Angle Head Combinations

Mudshark

Which combination of angle heads seem to work for you?

TonyM

Flush the tape with a Rol-plow, and finish with a Northstar 2 1/2" corner finisher on an Apla-tech Canon.

Bevelation

^ A dinky 2½" for finish?! Does it feather all right?

For me., 3 for flushing, 3 for finishing.

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What do you add to powdered water?

Whitey97

<--- 2 1/2"

I was told the 3" wasn't worth it, and you have to push too hard.

Bevelation

^Poop on what you're told.

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Whitey97

that's what the guys at "Al's taping tools" told me

Muddauber

Well, poop on Big Al

Whitey97

ha ha

Bevelation

I can imagine 1wallboardsman putting his comment in as to what he thinks of the guys behind the counter.

So would you take a taper's view or the cash clerk's?

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Apple24

2-1/2for tape 3-1/3 to coat tried all combos works great no edge and dont usually sand much between.Ive been in bus for over 20 years and the first thing i was taught was to overlap every coat why build up an edge to sand off no matter what your coating. 3-1/2 is made by northstar and a great tool nevr touched it in 2 years runs great never sand to tape.

Whitey97

I measured mine, since I've never really paid attention. Mine is a 3 1/2. Al told me not to mess with anything larger than that, meaning 4" and bigger.

Darren@Partners

Al needs to sell you a mudrunner. You'll S***can all those others.

Whitey97

Yeah, I know I've used it a few times, however the need for one these days just isn't the same here as it used to be. If it were 5 years ago, I would be kicking myself for not having one. Right now though, it's just not worth it

Apple24

ya still need the right head to do the crrect job

Apple24

If you bought a 3-1/2 you would **** how much easier it would be to sand allways overlap your edges. Do you run a 6" on all your screws 3 times or do you cover over the previous. My point is wht build up an edge when you can coat over it. 2-1/2 then 3-1/2 perfect everytime. Als right though 4" heads suck they leave an edge no matter what. Tried all combo's 2 1/2 then 3 1/2 With lite blue mud perfect.

Whitey97

maybe it's time to go get a 2 1/2.

tapingfool

watch my friend john he is great, I am buying some new boxes and spotters from him soon..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnQvnHLlNcA

Whitey97

hmmm.... I'm not really sure what to think of your friend John. Thank him though for me, he's single handedly taught over 1000 amigo's

tapingfool

Just to add, I just did a 6 room house, and ran the 2 1/2 then the 3 1/2 and minimal sanding, pushing, touch-up...tapetech

Apple24

Anything over a 3 1/2 will leave a nasty edge. Dont care for the 4'' head threw it away my 3 1/2 over a 2.5 tape head works great.why build up an edge running the same head twice,too much sanding and should be struck by hand a final time running same head twice.