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Spackle and Smooth Holes

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The ART of Touch Ups. Master Painting and Spackling Touchups.

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What happens here

Using a flexible spackle knife, apply a small amount of spackle to fill each prepared hole. The key is to use just enough spackle to fill the hole without creating a large, flat patch around it, which can be visible after painting. Gently wipe off any excess spackle from the surrounding textured wall with the spackle knife or a gloved finger to blend it seamlessly. If the hole is particularly large, you might consider using spray texture to match the existing wall texture before spackling, though this step was not explicitly demonstrated in the video for the presented holes. Allow the spackle to dry completely before proceeding to the next step.

Goal: Fill and smooth wall holes for a uniform surface ready for paint.

Tools and materials

  • Flexible Spackle Knife — Applying and smoothing spackle
  • Gloves — Keeping hands clean while working with spackle and paint
  • Spackle — Filling holes and imperfections
  • Spray Texture — Matching wall texture for large holes (use before spackle)

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touch this up right here now I'm just going to use a flexible spackle knife just get a little bit of spackle and this is what I'm talking about you don't want a life big use a big swipe across your wall well I see a lot of people do homeowners do-it-yourselfers they'll do this and just leave that now to um paint over and you're going to have a big flat spot what I want to do is just just enough to fill the hole now I'm just going to wipe off the excess around the edges just like this if I mess it up I can flatten it back out and if the hole is too big you can do some spray texture over it that's going to be just fine I'm going to wipe off the excess get rid of it around my texture because that actually fills in the texture now I'm going to scrape it one more time wipe off the excess I like wearing gloves because I like my hands clean but you can take your gloves off and wipe it with your bare hand and have a little more success now what I

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