Pro tip: The mud pan angle trick for inside corners

Been fighting inside corners for years and finally realized I was holding my mud pan at the wrong angle - it should be almost flat against the wall, not tilted up. Tried it on a job last week in a 12x12 bedroom and the coat went on smooth in half the time with way less sanding. Anyone else got a simple trick that took them way too long to figure out?

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brian_hart1d ago

Switching to a 10-inch knife after using a 6-inch for years cut my corner work in half.

tessalane1d ago

Funny how the right angle changes everything, same with sharpening a knife.

adam1861d ago

Dude totally. It's wild how a few degrees off on a knife edge makes the difference between shaving sharp and just kinda smashing through whatever you're cutting. I spent a whole afternoon once messing with the angle on an old hunting knife, going back and forth between 20 and 25, and it was night and day on the pull through some rope. You really feel it in the cut, like the steel just bites in better at that sweet spot. Once you nail it, you can't go back to a dull edge.