Okay, for the sheetrock experts. We are going to do some painting this summer in the living room which has a vaulted ceiling. One of the inside corners (>90 degrees) in the ceiling has some problems with the tape and mud. Basically its peeled back from the drywall in a few places near the joint. CanI tape and mud over the problem joint or do I need to take care to try to remove the peeling tape first?
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Don't be stupid, the universe is watching. -
I suspect you will be better off in the long term if you remove the DW tape from the area where the tape/mud joint failed and rebed new tape and refinish the joint.
You dont say if you have textured walls and ceilings. If so it will be more difficult to get a good cosmetic match, so that might influence whether you repair the joint or just patch the failure. However, if you patch the joint the repair has a much higher probability of future failure.
In my experience it has always been preferable to remove the old tape and do a rework from the drywall out rather than patching over the failed tape and mud joint. -
A big "ditto" to Boomer's answer! Even though I'm no "expert" (which doesn't keep me from commenting as much as it should
), as long as you're going to be working with mud anyway, it won't be much extra work at all to do it right. If you mud over some tape that is not itself stuck down, that area will be prone to wrinkling/buckling at some point. It sounds like it would be a small investment now.
Regards,
TomComment
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I agree with Boomer and Tom. The tape that's there will likely not want to level itself out and bond to the drywall at this point. You probably need to cut it out and patch.
JRJRComment
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ditto....
if you dont fix the problem right the first time it is going to come back to haunt youPhil In Ohio
The basement woodworkerComment
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Thanks guys. That's kinda what I was figuring but I just wanted to be sure I was not overkilling the problem. It's a nontextured wall ceiling joint so I won't have any cosmetic issues to deal with. Thanks again for all the great advice.
JayDon't be stupid, the universe is watching.Comment
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I would suggest using No-coat Ultraflex for taping. Someone had suggested it to me when i was trying to clean up the joints in my ceiling, and it came out much better. You can see the before and after photos in this thread. I just taped over the existing tape, but the tape on my ceiling was sound.EricComment
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Another vote for Ultraflex - great stuff, makes for really tight, straight corners. I bought the 3.25" version - about $25 per 100ft, worked great for me.Comment
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If you happen to tear through the paper of the drywall while removing the tape, you want to make sure you seal the drywall before applying the mud. Otherwise, you might have issues if the drywall sucks the moisture from the mud.Comment
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