Still have yet to see any mud cover correctly in 2 coats. Maybe 2 coats with hot mud would do it...

 

I have done some amount of houses now and no complaints!:whistling2:

 

Screws and fill
Bead
Butts then flats on ceiling
Butts then flats on walls
All angles
I coat the same way
I do the ceilings first so if something drips it doesn't end up on something I coated.
I tape all flats and butts first since I work alone a lot of times I can't make it through over a hundred boards with taping angles at the same time so the second day I will finish taping angles then run the boxes.

 

What's the benefit of a flex-edge over a standard pole sander? I use a BTE pole with Joest paper, best paper for poling angles I've found so far!

 

I think it's probably the soft foam backing that makes the difference, they are brilliant on softer muds for not leaving any edge lines etc, I won't use anything else for finishing level 5, when using a flexedge on angles I trim the back edge of the pad so it doesn't mark the other side of the angle.

 

clean area. set up mixing area. set up scaffolding. pre fill broken drywall or large gaps in drywall joints. use same quick setting mud that you pre filled with and spot your nails. then while pre fill is drying tape angles, roll and flush. then tape butts and flats. second coat nails and run 10 inch on flats and butts. tie in the butts and flats with knife or trowel and coat beads.

 

We tape, block, skim, sand, pay me... LOL j/k!

Day 1
Pick apart any bad board
We tape, room by room, butts and flats, then take 5-10 min break
Angles, room by room, roll and plow as we go, take lunch (sometimes)
Stick beads and spot screws
Go home

Day 2
Box all flats, the picker is catching the short butts as we go
Coat beads and butts and screws
Go home

Day 3
Skim sand everything!(Except screws)
Box Flats
Run angles
Coat beads, butts, and screws
Go home

Day 4
Sand
Touch-up
Clean up
Get paid (hopefully)
Go home

That is our general way of doing things, it is of course all flexible depending on the needs of the job, time constraints, weather, etc etc.

 

Every job is dif about here!!:yes:
I can go from 100sqm's 2 600sqm's jobs so its all dif!! Vaults and all the other crap that comes!
I'm lucky 2 tape a house out in a day!!!:blink:

 

I had not been back to this in quite a while.
(We definitely hit nails 3 times but missed it in the list.) There seems to be some fairly consistent practices.
I might be off on this but it seems like everyone puts the butts, flats, then inside, outside, then screws more or less in that order. My question if you do the screws first then you don't risk hitting a joint with the spotter or at the end? But it seems that many do the screws last. So, screws first or last?