How do you fix drywall if there's a hole in it. And it's about the size of a baseball.?

Question

The other holes were made by my niece taking a thumbtack and making......oh....at least 50 holes in the drywall. Thanks for the feedback.

Answer 1

Most home improvement shops (Lowes, Home Depot, etc) have patch kits for door knob size holes. They are relatively inexpensive and are easy to do.

Otherwise, you can get a scrap of drywall, cut it to fit, tape and spackle it to smooth and level out. If you wall has a texture on it you can thin out the spackle and smear in on with a putty knife until it matches the rest of the wall's texture. Paint when completely dry.

For tiny holes, like pin or nail holes, you can use tooth paste, not the gel kind though. Just put a dab on your finger and swipe it over the hole and paint when dry.

Answer 2

The best fix I know is called a " California patch ". Take a piece of drywall, about the size of a volleyball. Put it face down, with your drywall knife, cut the paper in a "X &O's" game fashion, making certain the middle square is smaller in size, than the hole to be repaired. After scoring the cuts, break and peel off the outside pieces , making sure not to damage the front paper of the piece of drywall. Check fit, then butter the back side of the patch completely with drywall mud [ yellow type with adhesive is best] , and also the hole and around it. Apply the patch, working out from the center with a trowel or large drywall knife [ not the same type as above ], making the patch flat and smooth , with no wrinkles or bumps. Now would be a good time to fill the tack holes with the mud and a knife. When the patch dries, mud the edges and then , when that dries, sand all the repairs. More mud coats and sanding may be necessary. When satisfactory, be sure to seal with a primer before applying paint.

Answer 3

Often these small repairs can be fixed using kits bought at Home Depot, or other building materials outlets. Some are simply fiberglas with adhesive on the back, which can be "mudded" after sticking them over the hole. For a small hole like your's, this might be effective. If it becomes larger due to deterioration of the drywall, you may have to resort to using other methods, like cutting a "tapeless" repair, which is done by using a piece of drywall that is purposely cut somewhat larger than the hole, then measured on the back side to the hole size, then cutting the back paper to the dimension, and pulling the gypsum and back paper off. then "pasting" it over the hole, applying more coats after successive coats (called feathering) to "float" out any imperfections. This does take some time, but that only makes for a repair that won't be noticeable after painting.

Answer 4

As for the thumbtack holes, I would just get some drywall putty and fill in the holes with a putty knife; sand off any excess and paint back over it. As for the large hole, home improvement stores carry patch/repair kits for just this sort of thing. They are usually located near the spray adhesives and sand paper. These usually consist of wire tape that you will use to cover the hole, and a small portion of putty... if the hole is too big for this, you will have to cut out a square shape and replace the hole with cut-to-fit drywall piece; tape the cracks; putty the screwholes and cracks; sand til smooth, then paint. Hope this helps!

Answer 5

Interesting answers. For the baseball sized hole try cutting a piece of scrap wood longer than the hole, insert it and attach from the outside with sheetrock screws, make sure you sink the screws to cover with spackle later. Cut a piece of sheetrock to fit the size of the hole. Attach to the piece of wood you just added, use the fiberglass patch at this point to make it as invisible as you can. I would recommend that you use spackle as opposed to drywall mud on the screw, nail or tack holes. That is what it is for and it won't show when you touch up with paint. Drywall mud needs to be primed, unlike the spackle.

Answer 6

get a can of foam insulation,,put a news paper at the bottom of hole to hold foam up, spray foam ,,let dry completely,,use a long knife or handsaw and cut flush with wall,,you can fill with spackling or drywall compound


spackle for holes

or drywall compound

Answer 7

isome good answer's let's make it fast & easy go to home depot they make a metal screen patch adhisve on back, peal off stick, on use a wide plactic or metal putty knife ,use drywall compond let dry sand with 180 grit paper ,do not try to do this i one coat it will take several coats ,make sure to feather it out prime &paint the end

Answer 8

go to a hardware store and ask the sale person and they will tell you what you will need it isn't difficult to repair it just takes time for the patch to dry to paint it