Shoutout to the old timer in Spokane who showed me his tape trick

He saw me struggling with a corner and just said, 'Fold the last inch of your tape before you cut it, makes a perfect tab to pull.' Has anyone else picked up a random tip like that on a site?

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val94910d ago

Honestly thought those old tricks were just superstition until one saved my whole day.

terryk2814d ago

That tape trick is a lifesaver. Picked up a similar one for drywall mud. An old guy told me to keep a spray bottle of water and a wet rag in your pan. A quick mist over the mud before you take a break keeps a skin from forming. Little things like that save so much hassle.

laurag7914d ago

Oh man, that spray bottle tip is pure gold. It's exactly those little bits of wisdom from the old timers that you just don't find in a manual. I've wasted so much mud over the years scraping off that crust. Makes you realize the best tools aren't always the expensive ones, sometimes it's just knowing a simple trick.

sanchez.pat10d ago

Right, because the real trick is getting the old timers to actually tell you the secrets. They guard that stuff like it's the recipe for Coca Cola. You have to bring them coffee for a week and listen to stories about plaster for three hours before they casually drop the spray bottle tip. The manual is useless, but the initiation process is brutal.