Finish in a Flash: How to Use Fast Caps

A detail like an entryway, closet, knee-wall or wall end may not be a drywall finisher’s biggest problem on the job, but they are everywhere in both residential and commercial structures, and each one takes a lot of time and material to get right. We’re talking two corner beads per side, plus drywalling the face of each surface — and those kinds of things add up over time. Unless, of course, you’ve got a box of Fast Caps lying around, flattening this entire process down into a single, easy-to-use solution. If you’ve never had the pleasure of using this ingenious little time-saver, here’s how to use Fast Caps in areas like these, with some help from our friends at Drywall Nation.

We’ll let Brian Kitchin from Drywall Nation take it from here, showing you how he uses Fast Caps on doorways and beyond:

In the above video, Brian uses his expertise to break down just how useful this bead can be, like he has in the past for other Trim-Tex solutions like Buttboard and Fast Edge®.

The awesome thing about using a Fast Cap, as Brian explains, is that its wide vinyl face is pre-finished, so installing it onto a rough surface is all you’ll need to do to get it ready to paint — no need to hang any extra drywall or mud the face. For an entryway like the one Brian is standing in, you’re eliminating all that drywalling work, most of that mud and a total of six corner beads, and instead will just be using three Fast Caps.