highflyr wrote:
Hi everyone,

I'm finishing my bsmnt and when I'm putting on the light switch and
electrical receptacle covers, I'm realizing how amateur my drywalling
is.

I've bought the oversize ones and for the most part, they cover the
imperfections.

There are a few places where they hole was simply cut too big. What's
the best and fastest way to fix it? None of the gaps are more than 1/4
inch wide at most.

I can post some pics for your laughing pleasure if I haven't described
my shotty work well enough.

Thanks for reading and replying

Ed

The fix is simple. You cut paper tape (not fiberglass!), mud the tape
well before applying. It helps to fill the gaps with mud before
applying the tape, just fill the gaps as much as possible. Apply the
tape. Make your second and third coats as you are mudding other
joints. Once dry and painted you can't tell there was a problem.

Why not fiberglass? Because it is too thick. You can't do a good
finish job over fiberglass tape on the flat without building mud up
much thicker than with paper tape.

As an aside. When hanging 'rock, don't try to make your fits tight.
Gaps up to 1/4 inch between sheets are fine.

Tape and mud are your friends.

Harry K