Drywall finishing levels explained 

Thank you for this explanation. You see a lot of videos that show individual techniques or how to do specific things. You don’t see overviews like this that shows what jobs look like beginning to end. Now the whole process makes so much more sense now.

gotta love when channels make quick informative videos easy to understand without making it look like rocket science..thanks a lot🙌

After HS, I was a Carpenter for a few years (Before going to College) and mainly specialized in installing Drywall. The older Guys took the time and showed me how to Tape and Mud. These are skills that I still use to this day when remodeling. I'm not sure who she is, but I have been watching her for some time now and she knows what she is doing and talking about. The thing that blows me away, is how good and fast she works.

I just added drywall and finishing to my skill set and watching this video just to see how many levels is super informational! And I love seeing a woman explain it!

Great explanation. Great video. Great work. Thanks.

Great overview of levels... appreciate your time to make a video about it

Thanks for that. A quick and simple 1-5 wrap. Cheers

This is a brilliant explanation

Beautiful explanation

Well you know tour stuff thats for sure i love the work

Most are on level 1 but acting level 5, its about seamless and smooth with a side of personal pride added into the mix to thin it down

I find it so addictive that you do dry wall

Amazing work.

Very professional and very informative!! We moved into a house with a level 2 (unpainted) 2-car garage it looks like. When I start fixing any blemishes and prior to prime and paint, should I bring it to level 3 or is that a waste of time and material? My plan is just for parking the cars and putting in storage cabinets and a little workshop area and epoxying the garage floor. Thanks!

thank you for the video 😍

I see you do a good job👍 and you are like a professional.

Great job 👍

Thanks shorty 🌹🌹🌹

I have been doing level 4 since I have been introduced to this job 👍👍👍

Wish I knew this 36 years ago when I had my house built. The drywall contractor I hired was a disappointment. I was happy to be rid of the guy when it was all said and done. Nice video Shorty, thanks.

Hell yeah, great job 👏

I had to watch 6 videos from various pros before I got to this video on how to finish a drywall. Thank you.

thank you, that was very informative!

We did lvl 5 on every job.... I'd rock it, and clean up after the plaster come wreck the places.... we go thought with a gigantic powered orbit sander on all walls and block sander in the corners.... smooth as butter, clean up any gouges or cracks with premade mud... +10 years rocking

Me encanta como trabaja🥰 no me pierdo Sus videos en Instagram no me aburro de aprender de ella. Soy nuevo en ello pero un día seré como ella. No manejo el inglés es otra cosa q aprenderé para entenderle😅 LOve you

Not sure if only me but I can see the shadows from tapping coat at the last take. Window let's light in and it kind of pops more

Everything this shawty do is level 6!

I do a level 4 while only coating butts and rails and beads twice and doing the screws 3 times. I box with an 8 and a 12 inch for rails, and hand coat the beads and butts. Paper bead I can get away with 2 coats, but not on vinyl or metal. You just gotta get those beads full by coating it 12 inches for each coat

Good video

wow well explained 👍👍👍⚘

Is level three knock down texture?

Your hair changed, is it a requirement to braid your hair once you reach level 4? 😉 Good video!

well done

Nice

What is your reason you tape? You just mentioned earlier that you don’t tape…am I mistaken?

My question is do you sand after the second coat.. and the fine sand the finish coat.. In New York we call the 3rd coat the polish coat..

So a level 5 is a multi finish in the UK 🇬🇧

i like you. good job

Hot drywall chic

So do you sand inbetween levels or only on the last level?

now i know!! 😁thanks!!

If you made it to level 4 might as well coat the whole thing and do it level 5. That is of course for those doing their own work to their house or smtg.

Great video its really hard to Truly appreciate the skill of a craftsperson until you attempt it yourself. I'm an ignorant diy drywaller. I don't really get the level concepts. I'm attempting and more or less failing my finish of a 2,000 Sq. Ft. basement. I have taped and 3-5 coats not flat or cracked, I dug out crack re taped, 3-5 more coats still looks great but sub Professional. I have taped and 3 coats others that I painted and with a flashlight I can't see a damn thing and I'm really proud. I don't understand why some are failing trash and others would pass for professional work. I think my problems were more of hanging the drywall and the framing than the mudding itself. When you say level 2 gets 2 coats does the coat get bigger? How much bigger? Or are you just going over the same size again to make up for shrinkage? Do these levels get sanded differently? I would prefill 4 inch knife, tape and put some mud over it. Sand, 8 inch knife, sand, 12" knife, back to the 8 inch knife 2 passes makes 16", back to 12 inch knife 2 passes makes about 24" and I thought I'd sand that and it'd be perfect everything I ever wanted. Nope.

Thanks for this. One question... between your work and the paint being applied was there a texture added? Couldn't really see it in the vid. I'm looking to finish my garage, and am just wondering at what level I can paint it without texture. Based on your description I'm thinking that's a level 4 but unclear if level 4 expects texture to be applied.

Plastering is the best finish.

Knives vs Flat Boxes tools win every time.

Ok, I'm still confused because of the terminology. Did I hear that correctly? There are: corner beads? Butts? Flats? Corners? Did I mention them all? I'm sure I missed something and misheard something lol. Can someone explain this please. Does anyone realize DIYers don't have the lingo yet and so a full explanation would be appreciated.

Can't hear you

Wish I had watched your stuff before I paid the mexican drywall guys i hired. They spent 1 day in my master bathroom , came in two days later and sanded once for an hour, done. When I inspected later it looks terrible. Mud all over my floor, windows, fixtures, and blisters galore. Ive spent hours at this point trying to clean up mud and will spend hours more fixing their mistakes. Also, dont get me started on the dust.

Bravoo

Good job though!

hermosa

Don’t you sand to finish?

Can you really tell the difference after it is painted a level 4 from a 5?

What's is level 0?

I do nice work.

خلفك ماسوره امام تركيب الجبص !!

Молодец, супер

I am painter I like to work with you 🤗

Looks like you skip trowel with an 18" long handle curved trowel... Just my opinion

There's are three levels to drywall Hangers Tapering then Finishers.

و الماسورة فوقك قليلا تصل الارض ارتفاعها

Cheap Primer can Ruin a paint Job.

It’s just sad woman chooses to live a way of life exhausting and miserable instead of being with a good man who provides and you just stay home and raise good kids and just chill Women choosing careers over family and raising kids

Such Bullshit!!! just do the job right the first time and stop skipping levels. There should only be one standard and that’s a complete finished job done the right way and ready for paint if ever needed or wanted. Levels should never be allowed. It’s basically skipping steps.

your crazy level 5 is the only 'level' anything less is shoddy workmanship. refuse to work if your bid is too high for them. they're trying to pay less by getting you to do an inferior job, thus creating all these 'level's' of quality. there's only one outcome unless you botch it up out of incompetance. dry wall looks perfect if it's done correctly. dont do the job if it's all out of square or hung improperly. tell them to do it. dont encourage sloppy wannabee construction.

There are no levels in drywall, there is tape, coat and re-coat and then sand, the so called levels were created to get more money, you either know how to finish or not