Hanging Blue Board and Installing Corner Beads

Bob interviews Brian Dauphinee who hangs blue board, installs corner bead, and applies the scratch coat of plaster.
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Hanging Blue Board and Installing Corner Beads

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" O'Brien now has all of the wallboard and face. And the poster plumb and sturdy and then. The most important part of of the plastering job really happens at this stage right -- that's right -- to be straight because the plaster follows the exactly. And they've got a mitered corner why's it important it. Miter here for -- sometimes the plaster falls out of the corner of the corner -- doesn't run continuous into the light yes. And now we'll eyeball the mark. And just -- that. Straight on the side that goes in on the inside corner. And angle for the outside miter. Area. But this also is the slowest part of the of the project. Because you've got to be careful that everything kind of critical that for sure yet to be careful that everything meets."

" Evenly."

" Try this -- is how often. That should be about every foot about every twelve inches yes. Now the important thing to keep in mind is that you want to have a good straight -- when you're laying this out his for example you need to follow this line evenly across the whole width of the places you want to have demonstrated helping you. When you're positioning that last piece over there."

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