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I see way too many home owners just screwing this one up because their trying too hard. Let's just talk about a simple hole in the wall. Never use that self stick on tape or the mesh looking stuff. This stuff is kids. Regular flat tape is what you want.
OK, now with the joint compound on a nice and clean 5 or 6 inch taping knife apply a nice amount to the knife, not so much that it's falling off and all over the floor but enough. Coat the area with about 1/6 to 1/8 thick. Don't worry about putting too much on. Now unroll a piece big enough to cover the area making sure to cover at least two inches more on each end.
Second coat. Now in the same way you did it yesterday, yes you have to let it dry a day. I mean if you want to look good you do. A nice amount of mud now, spread it over the whole area extending way beyond the patched area. If you don't it will always look like a patch. Start from the inside of the area and work your way out. Think like this, hold knife flat to apply and on a ever so slight angle to remove the excess mud. This is some what hard but you can do it, your not in a rush are you, LOL.
Third and final coat. Just the same way as you did yesterday. Yes it takes days to do it right. But now with the 10 inch knife. This is really called a skim coat, what your doing is covering knife marks and really just giving it a much better smoother finish to it. If your good enough here you wont even need to sand. Just remember, don' try to hard and what ever you do put it on, knife it off and leave until it dries.
Sanding: What sanding you mean you didn't do that good. OK we all sand, well not all but most. With Sheetrock sand paper or a Sheetrock sanding sponge, sand very little making sure the edges are nice and flat, don't worry about smooth that's what you got paint for. Related Items:
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Let me start by saying that it's not easy and it's not hard to tape. First thing you nned to know is, never ever sand until you're done. Done means no more coats and looks good.
This is what it looks like.
This is what your going to do now. With the knife on about a 45 degree angle spread the mud (compound) making the tape lay flat and squeezing the mud out. Return the mud to the bucket making sure you didn't leave any chunks behind. DONE don't touch it any more. This is where everyone screws it up by putting on to much and try to hard. You are going to do this two more times. Once more with the same knife and last time with a 10 inch knife.
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