One of the things that makes Trim-Tex, well, Trim-Tex goes beyond our products. We’re always publishing new stories that aim to deepen your relationship to those products, how to use them and the people who achieve awesome things with them. Out of the 50-plus pieces of content we published to Trim-Tex.com this year, here are the top 5 stories of 2024 with the highest number of readers. Thank you everyone who read, watched and shared them, all year long!
Attracting the most attention of all our stories this year, in this piece, we made a major announcement: our 885 Dual Angle Dual Grit Sanding Block, beloved by drywall finishers, was redesigned for increased durability and efficiency. While some might have wondered, if it ain’t broke, why were we fixing it, the results are speaking for themselves: these new blocks are the real deal.
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Request A SampleIn fact, we’re so confident that these new abrasives are that awesome that, in this story, we offered a free block to try out. And, for now, at the time we’re publishing this, we still have a few free blocks left over, so you may still have a chance to claim your own free sanding sponge. Hit the button above to get started.
We made a big splash in the first few weeks of 2024 with another new product announcement. This time, we were debuting a smaller, cost-saving form of one of our most popular corner beads, Fast Edge® Paper. With a 13% smaller surface area, the new Medium Fast Edge Paper has all the same time-saving, mud-reducing, corner-perfecting benefits of the larger version, just with a lower price tag. So, no wonder so many people loved this story — what’s not to love?
Trim-Tex’s Shower Bead is a must-have for drywall contractors who handle a lot of tub/shower enclosures. It’s cleaner, faster and easier than the old way of finishing drywall around these areas, which would normally involve tape, caulk and a whole lot of hot mud.
Get the Shower Bead kit tailor-made for finishing a shower enclosure, shipped directly to your door. Available in two sizes.
For the countless folks who have reached out to Trim-Tex’s Customer Solutions team desperate to find out where they can get their hands on a box of Shower Bead, we published this story to answer all their questions. The solution? You can go to your local drywall supply dealer for full boxes of 25 beads each, but if you’ve just got one enclosure you need to tackle, you can now buy a single-shower kit online! Hit the button above to get your kit.
Speaking of answering customer questions, we’ve gotten a lot of calls and DMs wondering what the difference is between all the L Beads Trim-Tex offers. These beads all share a shape, but come in all kinds of sizes, from the standard to the Giant, and all kinds of varieties, from the Tear Away to the Pullaway. This story is the ultimate guide to finding out which L Bead is the right choice for every job, whether you’re working around a window or creating an entire accent wall.
In addition to new product announcements and how-to guides like the ones we’ve described above, we also regularly publish case studies — the stories of contractors who have used Trim-Tex solutions to save time, reduce costs, make their work easier or, most of the time, all three at once.
In this case study, we visited a historic private university in Indiana, which had used a couple of our trailblazing fire rated drywall accessories — Fire Bead and Fire Gasket — to speed up their code compliance process. With hundreds of new dormitories to build and an extra-tight deadline, we were able to help them achieve their goals on time, on budget and with fewer headaches. This was one of two case studies reporting from this amazing construction project, and both were popular stories on Trim-Tex.com this year.
Thank you again to everyone who read our stories and watched our videos all year long! We will continue to publish new content throughout 2025, so make sure you’re subscribed to our monthly e-newsletter to never miss a Trim-Tex story next year! Hit the button below to sign up now!
