!!
@emilykirkwood2711
This is incredibly helpful and useful. Thank you for simple, straightforward, concise information!
@katherine2b
Such a helpful video! Love that you explained what you're doing and why and the standard. Got our first home and trying to learn how to do these things the right way. What's the difference between spackle and joint compound? For shallow cracks can spackle be used?
@CaffeinatedWizard
I have found that StepSaver Stress Crack Tape is better than paper or mesh tape. Paper tears unless you are extremely careful sanding. Also it is a millimeter or so thick so it's not easy to make the fix smooth unless you use a lot of mud. Also, it is not flexible, so if your wall shifts later, the crack will reappear. Mesh tape is strong and flexible but it has more thickness than paper tape so the checkerboard pattern shows through when you sand unless you use a LOT of mud. Stress Crack Tape is thinner than onion skin. It is also flexible like mesh tape and is just as strong. Your local Lowe's and Home Depot might carry it but my stores don't. However, Sherwin-Williams stores do. It is about $4.00 for a package which has 12 strips of varying widths, all about 6" long. You can use the size width you need and it can be cut easily with a pocket knife, scissors or putty knife.
@SusanMcKee-b3q
I have cracks to repair thanks to my interior foundation repair. They were small until the house was lifted. Thanks for the helpful hints.
@juliemanning4795
Thanks for the video! Very helpful!
@ericknoblauch9195
Instead of using the paper tape, there is a product called Crack Tape. Crack Tape is a very strong drywall tape that you have to cut with scissors, and has holes in it that the drywall mud goes through. Crack Tape is very strong and flexible. You also cannot rip Crack Tape with your hands or try to rip with a dryewall knife. I ordered it online.
@gist3118
Am really worried I have some wall cracks on my walls I live in a cold State so I guess is normal , I will try to fix it with my son thank you so much for the video ❤
@AndrewRodriguez-t9z
Well done my friend!
@johnmyers833
Very informative. All worked for me. Thank you very much.
@jeffreykoczela7091
Excellent. Thank you.
@dorenah