Thanks for showing how to use this awesome tool! It's a huge time saver!!!

Great instructional vid. I have been doing dry wall since I was 8 and 59 now. I do not do it anymore full time. Last tine I was on a high production job and this mud runner by Ames was introduced I was impressed because for years we pushed the angle box. I just did a small job and rented Ames. I did not notice a mud flow adjustment behind the angle head. Your work saves lots of time. I hade to clean and pic a bunch and thought I would be better off coating this by hand after all the set up and picking time. I will check this set up out. Thank you

here's a good tip , rather than all that adjustment of the valve , just remember what ones where hollow and wait till it runs out and then run it over the hollow tapes , i found this to be way quicker , i love my mudshot ,after 25 years on a angle box , i dread the thought of going back

Great video thanks mate,thinking about getting one .

I had a TapeTec Mudrunner, which looks to be the same as what you have here. It was one of the best angle finishing tools ever invented, once you master how to use it. I found using the head like what is used here first and then smooth over with a glazing head, takes seconds to get a perfect internal angle top coated.

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

I had a mudrunner prior to this, this is much easier on your body.

Great work !

Great video thank you

I haven’t taped for a few year’s but that glazer is different We used to glaze with a 2” and finish pump box 3”

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

That glazer is awesome. It’s the 3.5” northstar.

I really need to try this dewalt mudshot

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

Have you had a chance to try it out yet?

@fredhughes7569

Жыл бұрын

@@manwithapan I have a question about the mud shot. What causes the mud to fill in one side of the angle and opposite side showing tape? Also where do you want the mud flow valve to be positioned when running corners? I’m new to using the tool and still trying to adjust to it.

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

@@fredhughes7569 So you want to be at a 45 degree angle to the angle your finishing. The valve faces forward in the direction you are going. As far as not covering tape. There are a few factors. Could be the angle heads, or could be they were not pressed hard enough with roller when taped to get them glazed fully! I can make another video of it again. I just finished using it yesterday on 10k ft of board.

@fredhughes7569

Жыл бұрын

@@manwithapan yeah that would be great! And thank you for the info… I been using pan and knife for 15 years and just made the switch to automatic and box tools this year. Whole new learning curve!

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

@@fredhughes7569 Yeah it’s definitely a learning curve. I was fortunate enough when I started my career at 20 years old, I work for a commercial company and the first thing I put in my hands was a bazooka, before I even picked up a pan or knife. I did that for a year and a half and learned all the machines. Then I went to custom homes and they wouldn’t allow me to use the machines so I had to hand finish for about 12 years, then we got too busy and I force the machines back on the custom home Drywall Contractor. Been using them ever since with the exception of jobs at 100 sheets or less. Once they’re learned They are money makers!

Leo! Thanks for the great videos. I purchased a used mudshot and had some trouble with mud coming back out the fill nozzle. Do you think my mud was too thick? I lubed and pumped it up and it just came right back out. I emptied the tube to make sure nothing was jamming the valve open, filled it back up and it did the same thing. Even when I put my angle head on and opened the end a few turns, it still shot right back out.

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

So I don’t have an answer for that, I was going to say something might be stuck in valve. It may just be a faulty valve. When you push in on it with your pinky. Does it have resistance? Like a spring pushing back.

@LukePitney1991

Жыл бұрын

@@manwithapan Leo, sorry I totally missed this! I really appreciate your detailed response. I actually got in touch with the company and they sent me an entirely new cone. Works great, great customer service!

Great video!! I have a question how can I make the plunger go down easier? Even if I put it on water like you said it’s super hard to pump! Or does it get easier after it wears out?

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

Mine is a year old and it still requires me to pump it hard.

@sethmann3306

Жыл бұрын

put 3 in 1 oil down those holes, not water. do it before you use it and after you clean it.

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I have a question !! I just recently purchased one and it seems that where the cilinder begins at the top of the handle it's a week spot, it's not very strongly I can we mine has some movement there and it's new , have you notice anything like that ? I saw you using it on the verical corner and it does bends at the joint where the cilinder starts .. I'm disappointed I don't want to return it but I might have to

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

Mine is solid. It has to flex as there is pressure being applied to it. I would imagine they would give you an exchange. Send me a private message on Facebook. I’ll give you a direct contact that can help you out. Leo Bouchard

I’m going to run mine for first time today. May have some questions for you

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

Feel free to send me a message. Most of it is the consistency of the mud and the mud flow.

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

How is that mudshot working out for you

Compared to the mud runner looks way easier, I’m happy with the mud runner until my hand gets wet, tried using gloves found I needed something right around the top twisting the handle works all right.

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

I had a mudrunner for a long time, it wasn’t my hand slipping that bothered me. It was my forearm that would burn after running 400 sheet houses.

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

Compared to mudrunner this is a lot easier to use.

@kidjetrecon7153

Жыл бұрын

I believe it’s my muscle memory. I don’t always work alone, I have a friend who loved using it very efficiently at that, had some health problems, he loved running the tools hated picking angles, instead I would pick and clean up everything, I actually taught him, now he’s gone, not sure why last two jobs I had a hard time slipping after the second big sheet house getting my technique back, it also feels like my shoulder is just giving up. I may just be getting a little old, injures have been catching up the last two years, it’s also been a very long hot summer. 😂I’m actually finding it very hard to find anyone who actually works. I’m finding a generation of really lazy, looking at the phone.

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

@@kidjetrecon7153 Sorry to hear about your partner. My oldest son who is 25 has decided to not finish any longer and went to stone masonry work. So I am solo and like you can’t find anyone that actually wants to work. Where are you from. I’m in Northeastern Pa.

@kidjetrecon7153

Жыл бұрын

@@manwithapan I’m in Iowa around DesMoines, more work than I could imagine.

Just got this setup but with level 5 angle head, but it’s gouging if one side of the corner is already taped, can you adjust that? I do commercial with standups so sometimes there a bevel right beside the corner and to gouges like crazy

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

I’m not quite following the one side of the corner being taped. Are you rolling your angles and glazing them when you tape them or hand taping them?

@tomfairbank4715

Жыл бұрын

@@manwithapan as I said, I do Mostly commercial with standups, so there sometimes ther is a flat a couple inches from the corner, so one side of the angle head is riding on dry compound. Similar to when you cross a flat in the corners on your video

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

@@tomfairbank4715 okay, so all I can suggest in this case is to get a Columbia or northstar angle head. A lot of times when corners are not square, much like ceiling angles as bevel is on bottom which is like your stand ups, I will open it up more to allow more mud to come out so it kinda pushes the angle head along. I personally have northstar angle heads.

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

@@tomfairbank4715 I gotcha. I have done commercial work. In that case I would run flat right over to angle and when I coat screws just hit other side of angle by hand.

Is the mudrunner from taptech differ from the mudshot?

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

Yes

How long is that mudshot ? Level 5 just came out with a mini shot which is 42 inches long and 60 inches long with the 18 inch handle which is better size in your opinion i usually finish 9foot ceilings and 8 foot ?

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know. Maybe 5 ft. I have a prototype of the mini shot. I tested it last year.

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

I run the regular sized one on everything. Hand finish back of closet doors.

@DCtaping

Жыл бұрын

Did you say in one of your videos you use the "hockey box" without a handle for the back of closet doors ? And that was my next question is would a shorter mud shot aka mini shot be better for those situations of back of closet doors ? And can you screw an extension handle on your mud shot extension handle so i was wondering if i can buy the minishot level 5 and have 2 extension handle for smaller or taller areas? Does your extension handle have treads in the back for another extension? Sorry so confusing lol

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

@@DCtaping I run the angles in closets by hand on back of doors. I don’t own an angle box.

@alantripp6175

Жыл бұрын

The price tag for mudshot is ridiculous.

add palm soap and youll be flying with the mud runner.

@manwithapan

10 ай бұрын

Soap voids mud manufacturers warranty. I used it 25 years ago until a contractor I know was given 11k to refinish a house due to faulty formula.

@yungnguyen82

10 ай бұрын

@@manwithapan here in canada its a non issue and the work comes out nicer and has glossy look.

How are the angles already glazed that much before the mudshot ? I'm more interested in how you get them to look like they're almost finished before using the mudshot ?

@manwithapan

9 ай бұрын

I use the northstar bazooka, roller and 2.5” glazer. The trick is to lightly roll out angle to set the tape, then push pretty hard to make sure most of the mud comes out from behind tape. When you glaze, the glazer should glide across the angle and fill bevels as well coat the tape.

@mehmedasotic584

9 ай бұрын

@manwithapan I kind of get it, lol. The part where " The glazer should coat the tape " is the part I would love to see a video of. Thanks for sharing the knowledge. I'm learning a lot from you. You and maybe two other channels only ones that go into details and specifics that others don't cover at all. Keep it up. I hope you reach a high number of subscribers. Your channel definitely deserves more attention. Keep up the videos, though

@mehmedasotic584

9 ай бұрын

Also, I forgot to ask, is it possible to achieve that with a Banjo ?

@manwithapan

8 ай бұрын

@@mehmedasotic584 yes, but you need a glazer and roller.

@manwithapan

8 ай бұрын

@@mehmedasotic584 I made a video of it. Hopefully it helped you out.

You should talk about the real secret sauce when mixing mud. Digging a hole in it, shitting in it, cover it up, put the lid back on it. Let your co-worker mix it up…

@manwithapan

10 ай бұрын

Lol…. That is giving up to much information. I was going to make a video of Durabond brown bag mud mixed and left in a pan. Lol… yeah I threw that one out. No saving it.

Comment for the algorithm.

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

Do what?

@allegedly6

Жыл бұрын

@@manwithapan for people doing things I like on KZread I always leave a comment and a like to boost their odds with the algorithm. If people see my comment it might encourage them to also leave a comment further increasing your reach. I appreciate your videos. I'm a painter/ drywall repair guy in Portland Oregon and I'm impressed with your skills. Thanks.

@manwithapan

Жыл бұрын

@@allegedly6 thank you very much. I really don’t know to much about getting more followers and such. Truthfully I have been so busy in past 5 months I haven’t even had time to make a new video.

NEVER HOLD A COLD HARD PAN AGAIN!

@manwithapan

10 ай бұрын

There is a place for pans and hand tools. Mostly in closet angles which the mudshot can’t fit into.

Drywall doctor uses one and swears by them....takes lil time to get used too but once you do your flyin....holds more mud so less trips back to pump and less effort to put on the wall.......sometimes people just don't want to learn something new, they are like factory workers, same ol and that's way it is Working fir yourself anything that is quicker, faster, better is a win......even if it's a lil slower in beginning fir learning curve

We called this piece of crap…the torch,no one in our company liked it