A lot of people understandably have a love/hate relationship with drywall. Take patching holes for example. When a fix comes out right, it’s hard not to love drywall despite its messy, often fickle nature. When a patch attempt comes out badly, the only thing you can do is hate the stuff. Well, and do it again. When it comes to drywall, knowledge is power. Check out these variations on patching walls.
This tip uses polyurethane glue to make an invisible patch. Invisible Drywall Patch
Check out this video is a combo tip that shows you how to make holes and fix them. Nifty Drywall Patch
Here’s a video showing how to fix a big hole in drywall. Large Drywall Patch
This video shows how small holes are handled. You might be familiar with this method. If not, you’ll be glad you checked it out. Small Drywall Patch
This is a reader’s submission on the California patch method. California Drywall Patch
Here’s that no-tape method shown again with step-by-step illustrations. The no-tape drywall patch
This tip shows how tape is used behind the patch. It’s part of one of the above listed videos. Drywall patch tip
This tip uses housewrap of all things as part of the fix. Improved drywall patch
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I am a victim of drywall patches and totally hate to clean those fallen flakes. This informative article helped me a lot to get rid of those patches.
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