Hey everyone, a quick heads-up that I’ve decided to close DrywallSkool and will be archiving this group soon. If you’re just finding the group, please hold off on joining or starting a free trial. I’m putting that time into finishing Drywall Academy and making more drywall videos for the That Kilted Guy YouTube channel. If you came here looking for help with a drywall project, you can still find my how-to videos over there. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and gave the group a shot. I appreciate it. — Guy, That Kilted Guy

To an experienced Drywaller, hot mud is magic. What hot mud really is, is it is a fast setting joint compound that comes in numbered working times. For example you can buy a hot mud in five minute, 20 minute, 45 and 90 minute. These times are the working time before it starts setting up meaning once you start mixing it with a 20 minute hot mud you have 20 minutes until it starts to thicken up and become unusable. We call it hot mud because it begins to set up and harden through a chemical exothermic reaction which creates a little bit of heat in the process. Experienced drywall repair guys call it magic because it can greatly speed up your workflow when doing things like drywall repairs. If you learn how to spread the mud quickly and efficiently, you can complete multiple drywall repairs in one or two hours. With normal air drying joint compound the same process could take days. I will cover this specific type of drywall mud, much more in one of the lessons in the classroom.

Let’s get to know each other. Reply below with: 1. Your first name and general location 2. What drywall or home-repair project you are working on—or hope to start 3. Whether you are brand-new, somewhat experienced or pretty handy 4. The repair skill you most want to improve You do not need to impress anyone. This is a judgment-free place to ask basic questions, share mistakes and learn better ways to approach a project. I’ll start: I’m Guy, and I’ve worked with drywall for about 40 years, including roughly 20 years focused mainly on repairs. My goal is to help you avoid preventable mistakes and get a result you are proud of.

Here's another illustration I made, mostly manually on my computer but I also enhanced it for better clarity and detail using ai. You won't find illustrations and teaching like this anywhere else. I create these to better illustrate the subject I'm teaching.

Here's an example of an illustration I created using ai to show the Tensile strength of joint tape. Adding joint tape make the drywall less likely to crack by resisting the movement, or the side to side expansion and contraction. This is just an example of the different images you will find in our Drywall Skool