Premixed compounds are also available in resealable 1-quart to 5-gallon containers. Dry Time: Joint compound takes longer to dry before sanding. Usually overnight.

I have divided a large room to create an office, so I now have to tape the drywall joints. What are some taping tips so the joint locations ...

Katy French and Danielle Perez show how to make bold, renter-friendly textured art with easy joint compound methods anyone can try.

To hang and finish drywall, you need drywall sheets, joint compound, tape, fasteners and edge treatments. That seems straight­forward, but when you’re standing in the drywall aisle at the home ...

First I laid down a bed of joint compound across the seams of my large patch. Then, I cut strips of the tape to length for each seam. Next, I used a 4-inch drywall knife to press the tape into the ...

Joint compound is "schmootzed" over the joint wide enough to fill behind the 2-inch drywall paper tape. The tape is torn to fit from side joint to side joint, laid into the compound and covered ...

I hear tell that joint compound is wetter and spreads more easily, as it's meant to cover large joints. Spackle on the other hand is drier as it's meant to patch only small holes.<BR><BR>That ...

Joint compound or plaster of paris? A former owner had wallpapered the ceiling of my bathroom. I’ve scraped it off but in places, the plaster has come off all the way down to the cement. To patch it, ...

We left some furniture in our house during renovation and some of it has dried joint compound (the stuff that comes in those big buckets?) What kind of solvent would remove it – I am afraid if just ...