I have an odd corner that I need to drywall. It is a corner around an old door frame, but for a number of crazy-corner-in-an-old-house reasons I can't take the door frame off on one of its sides. The other two sides are stripped down to the old 2 by 6 framing stud. I also can't just apply a strip of sheetrock over the side of the wood doorframe that can't come off. I CAN apply a strip of drywall on the other two sides, though. My question is this: Can I make a corner from drywall to painted door frame by just taping that corner like you would any regular drywall-to-drywall corner? Will the joint compound adhere to the wood surface, or should I score it with a knife? I know it might be kind of funny to do this, but based on the kooky nature of this corner I really can't see any other way than to try to tape from drywall to wood. Thanks for any help anybody can offer....

Hi I am a bit of a part-time painter doing work exclusively for friends, family and clients of my mothers (she's a realtor). I have been doing this off and on for the last 2 years, and I have begun to face new challenges, other than the occasional nail-hole repair and interior paint job. Anyway, heres my current problem... The place I'm doing right now has a large crack from settling, it extends from one side of the condo to the other. UP the walls and across the cieling. I was able to spakle and smooth the walls easy enough. However, the owner wants the cieling crack gone as well. This is 'new ground' for me. It is a popcorn type cieling, the crack is the width of the room about 16 ft. and the crack is what I would consider large at least 1/8th in. in some places. Time and money is a concern, since this project is for a client of my mothers, and I am working at a reduced cost to the owner. I only had one idea to essencially quick-fix the problem. I was thinking of caulking the crack with latex type white adhesive caulk, to avoid the chore of scraping off the popcorn in order to spackle. Then I noticed the Hardware stores sell ceiling patch in an aerosol can, and I thought maybe it would blend-in the caulk line a little. Is this feasabile? Does anyone have a better way? Or does this need a full tear-down, repair, replace done to it?