[andrewjs18]

hi folks,

I recently had the 2nd story of my house insulated by blowing cellulose into small holes that were drilled in the drywall. in 2 of my bedrooms, the walls are painted white.

I'm going to apply a thin coat of spackle to help blend the holes in with the existing drywall. should I prime the walls first, then paint, or just paint without the primer since I'm keeping everything white?


Thanks!

 

[ront02769]

Personally I would hit them with proper. And it will be absolute hell to match the existing white. Ron

 

[joecaption]

No one here can see what your seeing without a picture.
How big are these holes?
Spackle is only for filling small nail holes.
Any repairs need to be primed, near impossible to have it match close enough, may end up having to repaint the whole wall.

 

[ToolSeeker]

Repair with joint compound, sand, prime the repaired areas, paint wall.

 

[andrewjs18]

I believe they're 2in holes. I'll post up some photos tonight after work.

 

[andrewjs18]

here's some photos:

 

[Marky82]

Do you have the original paint when you last painted the wall? If so you can try only painting the patched areas. I personally would repaint the entire wall to make sure everything matches.

Either way I would first wash the wall with TSP or TSP substitute then prime over the patched holes before painting. No need to prime the entire wall unless the paint is in bad condition.

 

[Gymschu]

Looks like the company did a nice job of filling the patches. That's good, however, no matter what they used to fill the holes with, there will be shrinkage. So......I would go over the patches with at least two coats of joint compound being sure to feather it out several inches around each patch. After that second coat dries, lightly sand, prime, and repaint.

 

[andrewjs18]

Do you have the original paint when you last painted the wall? If so you can try only painting the patched areas. I personally would repaint the entire wall to make sure everything matches.

Either way I would first wash the wall with TSP or TSP substitute then prime over the patched holes before painting. No need to prime the entire wall unless the paint is in bad condition.

The walls were all painted by the previous homeowners. I believe they did leave a gallon of white paint in the basement though.

the insulators used styrofoam plugs after they blew in their insulation. will the tsp cause any problems with that?

Looks like the company did a nice job of filling the patches. That's good, however, no matter what they used to fill the holes with, there will be shrinkage. So......I would go over the patches with at least two coats of joint compound being sure to feather it out several inches around each patch. After that second coat dries, lightly sand, prime, and repaint.

I'm pretty happy with their work. there's a few areas that I believe they used too high of a pressure in (some nail pops and some minor drywall bulges) that the owner is going to come check on probably after the holidays. it seems that my entire house has drywall installed over top of plaster & lath.

 

[Gymschu]

The walls were all painted by the previous homeowners. I believe they did leave a gallon of white paint in the basement though.

the insulators used styrofoam plugs after they blew in their insulation. will the tsp cause any problems with that?



I'm pretty happy with their work. there's a few areas that I believe they used too high of a pressure in (some nail pops and some minor drywall bulges) that the owner is going to come check on probably after the holidays. it seems that my entire house has drywall installed over top of plaster & lath.quote=andrewjs18;}

That really complicates the process.......

 

[andrewjs18]

The walls were all painted by the previous homeowners. I believe they did leave a gallon of white paint in the basement though.

the insulators used styrofoam plugs after they blew in their insulation. will the tsp cause any problems with that?



I'm pretty happy with their work. there's a few areas that I believe they used too high of a pressure in (some nail pops and some minor drywall bulges) that the owner is going to come check on probably after the holidays. it seems that my entire house has drywall installed over top of plaster & lath.

That really complicates the process.......

yeah...I suppose it's a lot cheaper to just drywall on top than ripping out lath and plaster throughout the house.

 

[ToolSeeker]

Late to the party. DO NOT USE TSP to wash the walls, must be rinsed at least 3 times and any, ANY, residue left will affect the adhesion of the paint.