How to patch a hole in a wall

If you own a home,store,or an apartment chances are you had someone daamage a wall

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• piece of drywall,,compound,and a taping knife, sharp utility knife,tape measure,straight edge

1. First cut out the area in a squre pattern.try to make it the same size all the way around.
2. Next cut the piece you are going to use approximately 2 inches bigger all the way around.
3. Once you have the new piece cut flip it over and measure in 1 1/2 inches all the way around the square, you will scribe a cut on the backside of this square
4. Now snap each piece that you scribed and peel it away from the front paper, this will allow you to have an overlap of paper so when you place it over the hole there is no need to have a backing
5. Now apply compound on the wall where the hole is do this around the entire hole area.
6. After applying the compound place the patch in the hole ,Take the flaps that over hang the square and embed them into the compound
7. Now take your taping knife and flatten out the repair. All of the compound will start to squeeze out, scrape all excess off and smooth out the wall
8. After the wall has dried you can apply a second coat to fill in all the voids. Now sand it to a smooth finish once the second coat dries and your ready to paint