Skip to main content
Stesso

Sand the Spackling

3:52
5:44
253.7K views

At 3:52 in

HOW TO FIX CEILING CRACKS. Drywall repair hacks & sheetrock repair tips

Watch on YouTube

What happens here

Allow the spackled area to dry for a couple of hours. Once dry, use a medium sanding sponge to lightly sand the patch. The purpose of this step is to knock down any rough edges and ensure a smooth, seamless transition between the repaired area and the original ceiling surface. Be gentle to avoid damaging the surrounding texture.

Goal: Smooth out the spackled area.

Tools and materials

  • Sanding sponge — Smoothing the dry spackling

What they say

Hide

So now my patch is up there. It's giving it a couple hours to dry. It's plenty of time. Got my sanding sponge. Just going to hit it with the sanding sponge lightly. This is just a medium sanding sponge. Just got a little brush, touch-up brush. It's a really small area, so I don't really need a big brush. And the customer didn't have any of the paint, so I actually had to cut a little piece of the drywall out in one of the closets to do a color match. And I got it color matched into a small paint right here. And now I'm going to just do my touchup. So, I'm just going to barely run my sanding sponge over this just lightly just to knock down

Auto-generated from the video audio.