Apply Drywall Mud and Tape

joints for that we're gonna need the drywall tape we're gonna need a drywall taping knife the mix that we're gonna use this is the drywall mix now what's cool about this the easy 90 that means it takes 90 minutes to harden so this is accelerated significantly than the basic stuff [Music] create a nice sliver right between the joints get it right between the two seams get a light press and start squeezing out the mud the remainder can go right on top of that tape to give a better saturation so now in case you're going to do uh corners the tape has a little perforated or creased already in the middle of it and all you got to do is just go with the crease don't fight the crease [Music] we need a little backer board so i'm going to put this in the back with pocket holes space it out accordingly so what i mean by accordingly these have to come out far enough that i still have about a quarter inch three-eighths of an inch whatever the thickness of the tile backflash that's going to go on we got to make these connections we'll use these little pex connectors go in there cramp them together just like we did the rest of the plumbing why are we always matching because we're cute okay i'm just pretending like i know what i'm doing it's not leaking i'll have you put on these corners um so you're just gonna basically hug it close like that and then use nails those special drywall nails hey hey hey take crazy okay afterwards you have to blend everything out so this is how wide this particular mud is the paper is the bridge right so now we have to blend it out this way and then after that we're going to blend it even more to get rid of all these harsh transitions to get rid of these harsh transitions try again let's try again you just kind of brush it over so that i can follow you with a wider trowel to start blending the first coat cool cool all right