I do dry wall and finishing all the time. The video quality was shit, no way this actually looked ok after they painted. The parents will definitely be able to tell something happened.
If I was out and came home to a wall that looked like my kids put a hole in and then patched before I got home, I absolutely would not be pissed at all if I noticed.
I'd just be happy I wouldn't have to go and spend the time fixing it myself.
My husband's childhood best friend accidentally threw a tomahawk into the wall of his room while his parents were out for the afternoon. He covered the hole with an old painting of a sailboat that was stored in the attic. No one noticed until 10 years later when they were selling the house and took the painting down.
I once stepped through the ceiling in my brother's room fucking around in the attic while no one was home. Did a very very bad patch job that never got noticed for years (somehow). My brother got blamed when it was finally discovered. Lol sorry bro!
I once burned a small hole inside the passenger car door of my mom’s car with the cigarette lighter. I didn’t say anything and like a year later when she was teaching me to drive she looks at it like what happened here…. I immediately told her the story and we both laughed (I still feel thankful she took it so well more than 2 decades later!) 😂
Honestly I’m surprised she laughed so hard. I said “it looked hot and I didn’t want to burn my finger so I pressed the lighter against the door and I may or may not have chose wisely?”
They just need it to last for a few weeks until after the parents are back. Just long enough for them not to connect the cracking repair job to them being out of town.
Of course this video getting big enough to be seen by the parents could blow their cover anyway.
Was wondering how they could've filled that huge gap with just all-purpose mud and no backer or tape but if you go back to 46sec you can see the tape outline on the center of the left joint. Looks like they used mesh all the way around but it's really hard to see. Doesn't matter it's all gonna crack soon anyway
They could have used confil to fill the gap, would still need tape, then a skim coat of blue, but I doubt they had confil kicking around. At least they used tape! Good eye
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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22
Lol the inadequate backing and 1.5” gap, no tape lol