leor37•1mo agoProlific Poster

A customer told me my corner beads were "too sharp" and I had to rethink everything

I was hanging board in a kitchen remodel over in Brookings last spring and the homeowner came out and said the corner beads looked too sharp. I thought he was crazy at first, but he wanted me to switch to no-coat paper faced beads instead. First time I ever used them on a job. Took me a while to get the mud to stick right on the paper, but after about 3 rooms I started to like how the corners blended in smoother. Now I use paper faced beads on any remodel job where the walls aren't perfectly square. Has anyone else made the switch and never looked back?

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sage_fox1mo ago

Funny how things work out. Its like that whole idea that sometimes the thing you push back on hardest ends up being exactly what you needed. Reminds me of how people react to those automatic doors at the grocery store. You see someone walk up expecting to push and they just stand there for a second looking confused. Then they walk through and its fine. Same with those paper faced beads. We get set in our ways and think sharp corners are the only right way because thats what we learned. But old houses are crooked and life is crooked. The sooner you give in and work with the crooked the easier it gets.

calebrivera1mo ago

Man that's a rough one... homeowner critiques can really throw you off your game. Good on you for giving the paper faced beads a try though, they're definitely nicer for those wonky old walls.