Drywall News and New Products

I had to hang up a very heavy and valuable piece of art. A single Hercules Hook and 30 seconds was all it took.

Hercules hooks are tested by having 60 pound, 77 pound, and 83 pound kids sit on a seat suspended by two Hercules Hooks.

Premo Rockout Review
The owner of a new product called the Premo Rock Out contacted me to take a look at her product video. You can see the Premo Rockout Video here. I took a look at the video and then contacted the owner to see if she was willing to send me a product to [...]

Self-adhesive paper drywall tape is paper tape with an adhesive side and holes for drywall joint compound to seep through. I have read about this product on handyman forums, and some folks  have stated that this type of tape is problematic. I wanted to find out for myself, so I gave it a try on [...]

My father-in-law had his drywall professionally finished on his high arched ceilings. And I would recommend the same for anybody else – leave the high ceilings to the pros! The hired crew used ordinary paper tape to finish this ceiling and the corner at the peak was not 100% straight. The result was a joint [...]

A few months back a fellow, Ron Morton, the creator of a new product called the TapeBuddy offered to send me his product if I would give it a try. I told Ron that I would do a review, but the review would not be guaranteed to be positive. To see what this product is [...]