The Best Drywall Tape Options of 2023

With a substantial composite backing and a paper face, STRAIT FLEX Original Composite Drywall Tape is designed to create crisp inside and outside corners. At 2 3/8 inches wide, this tape is not only wider than standard paper tape, but it’s also thicker and stronger, necessary elements for covering the gaps that often occur where drywall panels meet in corners. STRAIT FLEX, which replaces regular creased paper tape for inside corners, can also be used as a replacement for solid corner bead when taping outside corners.

It’s not quite as rigid as corner bead, so if applying it to outside corners poses a problem, consider using regular corner bead in those spots. Like paper tape, this corner tape should be embedded in drywall compound. But, the slotted holes on the edges hold onto adhesive easily. It comes in a 100-foot roll.

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Get the STRAIT FLEX composite tape on Amazon and at The Home Depot.