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jeff47

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6. On the tape

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 9, 2013, 04:23 PM

Apr 2013

That's what you do with paper tape.

If you use the fiberglass tape, you do not want to put any mud under it. You stick it directly to the drywall (which is why it's self-adhesive) and then mud over it.

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