External p/b corners without skimming whole board.

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Hi- have taped and filled tapered ceiling plasterboard edges successfully as a novice, but need to do external corners on a p/b boxed in beam.

Is there a way to do the external corners (for someone with no experience of full board skimming- which I won't even pretend I can do), such as metal and paper plasterer's corner bead tape feathered into the board, or is 'no coat corner bead' worth trying/ an option?

Many thanks.
 
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you get a paper tape with two metal strips in it, bed it onto the corner, squeeze out the excess mud and then feather into the board over say a foot.
 
Brilliant. Thanks for this guys. One more thought.... If I braved doing an internal wall corner, could I use the same stuff, or if corner's tight, just run angled trowel down? Thanks.
 
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only use the tape with metal in for externals, you use normal paper tape for internals and use an internal corner trowel.

i assume you're wetting the tapes for a while before applying them? just a thought.
 
That's great. Thanks. Sounds a bit more fiddly especially if not square/ keeping paper straight I guess, but suppose I could do 2/3 strips instead of one.

Yes- been wetting tape- same method as when I wallpaper- paste wall, run paper through water- fast & never fails.

Cheers.
 
ideally 1 strip yes but if the corners are that wonky then you may have to use a number of bits i suppose, don't overlap them though as the double thickness will be hard to cover, butt them right up to each other.
 

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