Rant: I taped corners wrong for 5 years until my boss called me out

I thought I was doing fine with inside corners, just slapping the paper in there and hoping for the best. Been doing it that way since I started helping my uncle on jobs in San Antonio back in 2019. Then last month we were finishing a basement in Round Rock and my boss watched me for like 2 minutes. He grabbed my knife and showed me how I was overlapping the paper too much on one side, causing a hump that I'd have to mud over three times. Turns out I was supposed to crease the paper tighter and keep the overlap way smaller. Now I kick myself thinking about all the extra time I wasted on sanding. Anyone else have a basic technique click way later than it should have?

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blair_davis509d ago

Honestly, is the hump really that big a deal to fix later?

eric_wright779d ago

@blair_davis50 That hump adds up over time, it's like leaving a tiny dent in every step of a process and wonder why the whole thing takes twice as long. It's the same reason I can't stand it when people leave a half inch of toothpaste in the tube instead of just rolling it up neat.