How to seal the joints in drywall using paper and tape reinforcement

This stage occurs after the installation of sheets.Each "master" understands that how quality will be embedded in the drywall seams depends on the appearance of the finished structure.After all, the wrong seal eventually leads to the appearance of cracks on the surface of the wall, door, and so on. D.

There are several ways to grout.There are ways of "official", which offer manufacturers.they depend on the fact that the company produces.However, in practice people find their own solutions, "folk" methods, studied the experience of friends and trying on their own.Therefore briefly on two as jointing gypsum board should be taken into account, and how and what then would have surfaced.Unfortunately, not everyone understands this and does not take into account in practice.

grout using paper tape

On sale is a special paper tape for sticking.It has sufficient strength and is cheap.The tape is cut into strips of the required size and filled (to softened) boiling water.At the same time the joint sheets treated with a special mixture.Practitioners recommend putty Uniflot how many times proved composition.There are cheaper formulations, but they provide the reliability lower.

A few hours later, after the composition has dried, all the excess must be removed and the abutment is good to handle with sandpaper - sand.This is necessary for the smooth placement of the tape.Bands need to get paper and squeeze (for example, the stretch between the fingers).On the one hand they are smeared with glue.It is best to use white glue, as it is after drying it does not change its color.

The same glue joint is greased already prepared sheets of drywall.Top cooked superimposed bands - of course, it must be carefully smoothed.After drying, the adhesive tape will look like a single whole with plasterboard.This joint can be treated with any material (paint, varnish and so on. N.).

application of reinforcing tape

In this method applied reinforcing tape (also have on offer).The seam must be prepared.To do this, made a sharp knife chamfer at both adjacent sheets.It is believed that a layer of drywall to cut better at an angle of 45 degrees to the angle between the plates was 90.

second phase of this operation - processing glued tape.First, from the surface to remove all the adhering particles to smooth any unevenness.Such work is conveniently carried out with a spatula, the reverse side of the knife blade.After the tape surface becomes smooth, it again applied a thin layer of putty.The width of the applied filler strip should be slightly larger than the width of the tape.

If this is not done, there will be a noticeable scar on the edges of the tape at the point of fit to the drywall.After the tape has a small, but thick.Here is the scar and the need to make amends for the second layer of putty.After re-drying of the layer, a final polishing.