Finishing

So at this point we're gonna start thinning out the compound solution We're gonna be using our tenage blade our tenage drywall blade And you want to mix this compound solution up to kind of like a sour cream or or even thinner than mayo Maybe perfect catch up get it to a catch-up consistency consistently where it's running off of the blade And then once you get it there it's gonna be nice and easy to actually start blending in the tape that we got working on the wall So let's get back to it So as you can see now the benefits of using a tenage blade is you're actually blending the tape into the rest of the area that we're working with here And so at this point you want to put enough to cover the tape But also not too much to not create another extra layer on top so just enough and it takes a little bit of Nuggling a little bit of finesse where the amount of pressure you distribute on the high and low spots But guys, it's so easy. Just give it a try all right So for our last and final step as you can see this is nice and smooth You can't even see where the damage was taking place and where the old meets the new drywall So the last part is the texture now with texture you kind of have basically two types of textures for the most part You have the textures are orange peel to picture right there or you have one like this Which is a knockdown. This is a very light knockdown. Sometimes there's a little more coarse or heavier knockdowns But essentially there's a layer of on top and a lower layer on the bottom and they just kind of transition like that Now if you have an orange peel texture you will use a product like this similar to that and kind of match the Corseness of the actual texture and if you got a knockdown like this I will show you how to do it very simply So we have our mud mixed up nice and light you can use any kind of putty knife and so the way I do it You simply get a little bit on an edge right there and I'm gonna splatter around Now remember when it comes to matching everything where the torrents go are knocked down the wider the better the better match The less likely somebody to see any kind of difference or transitions All right, now here's the easy part just knock it down Nice and lightly nothing heavy Boom and just like that we're gonna throw them bait on it and you can barely tell that they're anything is there