Thursday, February 18, 2010

How do you patch a hole in drywall when the wall has a textured paint to it?

We have about 3 holes in our walls - one is pretty big, like the size of a maybe a medium sized dinner plate from me being an idiot and kicking the wall and the other two are smaller, like the size of golf balls - from being a klutz and moving large furniture over my head. LOL. So needless to say it is my fault and before we move I would like to fix it. Normally I would just put a patch and paint over, but the wall has a sort of texture to it... how can I recreate the texture? It's like a flat stucco - cheap apartment paint job sort of feel.How do you patch a hole in drywall when the wall has a textured paint to it?
There are textural spray paints at the home improvement centers. Mine is called orange peel and the spray from the can matched it exactly when I was being stupid making holes. For the large hole, you will probably need to put some hard tack behind it so that the spackle has something to grip on to. Let it dry (get the kind that doesn't crack) and sand it then hit it with the texture coat and repaint.How do you patch a hole in drywall when the wall has a textured paint to it?
you need to re sheet rock the area, tape and bed with two coats, drying between coats, then spray useing a can ,


prime the sheet rock, then paint ,


would cost about $ 250 for a remodler to do this
you buy a box of texture and mix with the paint
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