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How to fill holes in your wall / ceiling

Contents

  • Situation before
  • The tools
  • One special problem
  • Filling the hole
  • Situation afterwards
Do-it-yourself - Some random tools (Thumbnail)
Do-it-yourself - Some random tools (Thumbnail)

I've decided to fill some holes in my ceiling and my wall today. I don't want to paint my room the next time as it is too cold at the moment, but the holes were really ugly. I've added a photo of them. So I went to the next hardware store and asked what could be done. I thought I needed to use gypsum which is gray, so it wouldn't look very good. Additionally you can buy gypsum only in 1.5 kg bags.


Situation before

Holes in the ceiling before I fixed it.
Holes in the ceiling

The tools

The guy at the hardware store suggested to use acrylic paint. So I did. These were the tools I needed:

  • Acrylic paint: about 4.00 Euro
  • some masking tape
  • a putty knife
Kreppband und Japanspachtel
Masking tape and putty knife
Acrylic paint
Acrylic paint

One special problem

As I had a wall plug in my ceiling I needed to remove it before I could start. I could not simply push it into the wall (it didn't work, I've tried it). And removing this special wall plug isn't that easy. This is how it looks like in the wall:

Zusammengedrückter Hohlraumdübel
Wall plug

So I tried to stretch it:

Stretching the wall plug with the hammer didn't work
Stretching the wall plug with the hammer didn't work
Stretching the wall plug with a wrench worked ...
Stretching the wall plug with a wrench worked ...
... kind of
... kind of

Filling the hole

First you need to clean both holes so that the acrylic paint can stick. Then you have to use the masking tape to get a clean border:

Use the masking tape
Use the masking tape

You have to use the putty knife to get a clean, smooth surface with the acrylic paint. Maybe you need to fill the hole repeatedly with acrylic paint. As soon as the surface looks okay, you can stop. Now remove the masking tape and then wait some hours until the acrylic paint is dry. The time you have to wait depends on the acrylic paint you use, but mine is dry enough for painting after 4 - 6 hours.

Situation afterwards

Afterwards, it looks like this:

Filled hole in the ceiling
Filled hole in the ceiling

Hmm ... well ... it looks different when I look at it. I can barely see it as it's not that bright at the ceiling. Nether the less, I will have to paint in the summer.

Published

Mär 5, 2012
by Martin Thoma

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  • do-it-yourself 2
  • home improvement 2

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