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I was cutting all my drywall sheets wrong for years
I always used a standard utility knife and scored one side, then snapped. It worked, but the edges were never super clean. Last month, I was helping a buddy on a job in Phoenix and saw him use a 6-inch drywall saw to cut the back paper after the snap. He said it keeps the face paper from tearing. I tried it on my next job and the cuts were perfect, no more ragged edges. It added maybe 30 seconds per cut but saved me time on taping. Does anyone else have a small trick that makes a big difference in cut quality?
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the_elizabeth5d ago
Wow, cutting drywall wrong for years is a special kind of stubborn. That's like using a spoon to dig a trench because you didn't know shovels existed. The saw trick is a game changer though, feels like learning a secret cheat code for a job. Honestly, the real pro tip is just watching someone else work for five minutes before you waste a decade doing it the hard way.
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emma_dixon704d ago
Secret cheat code" is right, I felt so dumb after learning it.
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joel_hall174d ago
Right there with you, @emma_dixon70. That feeling is the worst, like you've been playing a video game on hard mode for no reason. The number of times I've finished a project only to see a simple trick later is honestly sad. It makes you wonder what other easy ways you're missing because you just started doing something one way and stuck with it. That drywall thing is a perfect example of a simple fix for a messy job. Honestly, the internet is full of these little cheat codes if you just look before you start cutting.
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