leet32•17d ago

Appreciation post: The guy in Boise who showed me his corner bead trick

I always clipped my metal bead with tin snips and thought that was fine. Then I saw a guy on a job in Idaho just score it with a knife and snap it clean. Took him maybe two seconds per cut. I tried it with a basic utility knife and it's way faster with no sharp edges. Anyone have a better way to handle outside corners on old, wavy walls?

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henry_webb6817d ago

Ever try a rasp on those wavy spots after mudding, like haydenwright said?

haydenwright17d ago

All those years of wrestling with tin snips and getting little metal shards everywhere, and the answer was a simple knife score. Makes you wonder what other basic tricks we're all overcomplicating out of habit. That guy in Boise saved you a lot of future frustration with one demo. For wavy walls, sometimes you just have to mud generously and sand even more.