That should make a flatter repair although I would have just scraped it down [nothing drastic] then tape and finish. Generally any 'hump' won't be noticeable if it's spread out over a wide enough area. IMO the biggest concern will be in getting the texture to match. For me, knock down is the hardest texture to make blend.
Cracks in Santa Fe knockdown
I have these two cracks in my ceiling and finally decided to fix and repaint the whole house. I screwed the drywall down and was getting ready to mud and tape, but then started watching some more youtube vids and saw I should scrape the texture off first. I would rather get it flat so I can embed the tape then try to match the texture, but that stuff is solid. Any tricks to make that possible, or should I just tape what I have and hope for the best? Thx for the help in the past.
