Honestly, patching a weird arched doorway in a 1920s house took me a whole afternoon when I thought it'd be an hour.

Fiona Anderson · 2026-03-19T10:45:05.001289+00:00

The curve was so tight my normal tape kept bubbling, and I had to cut a bunch of small strips from a roll of mesh instead. Anyone have a better method for weird angles like that?

colej746mo ago

Ugh, those old doorways are the worst. I fought with a curved plaster wall for a full day once. Ended up using a flexible corner tape meant for drywall, and it finally worked. What kind of tape did you try?

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butler.mark5mo ago

Ha, sounds like a geometry pop quiz gone wrong.

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kellyt236mo ago

Wait, why not just freehand it with a small knife? I've had way less headache cutting paper tape to fit than fighting with mesh.

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