Tapers

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1. 01Countersink nails or screws below surfaces of walls before applying sealing compounds, using hammers or screwdrivers.
2. 02Check adhesives to ensure that they will work and will remain durable.
3. 03Spread sealing compound between boards or panels or over cracks, holes, nail heads, or screw heads, using trowels, broadknives, or spatulas.
4. 04Work on high ceilings, using scaffolding or other tools, such as stilts.
5. 05Seal joints between plasterboard or other wallboard to prepare wall surfaces for painting or papering.
6. 06Remove extra compound after surfaces have been covered sufficiently.
7. 07Press paper tape over joints to embed tape into sealing compound and to seal joints.
8. 08Apply additional coats to fill in holes and make surfaces smooth.
9. 09Sand or patch nicks or cracks in plasterboard or wallboard.
10. 10Install metal molding at wall corners to secure wallboard.
11. 11Sand rough spots of dried cement between applications of compounds.
12. 12Use mechanical applicators that spread compounds and embed tape in one operation.

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