Paint question: good drywall repair product
Hi All,
I'm removing wallpaper from all my basement rooms and it is a very long hard job. The hardest part is removing the paste but I'm getting it using DIF and a lot of elbow grease. This is really a job to hate.
But my question is when you have some small dents and blems in the wall and have one coat of paint on already, what is a good way to fix this? I've already done a lot of drywalling and repair; I just want some product that sets up fast (unlike drywall compound) and doesn't need sanding to paint over it. Thanks in advance for any ideas. Now back to the basement for more dudgery.
Try lacquer body and seam filler
I've used the platinum gray lacquer body filler that is designed to fill the body seams on auto parts such as the cowling, etc. The guy in the wood model shop where I work uses it all the time and I've used quite a bit on nails before painting. Drys really fast ( 10 minutes) and if you are careful when you apply it and don't pile it on, you'll just need to hit it with 360 grit very lightly. Takes paint really well.
Thanks all for your help. I'm going to start with the
DAP first and see how that works. Thanks again.
Jim and Ole I hear you. I've done several coats
of drywall and I'm getting tired of this. :) I agree that drywall is easy to work with but with the "mud in the can" you have to wait overnight for it to dry. Removing old wallpaper paste has to be one of the worst jobs I've done in a long time. It takes forever ; I'll never use wallpaper again in my house. Unless it stays up with magnetism. :) Yeah, that's the ticket! Thanks again all for your help.