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Patched a hole in my living room wall and made it 10x worse in the process
Was trying to fix a small nail hole from a picture frame, but my spackle crumbled and I ended up punching a fist-sized gap in the drywall... took me three trips to Home Depot and a whole tube of compound to get it smooth again. Anybody else ever turn a 2-minute fix into a weekend project?
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michael66926d ago
Man that sucks man. I did the exact same thing last year with a tiny screw hole from a shelf bracket. Ended up with a chunk of wall falling off behind the tv stand and had to patch a hole the size of my fist. Three trips to Lowes, two bags of quick set mud, and I still have a dent that I keep meaning to sand down. The worst part is you know it's gonna be lumpy forever now even if you do get it smooth.
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lewis.finley26d ago
Oh man, that's not spackle for fist-sized holes...
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wilson.joseph26d ago
Pretty sure that's a tub of pre-mixed joint compound, not spackle. Spackle usually comes in a smaller tub and dries way faster. Joint compound is for taping and bedding drywall seams, not for patching big holes either honestly. You'd want something like a drywall patch kit or even a piece of scrap drywall for something fist sized. That stuff there is good for filling in small nail holes and dings after the mudding is done.
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vera_robinson3626d ago
The real issue here is nobody's talking about how the original picture frame nail hole probably wasn't even worth fixing in the first place. Small nail holes in living rooms blend right into the texture after a few months, nobody notices them but you. But once you start digging into the wall, you're committed. That fist sized hole now means you're buying a patch kit, matching paint, and probably a new roller cover because the old one has dried out paint on it. Three trips to Home Depot later and you've spent more time and money than if you just left that tiny hole alone and put the picture frame back up. Did you at least paint over the patch or is it still a smooth white circle in the middle of a textured wall?
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