Things You'll Need:
- drywall
- drywall screws
- spacle
- putty knife
- drywall tape
- water
- texture spray
- rough/fine sandpaper
- one stud...(s)
- touch up paint
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Step 1
This article covers the "How To" on patching holes, dents, and cracks on your interior walls. If your just interested in repairing a small whole or crack, look to the last step. All the things I've listed are needed to repair your wall and make it look like there never was a hole. Again if its a smaller hole look the last step.
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Step 2
Using a knife or narrow saw blade cut the drywall around the damage until you have a close to perfect square. The hole, if not big enough to expose some stud for patch support you may need to used the stud you bought to build with the existing studs for patch support.
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Step 3
Cut a piece of the spare drywall as close to the size of the square opening as possible. Its best to use a knife or saw to gently remove tedious pieces around the edges a little at a time until you have a perfect fit.
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Step 4
Press the drywall into place and secure it with the drywall screws into the studs but be sure that the screws are no more the a half inch from the crack between the wall and the patch.
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Step 5
After you have installed the patch, it's time to patch the cracks and blend the wall together.
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Step 6
Using some rough grit sandpaper, sand the wall around the patch to remove the texture (if there is any).
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Step 7
Using your putty knife or scraper, spread a little bit of putty around the patch, filling in the crack. then before it dries spackle a thin coat that covers the wall and patch (this should also cover the screws).
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Step 8
Cut a long piece of drywall tape and soak it in a few seconds in water then using your fingers pinch the tape and slide it through (this removes excess water) align a piece of the tape along the four cracks, being sure that it covers a little of the wall and a little of the patch, while at the same time covering the screw (this is why the screw shouldn't be to far from the crack). IF you did this before the paper dried it should stick to the spackle. Make sure the drywall tape is all the way against the wall (flush) so that there are no bubbles.
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Step 9
After this has dried spread a couple more thin coats of spackle to cover the drywall tape.
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Step 10
After the drywall tape has been cover with the couple of thin layers of spackle and has dried completely (best over night) then use the fine grit sand paper, being careful not to over do it, sand the spackle until the patch and the wall blend smoothly.
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Step 11
Use a damp cloth and carefully in one or to sweeps remove any sanded powder from the wall and allow it to set (dry)
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Step 12
Following the directions on your spray can of texture (match that of your walls) then spray, allow it to dry completely over the course described on the directions before painting.
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Step 13
Paint the wall where you did the work. And if the paint matched and you did this properly with out rushing it. You wont know there ever was a repair job.
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Step 14
* to repair little poke size holes just shove some newspaper inside the whole to create a backing and spackle right over it and if you want to blend it you can use some sand paper and touch up paint
