Top 5 Trim-Tex Products of 2024

Here on the Trim-Tex blog, we wrap up every year by reflecting on everything we saw, shared and stocked on our shelves throughout the last 12 months (check out the top Trim-Tex stories of 2024 here). We’ve stayed busy here at Trim-Tex HQ this year, whether we were rolling out new products, meeting new people or giving our own offices a bit of a facelift. And, according to our sales and website numbers, our customers have been keeping busy too — here are some of the Trim-Tex products you’ve been buying and buzzing about most in 2024!

1. Tear Away L Bead / Flat Tear Away L Bead

Whether you’ve used Trim-Tex for the last 20 years of your career or you only just got started, chances are, you’ve handled a bead of Tear Away or two. Both versions of Tear Away L Bead — the standard kind, with the flange that’s inserted between substrates, and the flat version without it, for when the gap’s too narrow or it’s filled with another material — sat atop our list this year (and most years). Why? It’s useful, it’s versatile and it protects your details, like windows and doors, from spilling mud onto it.

ICYMI: Check out our Tear Away L Bead case study from an amazing new Detroit high-rise!

2. Dual Angle Dual Grit Sanding Block

A pro drywall finisher’s favorite sanding sponge, our 885 Dual Angle Dual Grit Sanding Block is a popular product every year, but in 2024, we reintroduced the block with an updated design to increase its durability while reducing user fatigue. And our customers have been loving the improvements, making the Dual Angle Sanding Block easily one of our top-selling solutions of the year.

ICYMI: Here’s how we improved these sanding sponges to make them better than ever!

3. 093V Expansion / Fire Rated Expansion

Our vinyl expansion beads are beloved by commercial contractors all over the world because they’re easier to use, more flexible and longer-lasting than metal alternatives. And the expansion bead’s fire rated version takes all these benefits and adds in groundbreaking firestopping capabilities. It’s no wonder these are among the most popular solutions of the year!

ICYMI: These expansion beads aren’t just for commercial use — here’s when and where you might want to use them in residential construction!

4. Archway Corner Bead

There’s one, relatively easy way to take your space from looking plain to looking unforgettable: add in a drywall archway or two. And our standard Archway Corner Bead is the easiest, most durable way to finish these amazing archways, or just about any other curved drywall design — the only limit is your imagination!

ICYMI: Never made a drywall archway before? Here’s our “Drywall 101” guide to constructing these eye-catching creations! 

5. Fast Edge® Paper

Year after year, Fast Edge Paper continues to become the industry leader in paper-covered corner bead. As anyone who uses it can tell you, it’s just that easy, just that fast and just that durable. We love it when we hear from customers who made the switch from paper-covered metal bead to this hybrid paper-vinyl solution, and have enjoyed faster installation times and flawless finishes ever since.

ICYMI: This year, we grew your Fast Edge Paper options (by making them smaller!). Learn more about the cost-saving Medium Fast Edge Paper here!