Drywall News and New Products

Strait Flex offers a drywall crack repair tape that is 10 times stronger than regular paper drywall tape. I gave it a try on the repair of several cracks.

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 [...]