In this video I'm going to show you how to repair a hole in the wall
You can pick up pieces slightly bigger than this from the hardware store for $8 or $9
Gonna need to figure out what size patch to make
So we'll go 10 cm x 10 cm or 4 by 4 inches
Step 1 is to cut the patch the size you're going to need so we'll cut the patch first
So if you're cutting drywall, all you need to do is scribe the paper on one side and snap it
I'd do this on a backing board
So that if I accidentally cut through it doesn't damage my knife. So I've scored the paper just there you flip it over
tap it
And then cut along the edge there
This is the front this is the side you're going to see that's the back of the patch
So on the front just cut these pieces of paper off here. Just
the very edge of the paper
And that gets rid of any potential highpoint
alternatively, you can just use like the butt of your knife there and run it along the edge like
That and it just rounds off that edge a little bit
Sit your new patch overtop and
Trace it
My patch isn't perfectly square, so I'm just going to put a little mark there to show me which was the top
Now what we do is we cut the drywall out
You don't have to be super fussy
But just make sure
That you've got no big chunks in the back around here. cut that edge of paper off
I'm gonna run the butt of the knife around that edge there, make sure its pushed in because we don't want anything
sitting proud of that patch
So we need to use bits of timber some soft timber like pine or you can just cut an extra piece of your plasterboard
What we're going to do is place that in the back to create the backing for our patch to sit on
What we need to do is put some glue on this. So I'm just using some construction adhesive use as much as you like
Don't be fussy
Now I've put a screw just in here so then I can hold it
Okay, pop that in place give it a wiggle I'm going to pop a couple of screws in here just to hold it
These screws can come out later once the glue's set
I'm going to take out that middle screw
So this patch now gets put on our backing there so just a thin layer of glue on this one the theory is
Is we don't actually want it sitting proud of the main wall
We actually want it to sort of be flush or just inside it. so i'll pop that on
Just to pull it back really nice and flat there
This glue will set in... strong bond after 2 - 4 days
Let's give it 20 minutes
Depending on the size of your patch
This one is quite small
we could possibly
Get away with just using one of those little premix tubs... 'says it doesn't want to fill gaps of greater than 3mm
Now we've actually got a few slightly bigger gaps in there
The alternative is to make up some of this base coat. Ruby, She's going to help mix this up
so, a little bit of water
Probably made it way too much for a patch, but that's okay nice and slow on the drill
This coat is just a rough coat right, the glue set we can take the screws out
Where those screws were the paper might be a bit roughed up
so just use something pointed like the back of that craft knife and just
Push the paper in so it sits lower than the wall
Just so we don't have any high points.
You don't have to be fussy just make sure you've filled in the holes
and you know, just wing it you'll figure it out
So what I'm doing is just pushing it into all the holes there to start with you can put heaps on it doesn't matter
Sorry guys just as I started to do that demo a plane came through
So the gaps all around the patch and the three screw holes
Have all got heaps of fill on them right, so now we can with a little bit of pressure.
I did a bit much you can see now the patch through there
So what we're going to do is go around the patch with our pressure on the outside, on the wall side. If you start troweling
And you've got too much weight on your knife. And you start seeing the patch again underneath put some more filler on it,
lightly trowel it off, a few little bumps and ridges it doesn't matter, now that's pretty good
This first layer of filler has probably dried enough for us to give it a sand, so i've just got some
120 grit
All we're going to do on this is knock back the high parts and then give it a second coat of filler
there's guys out there that are really good at this stuff
Me? not at all
But I'll give it a go right? I'm slower than the pros...
And the job is pretty rough
But you know, where the pro's would probably do this in 1 or 2 coats, I might do 3 or 4
...but that's all right
So about like that guys is what you want so that's two coats
The first coat sort of filled in the majority of the gaps, it was a little bit lumpy and bumpy at end of it
We've just knocked that back some 120 grit sandpaper now the second coat
We've made it a little bit thinner a bit runnier
and it's sort of just glided over the top, filled in any of those discrepancies
It still needs a little bit
Bit of this kinda action around the outside just to clean it up a bit
But it's going to sand up really nice and flat
Ready for primer at the end of it
that looks pretty good, i'm happy with that
I reckon that's dry enough, it's a little bit darker still in the middle
But on the surface, it's quite hard.
So for this one I've just gone a 240 grit sandpaper
çause really i don't... all i want to do is smooth it off now
I'm using a sanding block
You can use a block of wood or one of these little foam things
Rather than using your hand because you get finger indents when you're sanding
That feels pretty good
There's no high parts. There's no low parts that I can feel
The next thing you need to do, just give that a bit of a wipe down don't use water because it's going to give that
Filler a hard time and probably try and wipe the filler out
Just a bit of a wipe down and then you're ready for priming and painting. Any of this kind of
Filler compound you need to prime over top of it before you paint because it's so porous
And then you'll be ready for your topcoat
If you've got a hole in the wall at home
Give this style of repair a go. It's really easy. Follow those five easy steps
You will end up with a nice flat smooth patch
You will never see it once you've painted it. If this video was helpful. Give it a thumbs up. Alright, thanks for watching