How to repair?

"Nibbles" (nibbles)
05/27/2016 at 10:18 • Filed to: houselopnik, idiot dog, drywall

This is one of many like it. Our Greyhound has a light problem and tries to eat shadows. What would be the best way to repair damage like this?

DISCUSSION (48)

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:27

Sell the dog.

Ugh, textured walls too. I mean, you could attempt to spackle it and used a silicone squeegee to get the surface to match the surround textures, but I don’t know if that’s going to be 100% perfect.

Urambo Tauro > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:27

Ugh. Textured drywall is the worst.

You could try some of that texture-in-a-can stuff that hardware stores carry, but trying to match the original finish is a huge pain.

crowmolly > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:28

Paint the scratches tan and put an end table in front of it.

Matching that texture will be a PITA

Nibbles > Urambo Tauro
05/27/2016 at 10:28

IKR?! I hate that the whole damned house is textured. Nonetheless I can’t do much about that. Would all-purpose drywall compound be enough to repair the divots though? I really don’t want to have to cut and replace large chunks of wall

McMike > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:29

I was going to say “just mud it,” then I saw that wall is textured

I have a small stain on one our our bedroom ceilings from a small roof leak five years ago that I’m trying to ignore because it’s on a 30 year old stippled ceiling that I know I’ll never be able to reproduce the texture and the color of the mud.

Kinja'd!!!

(stop looking for the stain, this is just an image of stipple)

Honeybunchesofgoats > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:30

As far as the dog chasing shadows and light, you should really read up on light fixation in dogs and how to break them of it (mostly through exercise and distraction), because it's something that can get worse and develop into a full blown OCD.

Jcarr > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:30

Yeah, those look shallow enough that regular compound should fill them just fine.

Urambo Tauro > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:31

Yeah, you can fill the gouges with AP mud first before trying to get all artsy with the finish.

Or just install wood paneling over the lower 36" and top it with a chair molding...

190octane > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:31

How much effort do you want to put in?

What I would do is get some joint compound to fill the holes, sand down the joint compound and the surrounding texture to level, get some spray texture and try and match it as closely as possible and repaint it. If you do a good job, the only people who notice it should be you and people looking verrrrrry closely for mistakes.

Some other oppos might know better than me as I'm no professional when it comes to stuff around the house.

macanamera > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:33

step one- give us pictures of they greyhound

Nibbles > 190octane
05/27/2016 at 10:33

Good thoughts here.

Rainbow > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:34

Buy a poster and forget about it?

Nibbles > Honeybunchesofgoats
05/27/2016 at 10:35

I’m quite well versed ;)

She’s gotten much better with the work we’ve put in. She’s also epileptic which doesn’t help.

Party-vi > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:35

ok but why did they install door trim for your wall base?

Nibbles > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
05/27/2016 at 10:35

No. She’s my terrible mess.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:36

I have the same problem with light fixation with my Rottweiler, so I know what a pain it is.

That's gonna leave a mark! > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:37

Best bet is to fill the low spots with spackle. Take a damp sponge and wipe excess spackle off the undamaged areas much like you were wiping down grout, keeping the grout only in the lines, not on the tile. The idea is to make the damaged areas at the same height as the undamaged areas. The damaged areas will be flat vs textured but once it’s primed (2X) and then the wall painted, it will minimize the damage. Unless you are looking for it, the eye will not see it. Of course you could take the easy way out and just move.

190octane > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:37

Full disclosure, I would probably leave it for a few years because I’m a lazy fuck and take little to no pride in my house but that’s what I would do if I got around to fixing it.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:38

Spread joint compound

Sand flat

Apply a thin layer by dabbing with a sponge for texture (the holes create the texture, feel free to mess with making cavities and such)

Paint

Nibbles > macanamera
05/27/2016 at 10:38

Kinja'd!!!

Nibbles > 190octane
05/27/2016 at 10:41

It’s been a few years. We’re finally getting around to fixing shit :)

Nibbles > Party-vi
05/27/2016 at 10:42

Quick ‘n dirty fix ‘n flip

Nibbles > Rainbow
05/27/2016 at 10:43

Posters at ankle level would look awks

Party-vi > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:45

The previous-previous owner of my current house did that to the last owners, and if I saw that motherfucker today I would beat him with a length of pipe.

Rainbow > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:45

Not if the entire room is covered in them. I have posters and magazine ads from floor to ceiling in my bedroom.

Nibbles > Rainbow
05/27/2016 at 10:46

I think that may be more expensive and time consuming than patching the holes :\

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:47

Didnt you fix that once already? Btw Ive gotta come see your dogs again, theyre too cute

Rainbow > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:47

But who needs time or money when you have a wall covered in race cars! :D

Nibbles > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
05/27/2016 at 10:50

I did not. I said I was going to then didn’t.

Story of my life breh

Nibbles > Rainbow
05/27/2016 at 10:53

Our future renters probably won’t care for that much

Rainbow > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 10:56

Damn... Well.... I guess actually fixing the wall might be your best bet.

That’s no fun.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 11:05

Sand it down, spackle it, sand it again, paint area

At least that’s what I’d do

PartyPooper2012 > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 11:08

What you do is take a firm brush... place some compound on it. and run your finger away from the wall so the bristles will fling compound onto the wall. do it enough to build an uneven bubbly base. then gently rub a slightly moist sponge over it to smooth out sharp portions and make it little more even.

Wait to dry. paint. Have a beer

Nibbles > PartyPooper2012
05/27/2016 at 11:19

BAM, that right there is a stupidly-simple way to do exactly what I’m wanting to do. Thanks pooper!

PartyPooper2012 > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 11:22

Make your house Great again 2016!

Nibbles for homeowner!

Build that YUGE wall!

Nibbles > PartyPooper2012
05/27/2016 at 11:24

(I am building a huge fence / gated driveway later this summer)

PartyPooper2012 > Urambo Tauro
05/27/2016 at 11:27

I just had a twitch! Can we outlaw wood paneling? Send them back to when they came from - 1980s. If Trump becomes president, I’ll ask him to stop wood panels from coming into the US!

PartyPooper2012 > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 11:28

My fence is being erected as we speak. It’s not so much to keep the illegal immigrants out. It’s more to keep legal dogs in. Fuckers like to run like their ass is on fire. Fence includes gates too. Had to wrestle my wife to get gates... I don’t get why she’s against gates...

Nibbles > PartyPooper2012
05/27/2016 at 11:31

That’s why we’re doing it too. Greyhounds like to have room so I’m extending the back yard to come all the way to the front of the house. That means the driveway is gated in. Which means I get gates :)

Which also means I was able to convince the wife to get power gates :) :) :) :) ): :) :) :) :) :) ): :)

PartyPooper2012 > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 11:33

lucky Sonova Beach!

Like a barbarian, I will have to get out of the car when snow and rain and hail is falling all to open a damn gate. Drive the damn clunker in. Get out again to shut the gates.

I might have to get some powaaa

Leadbull > PartyPooper2012
05/27/2016 at 11:36

Ive seen white beadboard a lot, and it can look pretty good. It's usually confined to a bathroom or dining room though.

PartyPooper2012 > Leadbull
05/27/2016 at 11:38

yeah. everything looks good new. when it gets a bit older and a bit darker, place looks smaller and smaller. walls will be literally closing in around you.

Urambo Tauro > PartyPooper2012
05/27/2016 at 11:51

If Trump becomes president, I’ll ask him to stop wood panels from coming into the US!

Trump’s wall will have the best, most beautiful wood paneling you’ve ever seen.

Urambo Tauro > PartyPooper2012
05/27/2016 at 11:55

Never seen that brush trick before! I love it almost as much as I love flat drywall. ;)

PartyPooper2012 > Urambo Tauro
05/27/2016 at 12:02

noooooooooooo!

PartyPooper2012 > Urambo Tauro
05/27/2016 at 12:07

nobody’s perfect... but everyone wants lovin’. Textured walls are no different. They too want to be fixed

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Nibbles
05/27/2016 at 19:20

Good dog

pImpOfThePerverse > Nibbles
05/28/2016 at 06:52

You’re in luck! They make bondo for houses