Drywall corner bead is made of either metal or vinyl and serves to protect the outside corners of walls.
Install vinyl drywall corners.
Installed on the outside corners where two pieces of drywall meet corner beads create a smooth even seam and an attractive finish.
Outside drywall corners have traditionally been protected with nail on metal corners but paper faced corner bead is simpler and resists cracks and chips better.
It is often referred to simply as bead because of the thin straight line that is created with the corner of the material.
Installing the vinyl corner bead is one of the simplest steps when it comes to the drywall process.
Luckily for homeowners installing corner beads and mudding them is one of the easier parts of the drywall process when you install corner beads apply light pressure on the bead itself toward the corner.
Whether made of metal or vinyl the material forms as a very small round bead that runs the entire length.