How to Repair a Small Hole in a Spanish Knife Textured Wall

Written By: Kayla Elder

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How to Repair a Small Hole in a Spanish Knife Textured Wall

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

Time Required

8 - 14 hours

Introduction

The interior walls in your house are subject to the wear and tear of everyday life. It’s easy to put a small hole in your wall accidentally. How do you repair that hole if it’s part of a textured wall?

If you’ve recently put a small hole in your Spanish Knife textured wall, this guide is for you. My guide reviews how to spackle the hole, re-texture the wall, and re-paint the wall. When you’ve completed these instructions, you won’t be able to tell there was ever damage to the wall.

Please note that the amount of time it will take you to complete the repair process depends on the size of your hole and the humidity in the air. Higher humidity will increase the dry time for spackle and joint compound.

Before beginning, remove all loose jewelry. Also, wear clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty with spackle, Joint Compound, or paint.

Tools

Parts

Step 1

Remove any debris from the hole in the wall.

Step 2

Scoop some DryDex Spackling on to your plastic taping knife.

Step 3

Fill the hole with spackle.

Step 4

Gently move the taping knife over the newly covered hole in multiple directions.
This will ensure the spackle completely fills the hole.
Let the DryDex Spackle dry.
You will know the spackle is dry when it turns from pink to white.

Step 5

Sand the newly spackled area down until the spackle is level with the original wall.

Step 6

Scoop some All Purpose Joint Compound on to your putty knife.

Step 7

Smooth the joint compound on the wall, covering the area you want to re-texture.

Step 8

Gently drag the putty knife through the joint compound to create ridges.
Creating ridges is a creative and unique process. You get to decide how close you want the ridges together and at what angle to make the ridges.
Let the joint compound completely dry.
You will know the Joint Compound is dry when it turns from grey to white.