Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] spackling

05 October 2011

Re: [DIY] spackling

No Cindi, I use a product that says Rapid-Dry - that may be the brand name, I paint over it almost immediately when I'm filling small holes. When we did the repairs on the bathroom walls (after our trials with the wallpaper steamer) we let it sit overnight, sanded and painted the next day.

Yes, you can paint the popcorn ceiling. If it hasn't been painted before it will soak up paint like crazy. Remember, the way to remove it is get it wet and scrape it off - so in painting you want to keep the coverage consistent and avoid getting any one place saturated with paint. Our basement in CA had popcorn ceilings and after a leak in the ceiling it needed to be repaired. We removed an area about 4' square, used a repair kit to re-texture then painted the entire basement ceiling. You just have to use a little more care, otherwise, it just rolls on like any other paint job.

On Oct 4, 2011, at 8:27 PM, Cindi Waters wrote:

The spackling compound I bought says it has a drying time of 1-4 hours. (That's the kind that goes on pink and turns white when it's dry.) Is that the immediately dry stuff you're talking about?

From: Jan Flood <jan.flood2@att.net>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Priming walls

Get the premixed kind and I prefer the type you can paint over immediately. The salesclerk should be able to steer you to a good brand for what you're doing. It doesn't much to fill holes unless you have some big ones.

On Oct 4, 2011, at 10:58 AM, subprong wrote:

May I ask what you use to fill in the holes and joints? I have to do this myself. I was looking at the store the other day and saw a million choices for plugging up holes in all types of materials. Do you use a pre-mix putty or the type you mix with water? Ruling out "wood fillers", what brand or words should I be looking for on the labels? Thank you.

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:48 AM, wired <wiredformen@yahoo.com> wrote:

If you can see a separation of two adjoining surfaces, yes. You have to remember that I work in a very upscale area where the clients are snobs. The results, however, is the difference between night and day.

Jan Flood