i recently removed faux brick which had been cemented to an indoor wall by prying the brick off with a chisel. this left much of the sheet rock damaged including some holes (although not completely through the sheet rock). rather than replace the sheet rock i am looking for some ideas of creative wall treatments to cover the space with.
2007-12-01 08:03:18 · 9 answers · asked by Abbezabba 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
Call a professional.It is a small job and wont cost very much to fix.........or do what jazcoman or kevin suggest.they seem to know what they are talking about.
2007-12-01 08:12:09 · answer #1 · answered by Tilton J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can sand off any loose paper that may have torn...you then need to seal the damaged drywall with a oil based primer so as to keep the torn paper from raising up when you float out the wall [ joint compound is water based and will raise the damaged paper if not sealed]. If damage isn't too scarred you can use a 6" drywall blade/knife and experiment with a heavy texture like a spanish drag or similar. You could also purchase a round drywall texture brush and load it with mud and stomp it on the wall and then lightly drag your knife/blade over it to produce a nice knock-down stucco look! Test a small area on the wall...if you don't like the texture just scrape it off and try another. I did alot of cover up's using this method! Practice and you may like what you've accomplished.
Another option is to go over the sheet rock with a thinner thickness of drywall 1/4" 3/8"...but you will have to tape an bed it!
2007-12-01 08:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by jazcomania 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can try skimming the wall with a drywall knife and drywall mud - you can buy drywall mud premixed. Do two thin coats if you have to to allow it to dry thoroughly and prevent cracks. You can do a drop trowel or a heavy knockdown texture - knockdown is pretty easy, drop trowel can be trickier. If you have a chance, go look at some model homes and you can get a look at different types of wall treatments.
2007-12-01 08:11:24 · answer #3 · answered by LoFlo 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you need to get as much of the old resin off as possible. scraping and sanding may work. then you can use dry wall compound, (mud), to smooth out the ruff spots. for small holes, use mud and dry wall tape. for large damaged areas, you can cut out a hole and do a sheetrock patch.
to skim the small bad spots with mudd simply use a mud knife to put a light float of mud over damaged area. let dry and sand smooth. repeat until surface is good.
when you use tape, put a light skim of mud on wall, apply tape, and scrape excess mud from underneath tape using knife. let dry, sand and skim with mud and sand till good.
now you are ready to texture. texture is a mud water mix and can be sprayed or applied with a "crows-foot" brush.....
shoot me an email if you need more info. GL with it!
2007-12-01 08:19:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on how large the holes are. If they are to large to be covered by joint compound then I would recommend just replacing the drywall.
2007-12-01 08:07:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
just get some wall spackle and cover the holes sand it and paint it.
2007-12-01 08:06:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Paneling.
2007-12-01 08:06:14 · answer #7 · answered by Dan H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've never been one to interfere with wedded bran muffin bliss..... ;)
2016-04-07 02:07:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
plaster of paris...spackle paint
2007-12-01 08:05:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋