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Hole in Your Textured Ceiling? Fill ‘er Up!

by on Dec 15, 2006

The only thing more unsightly than a hole in a textured ceiling is a badly patched hole in a textured ceiling. Follow these very easy steps and make those holes and patch jobs disappear.

Note: this process works best for average-sized nail and screw holes. The one in the example was approximately 1/4″ in diameter. Also, the ceiling and all supplies were white, but because of light conditions, they look grey.

The texture was smooth but it was spoiled by a hole.

What Was Used

Sheetrock brand All Purpose Joint Compound

Homax Acoustic Texture Patch for Ceilings, which comes with a brush applicator

Small knife

(All supplies, besides the knife from my kitchen drawer, were purchased at Menards)

Container of sheetrock joint compound sitting beside a container of texture patch with a brush on the lid.

What Was Done

1. Using knife, fill hole with joint compound. Let dry. (If you are filling a larger sized hole, you will want to fill the hole half-way, let it dry overnight, and then fill the rest of the way. Proceed to step 2.)

Damage on a textured ceiling.

2. Using the applicator brush, scoop a teaspoon or so of the texture patch from the tub and dab over joint-compound-filled-hole. Let dry.

A beige colour paste is in the bowl and a spoon having the liquid.

"Brush to be used on Ceilings"

3. Touch up with paint, if necessary.

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