How do i fill a biggish hole in a plaster board wall?

Question

I then need to 'finish' it so i can paint over it and not have any visable signs of it being there. ( i would rather paint over it and not paper)

Answer 1

Get a big piece of cardboard and stick a finger sized hole in the middle of it. Pull it into place with your finger in the hole and attach with masking tape. Then fill the little hole and level with rest of wall.

Thats how I dealt with ours anyway. (drunken husband and friends make holes often.)

Answer 2

Cut a square around the hole in the wallboard. Trace the size of the square onto a piece of paper. Cut a new square 1 inch larger than the pattern. Put the pattern on the reverse side of the new square and trace the outline. Now carefully cut through the layer of paper and the plaster. Do not cut the front part of the paper. Peel away the plaster. You now have a "plug" with a paper border. Put some mud on the cut edge and under the flap. Stick a nail in the square and position it in the hole. Apply mud and tape and sand, and finish as usual. Don't forget to fill in the nail hole after all is dry. Good Luck. Just be patient- you can do it.

Answer 3

Filling Holes In Plasterboard

Answer 4

Take a paper put it over the hole in the wall, mark the openings with a sketch
pen.
Purchase a plaster board with the same thickness.
Keep the sketch marked paper on the purchased plaster board.
Cut the purchased plaster board slowly as per the sketch marked lines with a pointed sharp knife.
Take this and cover the edges with a quick fix paste sold in tubes.
Take a cellophane tape and put one inch of it in the middle of the cut plaster board to hold,hold the other end and place in the opening of the hole also coat the hole openings in the inner sides
follow the instructions of pasting and it will be done. You can paint over it after it is firmly fixed.
Remove the cellophane tape slowly

Answer 5

If it is drywall, you need a piece of scrap drywall about 2to 4 inches larger than the hole in each direction.

Cut the hole in the wall square only as large as you must. Measure the hole exactly and mark the same size square in the middle of the scrap of drywall.

You are making a plug with a paper edge to plaster into the hole and then taper the plaster all around the edges so it is as smooth as possible.

Once you mark the exact size of the hole in the middle of the scrap. Take a sharp blade and cut along the lines on all four sides. Then break the drywall on the lines. Peal off the drywall plaster leaving the paper around the edges. The thick center will fit into the hole and the paper edges will plaster flat to the wall.

When you get ready to plaster the plug into the hole, spray it with a mist of water so the plaster will stay. Smooth thoroughly with a wide putty knife, as smooth as possible. Let dry then sand lightly. And Paint.

Answer 6

I've just had to do that myself! Get a can of Polyfilla expanding foam filler from any DIY store - costs about £7.50. I'm assuming the plasterboard has been punched in and you haven't just got a gaping hole - if you have, then stuff some newspaper in first so you've got something for the filler to adhere to, then squirt it in the hole (following instructions obviously!). It sets really quickly and any excess can be cut off with a knife. Then you can slap on some normal filler using a filling knife. Leave it to dry, sand it down and paint over. Good luck!

Answer 7

The "Sheetrock" company makes many products for such an application. if its just some small holes just use Joint Compound... for bigger stuff theres a product called Durabond 90. If there are big broken spots you may have to cut it out between the studs and replace the wall board then tape the joints. The Do it yourself store should have a book you can look at to get the jest of it, do it in the store no need to buy it. good luck

Answer 8

Get some biggish hole filler. JK. Depending on how big Home Depot sell a patch kit that will cover a hole up to 5x5 inches. It is durable and only costs like 2 bucks.

Answer 9

for a professional finish..........
presuming there is a gap behind plasterboard, then I would make a piece of wood a few inches bigger than hole, place at back of hole and hold in place with couple of screws thru plasterboard. this gives you a surface to support new filler. Fill slightly over proud of hole then when dry sand down with medium grade sandpaper. You won't see the join!!!

Answer 10

really depends how deep the hole is, couple of inches just go with filler, any deeper pack with newspaper first. VERY important, whichever way you use dampen the hole or newspaper first otherwise the filler won't bond well at all.Fill it to nearly level, leave to set a little then fill to level (otherwise it'll sag) when smoothing use the finest sandpaper or glass wool available and again dampen the area, shouldn't be visible when your done