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silverstilts · 10-17-2008, 05:51 AM

A few days ago someone had question about ways to make the transition on a 90 degree with bull nose , either transitional blocks or just 45 cutting the bead .... my question is i seen something that form's the beads by pressing the ends into a sq edge so as to eliminate them plastic nightmare blocks ,,, has anyone used one and do they justify the cost??? Don't use much bull nose around here but sometimes get on a job with tons of arches and windows it may be worth it ,,, i would like some input..

joepro0000 · 12-02-2008, 07:26 PM

Funny I live in Florida, and have never run into them, and hope not!

drywallnflorida · 12-02-2008, 08:22 PM

I've seen them crimpers for the bottems of the bullnose bead so that the trim guy dosen't have to deal with the round corners with his base but are you talking about squaring the bead where two pieces meet together at a 90 degree?

S&SDRYWALL · 12-18-2008, 01:19 AM

Im not sure really what your talking about, all we use here is bullnose, rarely sq. bead. For the bottoms they make Sq. transitions , and as far as the 90s, if your using the transitions, the cuts have to be very nice or your going to have nasty gaps where your bead meats your transition, nothing a little filling cant fix, its just so much easier to run the bead when its not clickin everytime you float over that 90.

brdn_drywall · 12-21-2008, 12:54 AM

i to have seen those crimping devices somewhere on the net(forgotten where) and wondered how well they worked would be nice to eliminate those plastic bace adaptors.

Barry · 06-17-2009, 01:15 PM

You can use a product call Squarzit, it sqaures off the rounded corners, allowing you to butt up any Baseboard or crown molding with a quick and simple 45 degree cut. Saved us a lot of time and hassles.

muddymen · 06-17-2009, 05:30 PM

Is that tool just for the old metal bull nose because I don't know how it would work with the plastic BN unless it had some kind of heating element in it.

Barry · 06-18-2009, 01:24 PM

I used plastic/vinyl Bullnose Corner Bead on the new walls I put up. Then when applying that squarzit product to the corner where I was going to add a baseboard, all I did was scuff little mud on before sticking it on the edge. I then mudded over it to give the square edge, doesn’t use a lot of mud, I didn’t have to flare it out the mud like using the Trim-Tex Bullnose Adapter. I have not found a product that was easier or faster to finish a rounded edge to a square edge.

10-17-2008, 05:51 AM	#1
silverstilts Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern MN Posts: 236	Bull-nose A few days ago someone had question about ways to make the transition on a 90 degree with bull nose , either transitional blocks or just 45 cutting the bead .... my question is i seen something that form's the beads by pressing the ends into a sq edge so as to eliminate them plastic nightmare blocks ,,, has anyone used one and do they justify the cost??? Don't use much bull nose around here but sometimes get on a job with tons of arches and windows it may be worth it ,,, i would like some input..

06-17-2009, 01:15 PM	#6
Barry Executive member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Travel between Washington and BC Canada Posts: 4	Baseboard/crown molding bullnose solution You can use a product call Squarzit, it sqaures off the rounded corners, allowing you to butt up any Baseboard or crown molding with a quick and simple 45 degree cut. Saved us a lot of time and hassles.

06-18-2009, 01:24 PM	#8
Barry Executive member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Travel between Washington and BC Canada Posts: 4	Works on all Bullnose Corner Beads I used I used plastic/vinyl Bullnose Corner Bead on the new walls I put up. Then when applying that squarzit product to the corner where I was going to add a baseboard, all I did was scuff little mud on before sticking it on the edge. I then mudded over it to give the square edge, doesn’t use a lot of mud, I didn’t have to flare it out the mud like using the Trim-Tex Bullnose Adapter. I have not found a product that was easier or faster to finish a rounded edge to a square edge.

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