WallRX: Fill Those Wall Holes Easy -from the Shark Tank

[Joshua Dorkin]

Ok - I just saw this product on the Shark Tank and thought is was absolutely brilliant (as did the sharks, as seen by the feeding frenzy to back the company): WallRX

You can watch a demo here

Basically, it is a product that lets you fill wall holes up to 4 inches in just seconds. I know this is one for every landlords' toolkit.

[Bryan Scott]

Or, prep the hole into a small square one with a box knife (no need to go stud to stud), then do a California patch.

I learned this years ago out of necessity as a landlord. Basically, just take a ruler and make a square around the offending hole making sure it stays inside the borders of the newly drawn square, then, cut a new scrap piece of drywall approximately 1" larger on all sides, then, with the paper side down, slice off the same 1" of the gypsum material ONLY thereby leaving the backing paper. The effect of this should make the actual gypsum product nearly exactly the same size as your newly prepped, square hole. Place the California patch in the hole, with the approx 1" of the backing paper overlapping the hole, then use drywall mud to "seal" in the patch.

Either approach will take 2-3 steps to do properly (read that as feathering the patch to eliminate noticeably high spots), then you still have to texture match, then paint.

I do like that new product, but to think that patch could be done that easily is a bit mis-leading to me.

Enjoy!