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    Drywall Repair

    My puppy decided my laundry room wall was edible so she scratched and chewed about 7"x7" hole in the wall near the base board. The hole doesn't go completely through but it can't be far to the paper.

    I've repaired drywall before but I don't have the touch to make it look like it wasn't a repair job. Anyone have a method for this type of repair that doesn't stand out too much?

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    Take off the baseboard and apply mud. Many thinner layers are better than on thick one. Too much is worse than too little. It's the laundry room who cares how bad it looks.
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    I'm interested as well. My puppy did the same thing to our extra bedroom.

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    Patch
    Tape
    Mud
    Sand
    Texture
    Paint

    what is the problem?

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    My main problem is getting the texture right. I guess there is a texture in a spray can type stuff I can get.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grange
    My main problem is getting the texture right. I guess there is a texture in a spray can type stuff I can get.
    This stuff is great practice on some cardboard to get adjustable spray set right
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    Quote Originally Posted by noodles
    WELL DONE!

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    Quote Originally Posted by noodles
    I started to write the same thing out but got bored and deleted it. Your version is better than mine would have been, nice job!

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    Actually, there is a way easier way to do than all that work illustrated above. Cut out the damaged area in a square or rectangle, whatever. Cut a chunk of drywall that is 1 1/2" bigger all around than the hole. If the hole is 4X4 then the piece you cut to patch with should be 7X7. Turn the drywall over so you are looking at the backside and mark the size of the hole you cut in the wall on the back side minus an eight of an inch and score the paper from the back. Snap the drywall on the four lines you created. Peel the drywall off the face paper from the back. You should end up with a 4X4 patch of drywall with a 1 1/2" taping flange around the outside. Mud the hole liberally both on the flat face surface and the inside edge of the 1/2" surface. Mash the patch over it. Trowel off excess mud and topcoat. Allow to dry completely. Recoat. Sand. Works like a hot damn and no backing or screws to worry about.

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    Quote Originally Posted by noodles
    I don't think a big red X will match the rest of the wall...

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    Quote Originally Posted by JR
    Actually, there is a way easier way to do than all that work illustrated above. Cut out the damaged area in a square or rectangle, whatever. Cut a chunk of drywall that is 1 1/2" bigger all around than the hole. If the hole is 4X4 then the piece you cut to patch with should be 7X7. Turn the drywall over so you are looking at the backside and mark the size of the hole you cut in the wall on the back side minus an eight of an inch and score the paper from the back. Snap the drywall on the four lines you created. Peel the drywall off the face paper from the back. You should end up with a 4X4 patch of drywall with a 1 1/2" taping flange around the outside. Mud the hole liberally both on the flat face surface and the inside edge of the 1/2" surface. Mash the patch over it. Trowel off excess mud and topcoat. Allow to dry completely. Recoat. Sand. Works like a hot damn and no backing or screws to worry about.
    In my opinion, this is a good method for a smaller hole, for a 7"x7" I think some sturdier support is needed.

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    I've used it on bigger holes than that and it is as solid as before the damage was done. I speak as a landlord and contractor who has used it many times with no problems. Tried and true.

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    JR is absolutely positively right. This way you don't have to go to the studs with your cut and anyone can make it look right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by noodles
    That's fuckin' brilliant. Now I want to know how to do one of those snappy animations. (just kidding)
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    I like JRs idea. I've done more than my fair share of mud work and had never heard of this technique.

    And just to contrast my home problems to this... a 7x7 hole in drywall VS a goddamn bomb went off in my kitchen and squirrel shit rained from the ceiling.

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    Just slide a piece of furniture over to hide the hole.

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    If you've ever punched a hole in drywall, raise your hand..







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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveTV
    If you've ever punched a hole in drywall, raise your hand..
    I would, but i also hit the stud.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveTV
    If you've ever punched a hole in drywall, raise your hand..
    How do most people learn the fine art of drywall repair?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveTV
    If you've ever punched a hole in drywall, raise your hand..
    How about if you've punched a hole in your ceiling drywall?

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    Why hasn't this been JONGed into Tech Talk ?

    You guys are getting soft...

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveTV
    If you've ever punched a hole in drywall, raise your hand..
    Back at college one of my friends was called Caveman Bob. This guy looked like something out of a palaeontology text book with the sloping forehead, heavy brow, the sway back, everything. Every Friday night, his ritual would be to show up at our house with a huge plastic club, stand on the roof of his car and yell "GOING CLUBBING" at the top of his lungs. That was our cue to get into his Ford Fiesta and be driven to some dodgy place in town.

    One of the clubs we frequented had gone for the 'themed room' thing, with chill-out areas and so on, all separated by drywall. Bob soon worked out that if he was drunk enough, he could run and jump through the drywall. He crashed clean through the HardHouse Arena straight into the Chillout Zone, collapsing over a couple sitting on a couch in a choking cloud of gyproc.

    Encouraged by his success, he managed to leap from the gents toilets clean into the womens, taking a hand dryer out upon entry. By this time the door staff had been alerted to the fact that there was a Cro-Magnon Man destroying their nightclub. Two burly thugs in bomber jackets made a beeline for Bob on the dancefloor. He made a beeline for the wall and punched clean through, disappearing three storeys down a lift shaft and ending up in the lift with a tib/fib fracture. He also managed to break the collar bone of the club manager who was in the lift at the time.
    Last edited by bad_roo; 12-22-2004 at 03:47 AM.

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    holy shit that's funny. poor caveman bob.

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    As I sit here typing this, a crew of people is upstairs, hanging approximately 1300 square feet of drywall, plus ceilings, in my house.

    There are many mistakes I've made twice in my life, but hanging, taping, and sanding drywall will not be one of them; one experience with that is enough to last me forever...

    Full TR to follow.

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