The Drywall tape on my ceiling is starting to seperate. What measures must i take to repair this?
Question:In the hallway were the tape joins the wall to the ceiling. The tape is starting to come undone. Do I need to rip piece of tape the whole way down the wall or can i repair only the exposed parts? What do i need to do to fix this? I need to know from start to finish.
Answers:
you can repair the exposed stuff.. i take a razor knife and cut from good past the bad to the new good.. slap some mud up there.. fold the tape and stick it in. take my knife and wipe the tape into the mud. pretty tight cuz you have to add more mud anyway.. put a light coat on the tape and let it dry.. hit it again until it suits you
Unless you have a moisture problem, this is usually caused when the taper failed to get ehough mud under the tape originally. Cut the tape where it is bad, making sure that there isn't any more like it in the same vicinity. Put mud on both sides of the tear-out area and place tape in mud. Press mud out using a 5 or 6 inch drywall knife. After mud has dried, run some mud on one, side feathering the out edge to keep from having a big edge. After that side dries, run the other side, this is a process repair and shouldn't be hurried. After both sides are dry, prime and then paint.
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