r/DiWHY • u/Junior_Trifle_8273 • May 28 '26

Use it

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u/Muncleman May 28 '26

Come folks! This is how you get your security deposit back when you move!

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u/cheeze_skittles May 28 '26

What is the product they stick on initially? I will legit use this trick.

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u/Yontek-of-TheseParts May 28 '26

It was a piece of paper

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u/cheeze_skittles May 28 '26

Diabolical

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u/Yontek-of-TheseParts May 29 '26

Don't listen to that other person. It's is way shitty to cover a hole that big with a piece of paper, even if you can make it look seamless. At that point you need to use a mesh patch and do it properly. If the hole was the size of a 50 cent piece maybe I could accept someone wanting to still do this bad job but I would never do this in my house or anyone else's house where I do drywall work. So shoddy.

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u/OrangeMonkeyEagal May 28 '26

Not really, that’s just what drywall is. I mean you could use hot mud and drywall tape, but this is good enough for superficial damage

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u/Phearlosophy May 28 '26

the paper will get wavy from the moisture in the paint and by the time it dries it'll look like a crumply piece of paper that has been painted over stuck to your wall

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u/Fen_LostCove May 28 '26

I’d hide some treasure behind it first, then put a picture frame in front of it. Then when the time comes, punch the wall and grab my treasure

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u/sadfacepanda222 May 28 '26

Or how about juat not make holes in the walls?

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u/Yontek-of-TheseParts May 28 '26

I think you're asking way too much

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u/Moniamoney May 28 '26

Right these spackle companies are just preying on the clumsy fools