Fayili wrote:How would one go about fixing a hole in a wall (in this instance from a door handle)? I have the general idea that Spackle is involved? Plaster? Paint?
If you have drywall:If the piece punched out by the door handle is still hanging there, its relatively quicker, if you have a strait needle its really easy, stick the needle in the edge of the punched out piece and then jam it into the rest of the wall. Then just spackle you don't even have to tape, you SHOULD but you don't have to.
If the whole is completely knocked out, yeah you need to replace the piece, and cutting a square is the easiest way.
I recommend cutting a square of drywall about 1/2 an inch larger than the hole first, place that on the wall and use it as a guide to mark the wall. Then cut out the hole place in the patch, tape and apply joint compound DONT GO TOO THICK and "feather" your edges. Let it dry for several hours give it a sand and repeat a couple times.
As was stated, most of the time is waiting for the joint compound/spackle to dry.
If its plaster:If the lattus (strips of wood) aren't broken, simply clean out all the broken bits and a make the hole a LITTLE bigger, then shove plaster into the hole let it dry and walk away.
If the lattus is broke, (more than a little) call a professional or its never going to look right and 50/50 will fall out if you look at it funny.
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