Appreciation post: the drywall knife that attacked me back in my kitchen

Last Tuesday I tried to smooth out a patch near the outlet in my kitchen with a 6 inch drywall knife. I figured it was a quick 15 minute job, but the old compound had dried weird and the knife slipped right into my thumb. Blood everywhere, had to wrap it in a paper towel and drive to the urgent care on Route 9. The doc asked if I was a professional and I laughed so hard it hurt worse. Took me 3 tries to get the patch flat after that, and I finally realized I was pushing too hard the whole time. Now I use light pressure and a wider 10 inch knife for big areas. Has anyone else had a tool bite them and then had to redo the same spot over and over?

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angelas786d ago

Did you end up having to sand down and redo the whole patch, or just the spots where the knife dug in? Cause that old dried compound sounds like it was the real enemy here, not you. Also, how many bandaids did you go through before you finally just said forget it and used the 10 inch?