*This is a video about how to repair a hole WITHOUT using plaster. I've made other videos about filling holes with other fillers such as EasiFill, which is awesome.* Meanwhile... Shop: gosforthhandyman.com/shop Join the Member Zone: members.gosforthhandyman.com Products I'm using: gosforthhandyman.com/products-i-use/ As mentioned in the vid, this video is specifically about filling holes WITHOUT plaster (hence the title). It's for situations where you need to fill and paint a hole *quickly* i.e. you don't have time to wait for plaster to set. For example if you need to fill the hole and paint within 10-20 minutes. I have other videos about filling holes with other products - *please Subscribe!* :-). Screwing: Defo screw the plug to the backing board if you can (mentioned this in the vid). Sometimes using the filler *behind* the plug will allow you to get the top surface exactly level with the surrounding drywall, e.g. if you're repairing damage and don't have the original plug. This saves putting skim over the plug. In the situation shown, where the skim is already on the plug, screwing it in place is absolutely fine. Bondo: It's not Bondo, it's BONDA. Made by Bondaglass-Voss. It's been extensively used throughout Europe by pro decorators for a long time as a better alternative for small repair jobs such as this where drying time is key. It has many advantages over traditional fillers and repair compounds. A bit more info about 2 part fillers here: gosforthhandyman.com/how-to-use-2-part-fillers/ *## FAQ ##* *Cracking / Tape:* 2-part doesn't crack. *California Patch:* Perfectly fine method but you'll need to wait for the plaster to set prior to painting. *Easyfill:* Easyfill is awesome and I use it myself. This method is for when you don't have time for Easyfill, plaster etc. to set. I have other videos about Easyfill. *QuickSet:* 5 Minute Quick Set - 5 minutes is the working time, not how quickly you can over-paint it. Most products suggest leaving it overnight prior to painting. 2-part fill can be painted in 10 mins. *Time Taken:* Couple of folk said this method takes too long. You can patch a wall AND paint it in under 20 minutes. If you're doing that with plaster then you're not waiting for the plaster to set prior to applying paint, not recommended. *Finish isn't as good:* It is. *Normal filler is easier to sand:* Yes, this is absolutely true but you have to wait WAY longer before you can sand it. *You showed a different wall at the end:* I didn't - watch to the actual end, next to the Cuppa Soup. Thanks for taking the time to read this before commenting! Love and hugs, Andy Mac x
Very handy tip, and excellent taste in the wall art !
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In the US it's "Bondo". Benifits of The California Patch: * You don't need wood or screws or the tool to drive them. * You can use any thickness of drywall as the plug. * Small pieces of drywall are free and available almost anywhere. * Sanding and prep is way easier I carry a bit of EasySand 20 in a small Tupperware container and the putty knife. I can mix it in anything that's clean, a can or old yogurt container from recycling. A paper or styrofoam cup from the garbage - and simply discard it when I'm done. I like not having to carry multiple tools or equipment, and materials, and fasteners, etc..
I was just about to say the same thing..... maybe it didn’t come out the way he thought so he tried to trick us like we wouldn’t notice that wasn’t the wall he worked on. 🤷🏽♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Brilliant - great advice and witty. Not only informative, but it kept my attention. You can get a similar effect by keeping the disk from the hole cutter and constructing a new house around it! But on a serious note, thanks for taking the time and trouble to make such a good video.
Tip for you. Powder cornice adhesive can be used as a glue and a filler. It dries in 30 mins and can be sanded, doesn't smell, it dries white, and has a very fine finish like plaster.
Great advise..i'm a painter decorator and do the same with holes. Only i screw the plug in instead of sticking it with the resin mix stuff. And use the resin wood filler for any deeper parts first and then a lighter plaster joint filler for a feathered edge finish. The heat from the resin wood filler beneath speeds up the drying time the joint filler too. Keep up the great videos. I've learnt so much
Seriously, this is the exact way I have been repairing holes in drywall, plaster and lathe and even wooden walls for years. used what I learned from damage control training in the Navy! The only difficulty I would have with this is that I can't find ANY outlets exactly like the one in the video. And seriously, how can this have 1.1k thumbs down??? This is a right legit way to do this...
I'm going to be trying this on some big cracks that just won't go away. These are big cracks from moving a door and adding drywall. I've tried all the types of filler to fix the problem. I'm thinking of cleaning out a small trench and filling it with this wood filler, sand it and then paint over it. I'm not talking about the little tiny cracks here and there but a long crack down the wall on both sides of where the drywall meets. Suggestions if you have any?
Thank you so much for the good humor. I appreciate guys in our environment that don't always take themselves so seriously while giving sound advice. It's refreshing.
Perfect method for filling over holes but personally I use and would recommend plasterboard joint filler instead of the stuff you put in. It sands down amazingly easy and it's easily mixed with up with water.
I agree Paul. I've been doing this for 30 years and Bondo is a hell of lot harder to sand. Maybe Gosforth Handyman doesn't know they make a 20 minute setting compound. He obviously doesn't know that hot water makes compound set twice as fast. That wall would have primer in under 1 hour if done right. Thats how the real Handyman does it. Time is money but his idea is ok for the homeowner.
This is fantastic. I have been an electrical contractor for around 30 yrs. I often wondered how my holes were filled. All I need to know now is by who? Great vid A1 Mukka.
That's one way to do it, I do drywall professionally, you might want to talk to a pro, you might save yourself some time.. Hey guys it's a good handyman repair though, if it's a smooth finish wall your working with, it's a repair that should hold fairly well, for a flat surface yes, but if you have orange peel texture, knockdown or any kind of texture on the wall it gets a little trickier, I suggest hiring a pro then or find a video that shows how that's done if you're a good do it yourselfer. Hope I don't offend the author of the video, he did his best, otherwise good video, don't waste your time responding to trolls laddie, just ignore them!
I don't know why anyone would complain. I've used this method myself and been quite happy with it. I'm glad you used a textured roller to apply the paint, as this often matches the original texture. Sometimes, I've used spray-can spackling or even hand-shaped a texture to match existing, whatever the job requires.
Informative AND entertaining! I'm sitting here in Australia enjoying the accent, the humour and the knowledge. . And I subscribed after the straw comment. That made my day!
Good video, one thing I would have mentioned is that the working time of the filler can be extended if you used less hardener. You put a huge amount of the hardener into your filler mix, which is why it went off so quickly
Always enjoy learning new techniques. If I don’t want to follow up and lose drive time over drying mud I’ll remember to employ your system. Great video brother 👍
You always have a few who see only the negative and completely miss the joy of learning and, in your case, the entertainment. Funny, funny guy. Ditto on the "wrong wall" comment. Thank you.
I have done the same basic repair using drywall mud and needed a screw to screw the plug to the batten inside the wall. I didn't think about using epoxy filler which is a superior method. Excellent!
Excellent video. Your humor may have gone unnoticed by some but it was much appreciated by me. Had me rolling when you read the viewer comments. Oh, and the repair instructions were good too. lol
This technique is obviously excellent because it put him in such good humor. Right, well done! I've been doing something very similar in a square shape, with wood behind, and with glue between wood and wall, and plugging with a chamfered plug of drywall board, but I fill the crack with a small amount of fast drying spackling compound. Cheaper, easier to sand, fewer steps, fewer materials, and still a same afternoon job.
When I was 15 there was a hole in the living-room wall where the doorknob kept hitting the wall each time it was opened. I could see small wooden slats running along in the hole and it was just driving me nuts that no one was doing anything about it. I didn't know WHAT I was doing, but I went into the basement and found a small bag of cement mix. I followed the instructions and mixed up a little batch. I packed it into the hole and smoothed it off. It dried beautifully and looked 100% better than before. The wall was wallpapered so it just looked like a grey spot on the wall. I was just a kid. I filled another hole in a brown hollow door 10 years later. I used some sort of cement that I found in the basement once again, and some brown liquid shoe polish to give it a brown color after it was dry. 10 minutes. 2 ingredients. Your video just reminded me of all that. And oddly enough, just today, I repaired a large old piggy-bank with a hole smashed into the top. Someone dropped something onto it. I gathered up the pieces and jammed them back together with some old rubbery glue that I found that was too old to really work. But I let it dry for two weeks and today I taped over the broken bits and the remaining hole with some layers of thin white medical tape. I'm going to spray paint the entire pig with bright red paint and put him outside on the steps as a garden decoration. He can be company for the gnome. I mean, the pig is very old. From 1970. You don't just throw something like that away. Couple of ingredients once again.
As a drywall finisher of 18 years I might have a different approach then your video shows. But I loved your video My professional opinion is that your patch is a perfect solution for somebody that wants to do a patch in a day and have it painted the same day. For those who say it would crack it wouldn't if you applied that product properly. Nice video
Nice work as usual Andy, thanks for the Vid. As a Spark having done lots of these holes for installing cables, one tip, if there are cables or pipes close by (having checked) cut the pilot drill down a bit if necessary then start the hole then when the blade has bitten in the board a bit, take the pilot drill out and continue the hole just enough to remove the board so as not to drill thro' pipes or cables. Fix the cut out boardback as you show then leave the rest to the Decorator! LOL.
I'm from the U.S. and I'm glad to see some DIY things in the old countries. I just really like the slightly different vocabulary and pronunciation. And it was very helpful. The chamfering part.
A dab of PVA or gap filling adhesive is great for sticking the batten into the back of the hole. PVA primer on the raw edge of the boards is also a good idea, though not if you don’t have time for it to dry. 😉 I usually find the skim falls off the cut piece of board. It probably needs a second coat in the middle. But a second coat fills it over easily enough.
You may think that this isn’t such an interesting video but for those of us who are just trying to get good. Ideas on how to maintain our house, this kind of video is excellent
" Fill it with straw or something" The dripping sarcasm was excellent! LOL Thanks for that. I am sure all the drywallers out there are losing their minds - no tape! Yikes! Also, best troll comments yet! Cheers Andy. (EDIT) You had me laughing, real laughing by the end. That was priceless. Best video I've seen this week, hands down.
The best way to see if you need to add a final bit of filler in any tiny holes that may remain is to paint over it. Paint has a remarkable ability to highlight any imperfections. Good job.
😊 Just don’t do like my neighbor did. After watching this video yesterday He came he came to my house with a 20+ year old router he had never used and asked for a chamfering router bit (he didn’t know what a chamfering bit was but he “just knew I would have one” ) I asked what angle, and what he was using it for. He said he didn’t know what angle and showed me this video. Told him you can’t use a router on drywall use a knife. He didn’t have a knife and insisted he wanted to use the router on the patch and in the kitchen...... He had a hole saw...... So I gave him an old high speed router bit, a scrap of drywall and a work table and a scrap of wood and clamps. Using the piece of wood I clamped it down and showed him to use the router, safety glasses, and dust mask and hah him test the router on the drywall scrap. Needless to say he was covered head to toe in drywall dust. He didn’t realize it and wanted to go “chamfer the edges in the kitchen. I showed him a picture of what he looked like and He wanted to anyway and said he would vacuum it. He had his vacuum out and routed it anyway. He again was covered with drywall dust as was his kitchen and most of the first floor. He said why didn’t you tell me. I told you 3 times I said. I said since you woke me up from a dead sleep earlier and didn’t ask if I would help you, you just started barking orders I would try to help. When you still wouldn’t listen you got Caspered. You still wouldn’t listen so your house got Caspered. I said I’m going home to get 2-3 hours of sleep. I’ll get up and help you patch the wall. He asked if it would be finished in time. I said yes BROTHER it will be finished in time before your birthday party..... Oh yeah..... Happy Birthday! I guess that will teach him to not wake me up before he is supposed to!!!! .... BROTHERS! 😊😊😊😊😊😊. Yes he is my neighbor....
Hi Andy, I do something similar, I use a hole saw 3mm bigger than the original hole saw. For example a 76mm hole saw will have an external cut of 76mm and an internal cut of 73mm ( blade 1.5mm on both sides) then use a 79mm hole saw to cut another plug out of a piece of plaster board that will measure approximately 76mm which will fit the original hole perfectly ! Keep the good videos coming mate. Col.
That’s a great repair I had an issue on drywall here in Australia we call it GypRock the toilet roll holder was ripped out and it had to go back to the same spot so i used a holesaw like you did and a product called fast dry liquid nails and I got some jumbo oversize popsicle sticks the really big ones put some glue on those placed them into the hole in the wall after holes swing it round pulled them toward me with a piece of string granted I had the luxury of letting it dry overnight then drilled a fresh plug with the same holesaw out of a patch panel and liquid nails that in and then used plaster topcoat to seal it all up and that was stronger than what it was to start with and I could re-drill holes and rehang the toilet roll holder off it without any dramas in fact I think it was so strong it would hold a towel rail with wet towels on it no problem......!! It’s a brilliant repair
To speed up the priming process, you can use a spray stain block like polycell or no nonsense (screwfix), dries very quick. Please please don't give time to troll comments....every video is worth the effort, your audience are not all expecting the same material (If that makes sense) 👍 Will be catching up on your podcasts today, which are fantastic by the way......have a great weekend! 👍
I thought I knew all of this, but still watched till the end, because I really like all of your vids. Came to your channel from Ten minutefestool Millard shop. 👍 to that channel as well, I have a festool habit also. Then I learned something new about filler, again, great vid. Also, enjoyed you openly relaying the trolls comments. Found it funny that people have so little going on that they have the time to go to the effort Perhaps if you can find time you could as well as tips Tuesday, do toss pot troll Thursday. I would deffo watch that 👍 Thanks for creating the content, I have learned a lot and enjoy ya channel 👍
Ayyyyeee I thought I was the only one using two pack for plasterboard repairs! Here’s a few things I’ve picked up after using two pack for 10 years+ The raw edge of cut plasterboard can be incredibly friable. To achieve good adhesion it’s essential, in my opinion, to thoroughly clean or seal the edge. Defiantly use a wood primer of some description over it. Emulsion can often struggle to adhere, especially when it’s very smooth. I always find using a screw in where the centre bit hole is pulls the board in tighter and gets it flusher then using filler or adhesive to stick it. I personally find a couple of bits of batten with low expansion adhesive type foam behind the board really helps tie it all together and further prevent cracking. Failing that I have been known to use silicone. Foam is great especially when doing larger patches where two pack would be unpractical and joint filler/Ames are used. In this instance I have even tried and tested not using scrim tape to achieve a flatter finish in less time with less filler. It have only ever cracked (with foam only) when timber behind (joists/trusses) have been soaked from a leak for example and shrink back. In this instance I think even fibre taped joints would have cracked but at least you can then tape and joint over and still achieve a reasonably flat finish.
Andy..... this is fantastic... I was in tears... the comment that was before out made me spit coffee out .. DAD???? 😂😂😂😂 This will def be in the aftershow 🤣🤣🤣🤣
These patch fixes are all well and good. The challenge is painting the fixed wall afterward to match the existing color. Some folks are lucky enough to actually have left over paint from a previous wall painting job and some people still have the sticker with the paint mix on it. But many times there is no paint to simply paint over the fix and you have to repaint the entire wall.
Used to be a painter, many moons ago lol. We used the body filler as well when the patch and paint had to be done in one day. When we had a bit more time, I loved the lightweight spackle, "Patch and Paint" was one brand; so light you think the gallon can is empty when you first pick it up lol. The beauty of it is that it does not shrink at all, very little water, and you can pack it very thick if need be, won't sag, kind of amazing.
It's a good idea, I like it, however, if you show a different wall as a finished project, you could've left the hole in the wall and put a shoe rack in front of it :D
I've used bondo for rebuilding rotted wood in doors and other places where you need to build out or replace wood -- but for filling drywall, 20 minute drywall compound is what you really want. Cheaper, and way easier to deal with. As fast or faster than bondo.
@@nelsoncasari5435 I have some of that -- it's OLD OLD 20 minute compound. It seems to set faster (or at least give you less working time) as it get older.
Hi Andy, after spending many, many years pulling wire in homes, I’ve found it better to pull the baseboard, cut your mouse hole behind the baseboard then just replace it and repair the caulk. Cutting holes in a customers wall is problematic especially if they are custom colours. 9 times out of 10 the customer doesn’t have any more paint.
Yeah tell me about it "Did you keep any touch up paint?" ...blank looks 🤣. Trouble here is that baseboards are normally so low you hit the baseplate of the stud wall. 👍
I thought you offered good sound advice, which will save viewers a lot of time and money for those wishing to undertake such a job. Additionally, I found your video well put together with a level of entertainment thrown in so 10/10 for your efforts.
@@GosforthHandyman Thanks for making the video. I need to make a video, I have been, from setting the tools down to 1 coat of primer in 20 minutes, for 10 years. 30 min total with 2 coats of paint provided that the paint is homeowner stored and good.
I use allot of Bondo at work. One trick I use to save time, apply a pice of wax paper onto your mixing board with spray adhesive and when you're done you can just peel it off and you have a clean mixing board. Cuts down on the dust also.
@@bigrichard660 yeah I read that post it was kind of botched up but basically what I was trying to say was by taking a hole saw on a drill and cutting all your patches and cleaning the whole up with a hole saw you just insert the round patch with excess paper as your tape basically it's a butterfly patch but it's round
Very handy video. Top tip for anyone who doesn’t own multiple or decent scrapers is to use an old credit or store loyalty card to flush the surface. I buy packs of blanks from eBay for a couple of quid and they make handy little filler knives and scrapers for jobs like this or for caulking (cracking little ice scrapers for windscreen too if you keep one in your wallet 😀). Cheers for the vid 👍🏻
I have a section of plasterboard to replace where a ceiling light rose was removed, I’ll be using your tips and advise. I just need to find a small off-cut of donor/plasterboard. Thanks in advance, and ignore those abusive comments, I liked your laid back style and attention to detail.
@@Dime_Bar You are a nasty liar! TAKE IT BACK, LIAR! You most certainly did NOT give his mother your custard the other day, you dishonest bucket of arse gravy, ....cause I did!
Excellent and informative. Enjoy the comments where people don't get UK humour and those who don't read the title of the video and suggest using plaster.
You are "Great". I love your humor! Very refreshing. Oh, and thanks for the tip of using "soup" to make the job look more professional....!?!?! Also, you handle the "hecklers" in the audience with grace and ease. Please don't go back from where you belong. You already are where you belong. Stay right where you are. Thanks again............. I like the wrong wall bit also!
why did you use glue to fix the plug to the batten ,why not just use the screw you used to hold the wooden piece in place originally to fix it to the batten and fill no glue needed??
I love how you put those obnoxious commenters in their place. The one excrement says something about your mother and you reply: “dad”? Love it!! Great video.
I’ve been doing this for years as I’ve learn in the past when filling holes. It usually takes me max 2 hours because the paint application is quick dry. You don’t really need primer but good job!
Couple of points. If you cut an irregular shape, you tend to get a better fit. The piece can only go back in the way it came out. Don't saw. Sharp knife and cut. Less gap, less to fill, easier to do. Also far easier to trim the raggedy edges because there is less of them. That said, you need to be handy with a knife. The screw in the middle of the timber used to hold the timber. If you use a 50mm screw, the screw head can be well away from the work face. So you can hold it with a claw hammer. If you screw your cutout piece to the timber, rather than stick it. You'll get a flatter finish because you're not battling the depth of the glue behind the board. Go slow screwing it because you're working with compromised plasterboard. Really enjoying the channel. Thanks mate
That was informative and funny. Thanks for calling out the know-it-all's and nasty trolls. It was also nice of your dad to post that encouraging comment via an alias. Cheers mate!
I've mucked around with carfiller since seeing you use it, I got rid of a crack on a ceiling along the join of two pieces of plasterboard by putting a one inch wide layer over it and feathered it out with drywall filler, no sign of it returning and it had been caulked twice before and always came back.
If you need a laugh, skip to 15:56. This material is GOLD! But if you wan to learn how to do this, this,video is very informative. I'm not from the U.K., and even I found this informative and entertaining. Thanks Mate!
Fantastic I have an immediate use for this tip,some twonk fitted a switch fuse spare directly below a double socket and the wall collapsed, so here we go.
Cut the hole Square, Cut a Piece of Rock an 1/4" longer on all for sides, Cut the rock off the 1/4" Leaving the front. Put rock in Square hole, Spackle, Sand, done.
Just discovered your channel this week! I love it! You make what can be a dull subject very entertaining! And it is great to know you and your dad keep in touch!
Love the video very detailed. Notice the wall you showed at the end was a wall that was also cut but u compared it to the wall you showed us. Thank you sir
I enjoyed your video, but I think using a bit of drywall mud would be a better solution, less steps, easier to use. Pretty much the same result with a touch more waiting for it to set. But I do like the backing idea with the wood, that's a smart move. Thanks for the video and advice.
I have used this method for over 25 years I have also used 5 minute joint compound with hot water and it sets in 4-6 minutes the hot water speeds up the accelerator in the joint compound.
The idea of making these videos is to help someone in some way. Even though we may all have different methods with the same results in mind, the bottom line is to hopefully pick up a tip or two from them, which I did. Having said that, It irks me when ignoramuses discourage anyone from making these well intended vids. Please be kind people. 😻
*This is a video about how to repair a hole WITHOUT using plaster. I've made other videos about filling holes with other fillers such as EasiFill, which is awesome.*
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As mentioned in the vid, this video is specifically about filling holes WITHOUT plaster (hence the title). It's for situations where you need to fill and paint a hole *quickly* i.e. you don't have time to wait for plaster to set. For example if you need to fill the hole and paint within 10-20 minutes. I have other videos about filling holes with other products - *please Subscribe!* :-).
Screwing: Defo screw the plug to the backing board if you can (mentioned this in the vid). Sometimes using the filler *behind* the plug will allow you to get the top surface exactly level with the surrounding drywall, e.g. if you're repairing damage and don't have the original plug. This saves putting skim over the plug. In the situation shown, where the skim is already on the plug, screwing it in place is absolutely fine.
Bondo: It's not Bondo, it's BONDA. Made by Bondaglass-Voss. It's been extensively used throughout Europe by pro decorators for a long time as a better alternative for small repair jobs such as this where drying time is key. It has many advantages over traditional fillers and repair compounds. A bit more info about 2 part fillers here: gosforthhandyman.com/how-to-use-2-part-fillers/
*## FAQ ##*
*Cracking / Tape:* 2-part doesn't crack.
*California Patch:* Perfectly fine method but you'll need to wait for the plaster to set prior to painting.
*Easyfill:* Easyfill is awesome and I use it myself. This method is for when you don't have time for Easyfill, plaster etc. to set. I have other videos about Easyfill.
*QuickSet:* 5 Minute Quick Set - 5 minutes is the working time, not how quickly you can over-paint it. Most products suggest leaving it overnight prior to painting. 2-part fill can be painted in 10 mins.
*Time Taken:* Couple of folk said this method takes too long. You can patch a wall AND paint it in under 20 minutes. If you're doing that with plaster then you're not waiting for the plaster to set prior to applying paint, not recommended.
*Finish isn't as good:* It is.
*Normal filler is easier to sand:* Yes, this is absolutely true but you have to wait WAY longer before you can sand it.
*You showed a different wall at the end:* I didn't - watch to the actual end, next to the Cuppa Soup.
Thanks for taking the time to read this before commenting! Love and hugs, Andy Mac x
Gosforth Handyman hippp
Your last part showed a different section of the wall. So, thar didn't help to show whether you did a good job.
@@wjb1561 You're literally replying to the comment that explains this... holy hell... 😂
Very handy tip, and excellent taste in the wall art !
In the US it's "Bondo".
Benifits of The California Patch:
* You don't need wood or screws or the tool to drive them.
* You can use any thickness of drywall as the plug.
* Small pieces of drywall are free and available almost anywhere.
* Sanding and prep is way easier
I carry a bit of EasySand 20 in a small Tupperware container and the putty knife. I can mix it in anything that's clean, a can or old yogurt container from recycling. A paper or styrofoam cup from the garbage - and simply discard it when I'm done. I like not having to carry multiple tools or equipment, and materials, and fasteners, etc..
I loved how you showed the wrong wall at the end.
I was just about to say the same thing..... maybe it didn’t come out the way he thought so he tried to trick us like we wouldn’t notice that wasn’t the wall he worked on. 🤷🏽♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
lol
Appeared legit to me.... 🧐😁
@@MrJreed03 It was a joke. Lordy... 😂😂😂
Gosforth Handyman oh okay....😂😂😂 my apologies.
Brilliant - great advice and witty. Not only informative, but it kept my attention. You can get a similar effect by keeping the disk from the hole cutter and constructing a new house around it! But on a serious note, thanks for taking the time and trouble to make such a good video.
Tip for you. Powder cornice adhesive can be used as a glue and a filler. It dries in 30 mins and can be sanded, doesn't smell, it dries white, and has a very fine finish like plaster.
Great advise..i'm a painter decorator and do the same with holes. Only i screw the plug in instead of sticking it with the resin mix stuff.
And use the resin wood filler for any deeper parts first and then a lighter plaster joint filler for a feathered edge finish. The heat from the resin wood filler beneath speeds up the drying time the joint filler too.
Keep up the great videos.
I've learnt so much
Seriously, this is the exact way I have been repairing holes in drywall, plaster and lathe and even wooden walls for years. used what I learned from damage control training in the Navy! The only difficulty I would have with this is that I can't find ANY outlets exactly like the one in the video. And seriously, how can this have 1.1k thumbs down??? This is a right legit way to do this...
I'm going to be trying this on some big cracks that just won't go away. These are big cracks from moving a door and adding drywall. I've tried all the types of filler to fix the problem. I'm thinking of cleaning out a small trench and filling it with this wood filler, sand it and then paint over it. I'm not talking about the little tiny cracks here and there but a long crack down the wall on both sides of where the drywall meets. Suggestions if you have any?
@@beebob1279 on both sides where the drywall meets? ? You mean the seam???
@@elfpimp1 Yes
Why not just used 5 min hot mud? When painted it will look different than the surrounding wall
@@kds471 🤨🤔
Thank you so much for the good humor. I appreciate guys in our environment that don't always take themselves so seriously while giving sound advice. It's refreshing.
Perfect method for filling over holes but personally I use and would recommend plasterboard joint filler instead of the stuff you put in. It sands down amazingly easy and it's easily mixed with up with water.
I agree Paul. I've been doing this for 30 years and Bondo is a hell of lot harder to sand. Maybe Gosforth Handyman doesn't know they make a 20 minute setting compound. He obviously doesn't know that hot water makes compound set twice as fast. That wall would have primer in under 1 hour if done right. Thats how the real Handyman does it. Time is money but his idea is ok for the homeowner.
Also add salt and voila it’s will set in 5 minutes !
@@AliAhmad-gr6hk Some broth, a potato. Baby, you've got a stew going!
This is fantastic. I have been an electrical contractor for around 30 yrs. I often wondered how my holes were filled. All I need to know now is by who? Great vid A1 Mukka.
That's one way to do it, I do drywall professionally, you might want to talk to a pro, you might save yourself some time.. Hey guys it's a good handyman repair though, if it's a smooth finish wall your working with, it's a repair that should hold fairly well, for a flat surface yes, but if you have orange peel texture, knockdown or any kind of texture on the wall it gets a little trickier, I suggest hiring a pro then or find a video that shows how that's done if you're a good do it yourselfer. Hope I don't offend the author of the video, he did his best, otherwise good video, don't waste your time responding to trolls laddie, just ignore them!
I don't know why anyone would complain. I've used this method myself and been quite happy with it. I'm glad you used a textured roller to apply the paint, as this often matches the original texture. Sometimes, I've used spray-can spackling or even hand-shaped a texture to match existing, whatever the job requires.
Informative AND entertaining! I'm sitting here in Australia enjoying the accent, the humour and the knowledge. . And I subscribed after the straw comment. That made my day!
Good video, one thing I would have mentioned is that the working time of the filler can be extended if you used less hardener. You put a huge amount of the hardener into your filler mix, which is why it went off so quickly
Finally a person that gives you a complete walkthrough everything...
Always enjoy learning new techniques. If I don’t want to follow up and lose drive time over drying mud I’ll remember to employ your system. Great video brother 👍
OMG
I SPIT MY COFFEE EVERYWHERE WHEN YOU READ THE TROLLY COMMENTS!! After that, I subbed!
There is nothing wrong doing videos about “filling holes”, they are some of my favourite videos for some reason!
You always have a few who see only the negative and completely miss the joy of learning and, in your case, the entertainment. Funny, funny guy. Ditto on the "wrong wall" comment. Thank you.
I agree, any people with negative comments should make their own video.
I have done the same basic repair using drywall mud and needed a screw to screw the plug to the batten inside the wall. I didn't think about using epoxy filler which is a superior method. Excellent!
Excellent video. Your humor may have gone unnoticed by some but it was much appreciated by me. Had me rolling when you read the viewer comments. Oh, and the repair instructions were good too. lol
This technique is obviously excellent because it put him in such good humor. Right, well done!
I've been doing something very similar in a square shape, with wood behind, and with glue between wood and wall, and plugging with a chamfered plug of drywall board, but I fill the crack with a small amount of fast drying spackling compound. Cheaper, easier to sand, fewer steps, fewer materials, and still a same afternoon job.
When I was 15 there was a hole in the living-room wall where the doorknob kept hitting the wall each time it was opened. I could see small wooden slats running along in the hole and it was just driving me nuts that no one was doing anything about it. I didn't know WHAT I was doing, but I went into the basement and found a small bag of cement mix. I followed the instructions and mixed up a little batch. I packed it into the hole and smoothed it off. It dried beautifully and looked 100% better than before. The wall was wallpapered so it just looked like a grey spot on the wall. I was just a kid. I filled another hole in a brown hollow door 10 years later. I used some sort of cement that I found in the basement once again, and some brown liquid shoe polish to give it a brown color after it was dry. 10 minutes. 2 ingredients. Your video just reminded me of all that. And oddly enough, just today, I repaired a large old piggy-bank with a hole smashed into the top. Someone dropped something onto it. I gathered up the pieces and jammed them back together with some old rubbery glue that I found that was too old to really work. But I let it dry for two weeks and today I taped over the broken bits and the remaining hole with some layers of thin white medical tape. I'm going to spray paint the entire pig with bright red paint and put him outside on the steps as a garden decoration. He can be company for the gnome. I mean, the pig is very old. From 1970. You don't just throw something like that away. Couple of ingredients once again.
I've watched a lot of your videos since finding you a few weeks ago, this might be my favourite.
Absolutely brilliant! This is great advice, and delivered with great humour. You've got another subscriber - go forth, Gosforth!
As a drywall finisher of 18 years I might have a different approach then your video shows. But I loved your video
My professional opinion is that your patch is a perfect solution for somebody that wants to do a patch in a day and have it painted the same day. For those who say it would crack it wouldn't if you applied that product properly. Nice video
Nice work as usual Andy, thanks for the Vid. As a Spark having done lots of these holes for installing cables, one tip, if there are cables or pipes close by (having checked) cut the pilot drill down a bit if necessary then start the hole then when the blade has bitten in the board a bit, take the pilot drill out and continue the hole just enough to remove the board so as not to drill thro' pipes or cables. Fix the cut out boardback as you show then leave the rest to the Decorator! LOL.
I'm from the U.S. and I'm glad to see some DIY things in the old countries. I just really like the slightly different vocabulary and pronunciation. And it was very helpful. The chamfering part.
Lovely video. I love the bit for the trolls.
Cheers bud! Gotta love them trolls! 😂👊
A dab of PVA or gap filling adhesive is great for sticking the batten into the back of the hole. PVA primer on the raw edge of the boards is also a good idea, though not if you don’t have time for it to dry. 😉
I usually find the skim falls off the cut piece of board. It probably needs a second coat in the middle. But a second coat fills it over easily enough.
Great idea, I never thought to use wood filler to bond the patch. Worked very well, dries very quickly and won't crack.
I have been applying soup to my walls using my childs face for many years with remarkable results.
😂😂😂😂
Where’s child protective services when u need them?
That's got to be a UK joke reference..LOL XD first time i ever heard it.
@@slingbart705 Ya I am from Chicago and never heard it... I don't really get it! Lol!
@@tamarasamec9673 Me too, well South Burbs anyway
You may think that this isn’t such an interesting video but for those of us who are just trying to get good. Ideas on how to maintain our house, this kind of video is excellent
" Fill it with straw or something" The dripping sarcasm was excellent! LOL Thanks for that. I am sure all the drywallers out there are losing their minds - no tape! Yikes! Also, best troll comments yet! Cheers Andy. (EDIT) You had me laughing, real laughing by the end. That was priceless. Best video I've seen this week, hands down.
The best way to see if you need to add a final bit of filler in any tiny holes that may remain is to paint over it. Paint has a remarkable ability to highlight any imperfections. Good job.
When it comes to chamfers you don't want to cut corners.
😊 Just don’t do like my neighbor did. After watching this video yesterday He came he came to my house with a 20+ year old router he had never used and asked for a chamfering router bit (he didn’t know what a chamfering bit was but he “just knew I would have one” ) I asked what angle, and what he was using it for. He said he didn’t know what angle and showed me this video. Told him you can’t use a router on drywall use a knife. He didn’t have a knife and insisted he wanted to use the router on the patch and in the kitchen...... He had a hole saw...... So I gave him an old high speed router bit, a scrap of drywall and a work table and a scrap of wood and clamps. Using the piece of wood I clamped it down and showed him to use the router, safety glasses, and dust mask and hah him test the router on the drywall scrap. Needless to say he was covered head to toe in drywall dust. He didn’t realize it and wanted to go “chamfer the edges in the kitchen. I showed him a picture of what he looked like and He wanted to anyway and said he would vacuum it. He had his vacuum out and routed it anyway. He again was covered with drywall dust as was his kitchen and most of the first floor. He said why didn’t you tell me. I told you 3 times I said. I said since you woke me up from a dead sleep earlier and didn’t ask if I would help you, you just started barking orders I would try to help. When you still wouldn’t listen you got Caspered. You still wouldn’t listen so your house got Caspered. I said I’m going home to get 2-3 hours of sleep. I’ll get up and help you patch the wall. He asked if it would be finished in time. I said yes BROTHER it will be finished in time before your birthday party..... Oh yeah..... Happy Birthday!
I guess that will teach him to not wake me up before he is supposed to!!!! .... BROTHERS! 😊😊😊😊😊😊. Yes he is my neighbor....
@@ronh9384 Unbelievable!
@@ronh9384 hilarious
@@ronh9384 Thats funny! Drywall and routers do not mix! its a 24k rpm dust cloud!
Nick Lloyd-Jones - You’re such a smart arris.
Hi Andy, I do something similar, I use a hole saw 3mm bigger than the original hole saw. For example a 76mm hole saw will have an external cut of 76mm and an internal cut of 73mm ( blade 1.5mm on both sides) then use a 79mm hole saw to cut another plug out of a piece of plaster board that will measure approximately 76mm which will fit the original hole perfectly ! Keep the good videos coming mate. Col.
Plot twist: This is really a instructional video on how to get plaster and paint in your coffee.
That’s a great repair
I had an issue on drywall
here in Australia we call it GypRock
the toilet roll holder was ripped out and it had to go back to the same spot so i used a holesaw like you did and a product called fast dry liquid nails
and I got some jumbo oversize popsicle sticks the really big ones put some glue on those placed them into the hole in the wall after holes swing it round
pulled them toward me with a piece of string
granted I had the luxury of letting it dry overnight
then drilled a fresh plug with the same holesaw out of a patch panel and liquid nails that in
and then used plaster topcoat to seal it all up and that was stronger than what it was to start with
and I could re-drill holes and rehang the toilet roll holder off it without any dramas
in fact I think it was so strong it would hold a towel rail with wet towels on it no problem......!!
It’s a brilliant repair
To speed up the priming process, you can use a spray stain block like polycell or no nonsense (screwfix), dries very quick. Please please don't give time to troll comments....every video is worth the effort, your audience are not all expecting the same material (If that makes sense) 👍
Will be catching up on your podcasts today, which are fantastic by the way......have a great weekend! 👍
Very impressive and thank you for sharing this profession with those who care to care to learn. People! I give this person 4 large stars.
Love the added humor.... I've learned something AND I'm still laughing. Nice work!!
I never thought a video about repairing wall could be so funny. Thank you.
I thought I knew all of this, but still watched till the end, because I really like all of your vids. Came to your channel from Ten minutefestool Millard shop. 👍 to that channel as well, I have a festool habit also. Then I learned something new about filler, again, great vid.
Also, enjoyed you openly relaying the trolls comments. Found it funny that people have so little going on that they have the time to go to the effort
Perhaps if you can find time you could as well as tips Tuesday, do toss pot troll Thursday.
I would deffo watch that
👍
Thanks for creating the content, I have learned a lot and enjoy ya channel 👍
Ayyyyeee I thought I was the only one using two pack for plasterboard repairs!
Here’s a few things I’ve picked up after using two pack for 10 years+
The raw edge of cut plasterboard can be incredibly friable. To achieve good adhesion it’s essential, in my opinion, to thoroughly clean or seal the edge.
Defiantly use a wood primer of some description over it. Emulsion can often struggle to adhere, especially when it’s very smooth.
I always find using a screw in where the centre bit hole is pulls the board in tighter and gets it flusher then using filler or adhesive to stick it.
I personally find a couple of bits of batten with low expansion adhesive type foam behind the board really helps tie it all together and further prevent cracking. Failing that I have been known to use silicone.
Foam is great especially when doing larger patches where two pack would be unpractical and joint filler/Ames are used. In this instance I have even tried and tested not using scrim tape to achieve a flatter finish in less time with less filler.
It have only ever cracked (with foam only) when timber behind (joists/trusses) have been soaked from a leak for example and shrink back. In this instance I think even fibre taped joints would have cracked but at least you can then tape and joint over and still achieve a reasonably flat finish.
Andy..... this is fantastic... I was in tears... the comment that was before out made me spit coffee out .. DAD???? 😂😂😂😂
This will def be in the aftershow 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I LMAO so hard, that was funny as hell! Best comeback EVER!
Seriously!
These patch fixes are all well and good. The challenge is painting the fixed wall afterward to match the existing color. Some folks are lucky enough to actually have left over paint from a previous wall painting job and some people still have the sticker with the paint mix on it. But many times there is no paint to simply paint over the fix and you have to repaint the entire wall.
That was smooth move at the end where you point at a wall you didn't fix.
His job was so good even he didn't know where it was.
Ah but you didn't watch till the end did you? Another plot twist!
Thank you , and if its a morning project , l got to have my morning coffee , can't do a good job without it .
Used to be a painter, many moons ago lol. We used the body filler as well when the patch and paint had to be done in one day. When we had a bit more time, I loved the lightweight spackle, "Patch and Paint" was one brand; so light you think the gallon can is empty when you first pick it up lol. The beauty of it is that it does not shrink at all, very little water, and you can pack it very thick if need be, won't sag, kind of amazing.
I love the stuff but its went to 21 bucks for a bucket now Dap took over the company that made it.
whatd the stuff
Good job good video. Not how I would have done it ( painter/ taper 35 years) but the you did what you set out to do. A one day repair. Well done.
I followed your advice except instead of doing anything you said I applied soup to my child's face and my wall still looks great thanks
I really appreciated the end, where you showed us what a lovely job the original builder did of another section of wall. LOL
It's a good idea, I like it, however, if you show a different wall as a finished project, you could've left the hole in the wall and put a shoe rack in front of it :D
A cup of tea is definitely a must! Nothing can be fixed without it.
Coffee. 👍👊
Thanks for that Andy. Absolutely brilliant. Love your sense of humor. More in this style please. Soup FTW 👍
Are those pictures from the Pink Floyd album Meddle? Go straight talking video.
Hi, it's not boring, mate. It's very useful for normal people. So thank you for the information. Cheers
I've used bondo for rebuilding rotted wood in doors and other places where you need to build out or replace wood -- but for filling drywall, 20 minute drywall compound is what you really want. Cheaper, and way easier to deal with. As fast or faster than bondo.
you also have 5 minutes compound.
@@nelsoncasari5435 I have some of that -- it's OLD OLD 20 minute compound. It seems to set faster (or at least give you less working time) as it get older.
your comment section was hilarious and ty for the tip, some of us jack of all trades dont know this technique and appreciate showing it to us.
Hi Andy, after spending many, many years pulling wire in homes, I’ve found it better to pull the baseboard, cut your mouse hole behind the baseboard then just replace it and repair the caulk. Cutting holes in a customers wall is problematic especially if they are custom colours. 9 times out of 10 the customer doesn’t have any more paint.
Yeah tell me about it "Did you keep any touch up paint?" ...blank looks 🤣. Trouble here is that baseboards are normally so low you hit the baseplate of the stud wall. 👍
Gosforth Handyman I’m in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, normally we have 21/2” baseboard with 1/12” soleplates. That leaves about 3/4” working space.
That’s smart!
@@paulg5163 1/12" is quite a thin soulplate!
I thought you offered good sound advice, which will save viewers a lot of time and money for those wishing to undertake such a job. Additionally, I found your video well put together with a level of entertainment thrown in so 10/10 for your efforts.
quickset (5 min mud/hot mud) would work just as fast and no worries if you mess up. Easily sanded
Nope because 5 min quickset needs min 20 mins to set after the final coat. 2-part can be sanded and painted in under 10 mins. See pinned comment. 👍
@@GosforthHandyman Thanks for making the video. I need to make a video, I have been, from setting the tools down to 1 coat of primer in 20 minutes, for 10 years. 30 min total with 2 coats of paint provided that the paint is homeowner stored and good.
IF THIS IS HANDY IM AN IDIOT FOR FIXINF HOLES IN 10 MINUTE WITH REAL DRYWALL PRODUCTS...THANKS FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT
But then you don't get the added cancer benefit. Sheesh.
@@GosforthHandyman Use hot mud and a heat gun, it will be dry in 2 minutes
I especially like the way you read some of the comments. Good ideas. I'm interested in seeing more of your videos.
The cup of tea is the most essential, the rest is just filler:))) good video though:))
I think you have done a great demo here. Thank you! (You haven’t steal anyone’s job really; you are a pro) .
Good video !
I'd suggest a bit of string around the wood to pull it forward while putting the screws in.
Cheers bud! Yeah string works. 👍
I use allot of Bondo at work. One trick I use to save time, apply a pice of wax paper onto your mixing board with spray adhesive and when you're done you can just peel it off and you have a clean mixing board. Cuts down on the dust also.
Great idea to take from the comment section.
Why would you glue the plasterboard to the timber with resin when u can just screw it to the timber?
Takes longer and Makes the patch proud too 🤦🏻♂️
@@ModernGentleman well, at least he didn't use soup.
@@zorroonmilkavitch1840 what?
@@bigrichard660 yeah I read that post it was kind of botched up but basically what I was trying to say was by taking a hole saw on a drill and cutting all your patches and cleaning the whole up with a hole saw you just insert the round patch with excess paper as your tape basically it's a butterfly patch but it's round
chris ismail - he also said in the video that you can screw it on. Pay attention everybody.
Very handy video. Top tip for anyone who doesn’t own multiple or decent scrapers is to use an old credit or store loyalty card to flush the surface. I buy packs of blanks from eBay for a couple of quid and they make handy little filler knives and scrapers for jobs like this or for caulking (cracking little ice scrapers for windscreen too if you keep one in your wallet 😀). Cheers for the vid 👍🏻
I have a section of plasterboard to replace where a ceiling light rose was removed, I’ll be using your tips and advise. I just need to find a small off-cut of donor/plasterboard.
Thanks in advance, and ignore those abusive comments, I liked your laid back style and attention to detail.
Just used this method on a hole in my ceiling worked great saved a fortune on replastering ... thanks
I don't know about soup but my mom's custard can fill just about anything.
😂😂😂😂
I gave your mom some of my custard the other day.
@@Dime_Bar You are a nasty liar! TAKE IT BACK, LIAR! You most certainly did NOT give his mother your custard the other day, you dishonest bucket of arse gravy,
....cause I did!
Excellent and informative. Enjoy the comments where people don't get UK humour and those who don't read the title of the video and suggest using plaster.
Love the full -on tech talk Andy,"fill it with straw "had me wetting myself!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
You are "Great". I love your humor! Very refreshing. Oh, and thanks for the tip of using "soup" to make the job look more professional....!?!?! Also, you handle the "hecklers" in the audience with grace and ease. Please don't go back from where you belong. You already are where you belong. Stay right where you are. Thanks again............. I like the wrong wall bit also!
why did you use glue to fix the plug to the batten ,why not just use the screw you used to hold the wooden piece in place originally to fix it to the batten and fill no glue needed??
I was expecting that too - nice hole already through the plug too - one less pass with the filler.
That how I’ve always done it and expected him to. Glueing is overkill
Well with one screw in the centre you can sometimes get some wobble in the plug so I kinda get his method there
Must have been the fumes...
@@Jimmy2shoes2shoes 2 screws solves this problem
I love how you put those obnoxious commenters in their place. The one excrement says something about your mother and you reply: “dad”? Love it!! Great video.
I’ve been doing this for years as I’ve learn in the past when filling holes. It usually takes me max 2 hours because the paint application is quick dry. You don’t really need primer but good job!
Couple of points.
If you cut an irregular shape, you tend to get a better fit. The piece can only go back in the way it came out.
Don't saw. Sharp knife and cut. Less gap, less to fill, easier to do. Also far easier to trim the raggedy edges because there is less of them. That said, you need to be handy with a knife.
The screw in the middle of the timber used to hold the timber. If you use a 50mm screw, the screw head can be well away from the work face. So you can hold it with a claw hammer.
If you screw your cutout piece to the timber, rather than stick it. You'll get a flatter finish because you're not battling the depth of the glue behind the board. Go slow screwing it because you're working with compromised plasterboard.
Really enjoying the channel. Thanks mate
His patch job was so good, he couldn't find it at the end!
That's the joke :)
That was informative and funny. Thanks for calling out the know-it-all's and nasty trolls. It was also nice of your dad to post that encouraging comment via an alias.
Cheers mate!
I've mucked around with carfiller since seeing you use it, I got rid of a crack on a ceiling along the join of two pieces of plasterboard by putting a one inch wide layer over it and feathered it out with drywall filler, no sign of it returning and it had been caulked twice before and always came back.
Thanks for that comment. I have some ceiling cracks at one of my houses. I never thought to use Andy's Bondo method to patch them!
I'm a carpenter of 34 yrs. I thought it was great. Especially time wise.
Love the comments you got. there's easier ways to do this, but a good job.
Hot glue works great for sticking the plug in and I have even went around the gaps with hot glue. Easy to trim flush with a razor blade. Great video.
Your questions & answers toward the end are hilarious! "Uh, Dad?" :-)
If you need a laugh, skip to 15:56. This material is GOLD! But if you wan to learn how to do this, this,video is very informative. I'm not from the U.K., and even I found this informative and entertaining. Thanks Mate!
"Uhh, DAD"? Priceless !!! Rolling on floor with laughter.
Fantastic I have an immediate use for this tip,some twonk fitted a switch fuse spare directly below a double socket and the wall collapsed, so here we go.
This is a longer, more complicated and more expensive way to fix a hole than quick-set drywall compound.
Why europe will never matter.
Just use the 20 minute easy sand it is a lot easier. Instead of glue just use the sheetrock screw.
Cut the hole Square, Cut a Piece of Rock an 1/4" longer on all for sides, Cut the rock off the 1/4" Leaving the front. Put rock in Square hole, Spackle, Sand, done.
Chris Gray just get stoned, mate?
Yep, a california patch and 20 min mud would have made this much easier. But the video would only be about 2 minutes long lol
Just discovered your channel this week! I love it! You make what can be a dull subject very entertaining! And it is great to know you and your dad keep in touch!
Love the video and brilliant comments thanks for taking the time to show us how
Great tutorial, and I like the tip with the piece of wood screwed on behind 👍🏼
That was hilarious, not even where the patch was, had me rolling . Lol. Thanks
Love the video very detailed. Notice the wall you showed at the end was a wall that was also cut but u compared it to the wall you showed us. Thank you sir
This is great, really well explained and love the twitter comments 😁 - thanks!
20 min quick set and some finishing skills and Boom 30 mins from start to finish Done BOOM MIC DROP
I enjoyed your video, but I think using a bit of drywall mud would be a better solution, less steps, easier to use. Pretty much the same result with a touch more waiting for it to set. But I do like the backing idea with the wood, that's a smart move. Thanks for the video and advice.
I am from South Africa and this really gave me a different perspective
Council estates all over the UK will be filling their domestic argument punch holes 👍
@@smc21uk Worked great, but now I can't remember where I stashed my blow. 👍😂
I have used this method for over 25 years I have also used 5 minute joint compound with hot water and it sets in 4-6 minutes the hot water speeds up the accelerator in the joint compound.
The idea of making these videos is to help someone in some way. Even though we may all have different methods with the same results in mind, the bottom line is to hopefully pick up a tip or two from them, which I did. Having said that, It irks me when ignoramuses discourage anyone from making these well intended vids. Please be kind people. 😻
Thank you Abe. Haters gonna hate. 👊😂
@@GosforthHandyman keep up the great work that was very informative for me ..
Ah Andy be kind show the correct part of the wall!!👷🤣