I have found that painting the raw cut edge of the drywall with latex paint
increases the adhesion of the mud to these edges and improves the ability to
fill such overcuts around holes, otherwise the mud simply won't stick or
just falls off when dry.

"highflyr" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

I'm finishing my bsmnt and when I'm putting on the light switch and
electrical receptacle covers, I'm realizing how amateur my drywalling
is.

I've bought the oversize ones and for the most part, they cover the
imperfections.

There are a few places where they hole was simply cut too big. What's
the best and fastest way to fix it? None of the gaps are more than 1/4
inch wide at most.

I can post some pics for your laughing pleasure if I haven't described
my shotty work well enough.

Thanks for reading and replying

Ed