How Do You Finish Drywall Around The Door?
Drywall is fragile, so the best way to protect the outside edges around a doorway is to install metal corner beads, which are long strips of metal that have a 90-degree bend along their length. Metal corner bead creates strong, straight corners that can withstand the occasional blows that occur in a high-traffic area. The quickest way to finish the metal corner beads after you hang them is to use 90-minute quick-setting joint compound, which is available at most retail building-supply stores. It will dry quickly, but still give you enough time to work with it. Cut metal corner bead to match each outside edge on the doorway. Typically, this amounts to six pieces total — four pieces for the vertical edges (two on each side of the doorway), and two for the horizontal edges (the top of the doorway). Use construction scissors to cut the corner bead. Be careful not to bend the corner bead, or it will not lay straight on the corner. Place a piece of corner bead on an outside edge of the doo
