"blueman" wrote in message
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"CR" writes:
"talkingcell" wrote in message
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Someone punched the drywall with a chair or something and it left a
crack/hole on the wall, not very big. How to fix it? thnaks in
advance.


A slick way to fix small holes: Cut the hole so it is square or
rectangular.
If it is 2"x2" after you square it up, then cut a piece of new sheetrock
4"x4". Then score a 1" wide piece around the back side of the new piece
and
break the rock off, but leave the paper on the big piece so that you
have a
2x2" piece of rock that has 4x4" of paper on it.

Mud heavy around the edges of the new rock and a thin coat on the hole,
the
wall and the new paper. Stick the 2" new piece into the 2" hole and mud
the
outside of the paper, let it dry and then finish it as you would if you
were taping it, the paper you left on acts as the tape and keeps the new
piece from falling inside.

but is the mud on the edges plus the paper strong enough to hold the
patch in place? I would worry that a well-placed bang would push the
patch back through the hole...

I first saw it done on a job where sprinkler fitters were running pipes
through existing walls. That was the way the drywallers patched the holes
around the pipes and the extra holes where the fitters "missed".
I had a renter that jumped on his coffee table, spun around to land on his
couch and missed and ended up with a perfect ass sized hole in the wall
above the couch.
The patch is actually very strong, not as strong as the original drywall but
close. Neither one will stand up to a flying renters ass however.

CR