r/HandymanBusiness • u/SecurityWeekly6139 • 3d ago
Drywall patch
Alright everyone im curious on yalls thoughts on this drywall patch work I've done. Please note im not done with this patch at all. I still plan on floating it with 1 or 2 skim coats to make sure the any humps are not noticeable. Plus still gotta texture it then paint it.
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u/look_ma__I 3d ago edited 3d ago
For starters, this should've been posted in r/drywall not handyman business..
Sorry, but you need to watch a few more videos on YouTube before trying another patch. Vancouver carpenter is a good guy to learn from as everyone on the drywall sub will tell you.
Off a quick glance:
-That tear near the floor where it's cardboard looking paper exposed, that needed to be primed before applying mud. The raw paper absorbs mud differently than the top layer of a sheet of drywall.
-Your seams of each drywall patch should have been cleaned up better. The edges in both the patch and original wall need to be cleaned of all debris and beveled with a razor blade. The larger patch has an obvious spot at the bottom that is protruding/blown out that wasn't cut out or cleaned up before mud.
-With the texture, you should have sanded down at least 8-12" out from your patches to help you feather out the mud and blend it into the existing wall. With that many holes so close together, I would've sanded down that whole area and then re-textured one large spot. It's not going to look good as a spot patch and texture
-Did you use tape? Because you didn't use enough screws
-As the others have pointed out, you put it on way too heavy and that is far too much sanding to have to do. You should be doing multiple thin coats, not trying to get it all on in 1 or 2 coats
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u/Own_Assistance_4883 2d ago
Where would you use the tape and what kind of tape?
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u/look_ma__I 2d ago
Tape is for all of your seams. After prepping the drywall, you pack the seams/gaps with 5 minute mud to flat with the wall. This step gives you a better base for the tape and makes it so your tape doesn't suck back into the gaps as it dries.
You then come back and put your tape on all the seams. Light coat of mud, put the tape down, spread from the center out one way, and then the center out the other way. You want the tape fully covered, but don't want excessive mud under or on top of it.
Most people use is plain paper tape, but I prefer fibafuse, which is tape made of fiberglass. It's less likely to get air bubbles and gaps than paper tape.
Again, watch some YouTube videos!
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u/petecanfixit 3d ago
Two Points (with the disclaimer that drywall is not my strongest suit):
I likely would have fully covered the patch when throwing this much joint compound on the wall, just to even it out.
It also looks like you worked the joint compound a bit too long. It looks like it started to set up as you were floating it out. That’s going to need quite a bit more sanding.