71.   The second layer of joint compound should be thinner, and it should taper out to a feathered edge on the adjacent wall surfaces.

72.   The roughness of the beams will allow the joint compound to stick well, even resisting peeling when the wood expands and contracts.

73.   The seams between the sheets are covered with joint compound and paper tape.

74.   The steel bead sticks out of that corner a bit, so apply the joint compound so that it tapers.

75.   Their fourth-floor bathroom sports wall panels made of colorful pebbles set in a shallow coat of joint compound and plaster.

76.   Then cover the joints with joint compound and paper tape.

77.   Then cover it with joint compound and smooth it off.

78.   Then fill the joints with joint compound, smooth off and apply paper tape, smooth joint compound over the tape, let dry, and sand smooth.

79.   Then slather joint compound on the wall on each side of the corner, smooth off, and embed the tape.