the previous tenant in my apartment left a bunch of nail holes, and the plaster is all chipped around them. the walls are white. is there a product or a way to fill in the chips/holes without the wall ending up looking all splotchy? or do i have to ask the landlord to re-paint?
2006-10-13 17:12:54 · 17 answers · asked by S 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Spackle!
2006-10-13 17:14:43 · answer #1 · answered by Habester 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for plaster, your OH is correct. do you know anyone else that would do it for you? you don't want to destroy beautiful plaster, it is so hard to find a plasterer now! another idea, depending on the weight of the pictures, is to get picture hangers at a hardware store that are for plaster walls, not drywall. ask the clerk. if you have true "picture hangers," which are slats of wood that are below your ceiling, but run around the walls of the room, what you do in that case is use a strong, invisible wire. you just put a thin nail inside of the plaster, against the wooden casement where you can't see it, and use the see-through wire (a good, long length of it), threading it through the wire on the back of the picture or though the hole in the frame, making it into an angled shape, therefore hanging the picture on the wall. picture hangers on walls look something like "chair rails" on victorian plaster walls. they were put there so that the backs of chairs would not damage the plaster walls.
2016-05-22 00:23:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The quickest, easiest and cheapest way to fill those holes is plain, white Pespodent toothpaste. Buy a tube and use your finger to smear a little bit of the toothpaste into the holes. Let it dry and you can either paint over it or leave it alone. The "official" proper way to fill the holes is to buy a small container of spackeling compound and a putty knife. Stir the spackeling compound really well and use the putty knife to press the compound into the holes. Let the compound dry, sand it lightly with some sandpaper and then paint over it.
2006-10-13 17:17:04 · answer #3 · answered by kc_warpaint 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like an artist with great care,remove any excess Spackle with a hard flat edge of any type.Make sure that once it is dry,remove any more excess by using a fine sand paper.Using Spackle is very easy,it just requires a bit of patience...Then,if you can, get some one else to paint,because the fumes are truly not good for your lungs nor mind....Take care,may all go well.......Tom Science
2006-10-13 17:24:25 · answer #4 · answered by tom science 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just get some spackle...they have pre-mixed batches, using a putty knife just smooth the product over the holes, once dry sand a little to smooth out so its even with the existing wall then just touch up that area with paint....DONE
2006-10-13 17:15:48 · answer #5 · answered by Justcurious81 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read you rental/lease agreement or go to the store and buy a spackling spatuala and a tub of spackle (it can be found in any store that sells home repair and DYI products) it can even be tinted to match any color paint,but use a powder tinting compound unless you intend on repainting
2006-10-13 17:23:32 · answer #6 · answered by nighneev 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to patch all the holes with spackle. If there is a lot of little holes all over you may need to paint over all of the spackling. Good Luck.
Have a great day!
2006-10-13 17:18:41 · answer #7 · answered by Uncle Alf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A product called Quick mudd will do the trick. You may have to have the landlord repaint any way though. Make sure he/she/it knows about the damage before you do anything though !
2006-10-13 17:23:28 · answer #8 · answered by S.A.M. Gunner 7212 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Toothpaste. Or spackling compound. Either works. One prevents cavities.
2006-10-16 14:12:12 · answer #9 · answered by sharonmm2007 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I lived on an Air Force Base we used soap to match the wall color!
2006-10-13 17:23:42 · answer #10 · answered by hopetobelucky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋