For some reason the owner of the company I work for thinks I know what I'm doing. (???) He asked me to do some drywall repairs in his home while they were vacationing. I got a text from his wife yesterday thanking me for the great work done in their house. I was a good carpenter but I owe 90% of my drywall skills to you Ben. I'm dead serious the content you put out really helps guys like me out. THANKS man, take care. 👍👍

I am a first-time homeowner on a DIY budget. I’ve been avoiding a messy bathroom wall repair for over a year now because it felt too far above my skill level. I am learning so much from your videos that I finally feel confident enough to start working on it. Bought my materials and made a plan of action, so here goes! Thank you for sharing these tutorials!

I just wanted to thank you for all your advice out here! You’ve helped me feel confident enough to tackle some repair jobs I never thought I could handle on my own. You’ve saved me a lot of money and anxiety! Thank you, than you, thank you!

I forgot to like this video. But I can assure you I liked it.

I mainly do electrical work for a contractor and create an extreme amount of holes everywhere I go. I didn’t care much because drywall and mud guys fix everything. But then I started getting independent work and it was real costly to hire guys to patch all the holes I make. Your videos helped me a lot, it gave me confidence and with your tips and many hours of practice I now do my own drywall repair and taping in my side jobs. Recently I’ve expanded and started doing other types of work. I just finished a basement and the only thing I sub contracted out was the plumbing.

I loved the fact that you went straight to the point and not asking people to leave a like a subscribe at the beginning of the video like a lot of KZfaq channels. Thank you for that.

Your videos have helped me improve my level of drywalling and painting immensely, thank you Ben.

Damn, I actually laughed out loud because of that ending.

I am working on the corner walls in our small bathroom. We have bentonite in our soil here, spent $$$$$ on getting the foundation fixed years ago. I did little/incorrect fixes back then (paintable caulk). You make it look so easy but this girl is learning so much from you! Thank you!

Thank you for your drywall vids. I am in the middle of major bath redo and had a lot of wall anchors and repairs to do. Your vids are a lot of help.😁👍

I'm very new to this, I worked for a guy doing drywall back in 2016 for a good solid 2 months and he was patient with me and taught me from the ground up. But I needed some extra cash recently and took on a small drywall repair job and I'm finding out that I have to just wing everything. I had to fix some drywall anchor holes in the bathroom, I originally tried scraping it like you but some of that drywall paper was fuzzing up and it was driving me crazy, so, I grabbed my belt sander and it worked so good, so fast, highly recommend it. Thanks for your videos, also. It really helps when I don't know something, or even when I think I know something!

Over the years of doing renovations, I found that a short piece of 3/8” dowel with the end rounded over into almost a half-dome is my little helper for this sort of thing. I scrape off the loose bits as shown here, then tap the rounded end of the dowel into each hole to create a good deep dimple. Then follow the rest of the steps as shown. This way I know the loose torn bits are nowhere near the surface and can’t mess up the skim coat.

that sanding / vacuum block is amazing.

Ben, you’ve taught me SO MUCH in the two months I’ve owned my home. Everything looks like hell in this place except the walls, thanks to you

THE DISAPPOINTMENT! of not seeing it painted :) Love your channel and you are the best drywall channel on KZfaq. Thanks for the time and effort you put into these videos.

Just after putting a couple of big drill holes in the wall for large handbag hooks to go in, my daughter changed her mind….aggh! So I hopped on KZfaq to find a how-to video to repair & your video popped up with the perfect solution so thank you. I also love that I’m a Vancouver Canuck living in Sydney Australia, watching a Vancouver carpenter show me my solution. Amazing!

Thank you for all your great videos! I'm finishing my home painting projects and they are turning out awesome!

For a someone who is absolutely clueless about joint compound and adding water, who also has only a few holes to cover up; this is perfect for me. Thank you!!

I just patched a hole in a wall using your California patch. It came out awesome. I used it about a year ago on an old phone outlet too. Love all your videos so much because you know your stuff. "The Cajun Ninja's Dad"

Got a notification of this yesterday. As your dedicated subscriber went to watch it and it wouldn't open. Glad to watch it now. You are the best. Thank you always for the wealth of knowledge and warm personality.

I can't find your video I watched before I began, so I thought I'd comment here. I repaired a section where a towel rack had been hung at least three times. There were anchor holes everywhere. I cut out 3" diameter circles in the drywall to make sure I'd get all the little holes and installed plywood backup pieces. Then I inserted 3" drywall circles and then mudded everything. I was worried after the first mud coat because I could see the outline of the patch, but by the third sanded coat it looked like a pro had done it. I ain't no pro! I'm a novice. Your videos are super! Thanks for the tips and lessons!

Love the ending!

Super helpful! Trying to fix my sons closet by myself, and now I think I can handle it! 😊 Thank you!

Love your videos. You’ve helped me as a professional homeowner

I like your technique to counter sink the edges a little. I’ve always used an old Robertson screwdriver that I hit on the tip. The butt of the handle is rounded so it makes an indentation roughly the size of a dime. If the holes are bigger, especially when screw in wall anchors are removed, I back fill the the holes with wadded up paper towel. FWIW

This is pretty much what I have done in the past. As many others have noted the key to a small job like this is wearing the right socks. I have a pair like yours and find they are THE BEST for those smal taping jobs. Thanks for showing me that I have the right style for those small jobs.

I started using Bondo to fill the big holes. I don't make it flush. I just want the Bondo to act as a backstop for the holes. When it dries, I then go over the holes again with spackle, smothing everything flush. When it dries I sand everything a little and then paint primer over everything before painting with the wall color. What I like about the Bondo is that it dries rock hard and will not move. When I would just fill the holes with mud, you could push the repair in with your finger and it would go right through.

On small projects like this you can use a damp spongue (a kitchen spongue is perfect) to smooth out the mud instead of sandpaper. There's less clean up because it doesn't leave any sanding dust on the wall, baseboard or floor.

I love watching someone who has mastered their job. Keep up the great work!

You know this had to kill him not floating it out 12” in all directions.

Great video! Simple, quick to the point and informative! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Personally, I'm definitely a big fan of: bevel; 5-min hot mud; wet sand (if necessary); texture if necessary; prime/paint, all using a heat gun to speed things up . I do handyman work and usually can't justify the time to come back out to do multiple coats on repairs this small

I had to do a double take when this video started because I've been watching your skating videos for a while and didn't know that you had other channels LOL. Thank you for your help with skateboarding and carpentry, my friend.

Great tips for a very common problem. I just learned skills I will definitely use. Thanks for sharing!

Best tip for any knew mudder and I can’t stress this enough.. LESS IS MORE.. build the repair up

Thanks for the videos you've been a great asset to my handyman business. Thank you

Awesome…I love to see pros at work..thank you for sharing this technique!

I laughed at the end when you said you'd show it painted, then "I forgot". So I liked the video just for that.

I like to take a sharp razor knife and carefully go around each hole first, only cutting on the in-stroke, so no paper sticks up at all. Then I mud it.

I had some of these to fill today on a job for a customer and I use pre-cut pieces of doweling with different diameters and apply Liquid Nails to the edge of the dowels and gently tap them into the opening. This method might be kind of unconventional, but it does work and then I apply a couple of skim coats over the dowels.

Nice trick. As a painter I usually do the indent first, then the mud. And for your example I wouldn’t add extra mud, I would wait the next day and just do touch ups with Dap pink filler (the small quantity makes it dry faster, then I sand). I’ll try your method next time (indent and mud at same time). Thanks!

It's great when you know how to do something...but you find a KZfaq video to help with little touches to make it look even better. Great video... Thanks 👍

He's in his socks! Love it! Always the greatest tips. I usually just bang them in. Never thought to mud them first!🖖

I want to know about that vacuum sanding attachment thing!

I use 5 minute hot mud. wait about thirty minutes lightly sand. I know the middle still will look wet but you can feather the edge with a sponge and paint it. no need to do any priming hot mud. little spot like this you can feather the edge paint then go take a candy bar break or cheese burger break.

@0:40 the first thing we need to do is… kick off those shoes and do this work in socks.

What a great tip, always wondered what was a good easy way to fix the drywall faster damage

Nice that you have smooth walls. Most houses I've seen have textured walls and so repair is a pain in the ***.

As always Ben, great vid. Thx

been watching your skate vids for years. just had to patch some drywall. funny seeing you here brother! had no idea this channel existed. lmao.

If you doing it building up above the surface like that to sand later, be sure to use regular mud since it is soft and easy to sand. If you use hot mud, sanding will be far more difficult.

I take a utility knife and cut a slight bevel and remove all the loose paper and fuzz around the holes. Especially with screw in anchors, the drywall will be raised around the circumference. Even drilling holes can cause those ridges. If they are not removed this will come back and be a problem when finish sanding and you'll end up with little circles or you have to use much more compound over a larger area to hide them. Also, using a fan greatly speeds up the drying process if you are in a hurry

Double extra likes for forgetting to film the painted finish. That was hilarious, and I can relate way more than I should. Hahaha!!

THANK YOU!!! This was helpful and your instructions are very nice!

I just discovered two of these anchor bolt holes, so this was very handy!

best let down at the end hahahahaha - love it that you're not too taking it too seriously. It's holes in drywall afterall. haha

Exactly what I was looking for -thanks!

Thank you very much, VC. This was an excellent tip.

I learn something new every day. Well done.

Very good. Excellent explanation & visual. TY

Love your videos, extremely helpful even if I am STILL not very good at it 🙂

Many of us doing drywall out of necessity are working with finished construction and finished walls. One of the biggest difficulties is getting it to look right because of texturing prior to painting. If you included this it would go a long way in helping us correct damage and do complete repairs. Thanks for the great videos too.

I love it, I am fixing holes in my wall today too..... In my socks! Haha! Seriously though, really good content, thank you for the help!

I always bevel it out like a little square cut some mesh tape in little squares. Fill with hot mud put my mesh square in. Seems to work good doesn't sink in.

Great video on filling in large holes - thanks

I like the vacuum cleaner attachment for the sanding block.

Fiberglass reinforced auto body filler works for me 👍 Used that in my Dad's 1948 bathroom , which has older "button board" and plaster drywall

Great video. As a pinch repair. use my painters knife as my all-in-one drywall patch applicator.

Excellent demonstration. I have to do that occasionallly, but i just run in a drywall anchor a little deep and throw a single thin layer of mud on top[ of that.

Good video. Good tips. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.

This was super helpful, thanks!

I usually hammer it flat or use the but end of the screw driver to flatten the surface and then fill it over

I’m glad I’m not the only one who does repairs around the house with socks and joggers on. :)

That ending LOL - trust me, it looked awesome! :)

Being from the UK, hearing what I would call "plasterboard filler" being called "mud" sounds so weird 🤣 thanks for the tip! 👌

I just use plaster to fix holes like that, just make sure to trowel it smooth and even with the surface around it because there ain't no sanding that stuff, the reason I like it so much is because it doesn't shrink and there's hardly any follow up work, just a thin coat of spackling afterwards and a quick couple of strokes with a sanding block and it's ready to paint.

Nicely repaired. Like your socks hehe.

anyone know what vacuum sander he's using? I'd like a simple one I could pair with a rigid vac :).

So awesome! Thx I have to do this with a little bigger hole but I'll try this

i’ve only ever seen your skateboarding videos on youtube, i didn’t my even know you had another channel until i accidentally ripped my towel rack out of the wall. Thanks Ben!

Thank you for this. Do you have to texture the surface at all so it will match the other drywall around it?

Forgot to film it painted? You’re too funny! Love your channel!

I've used a blow dryer too speed up the drying time. And I've found it works for anything mud related.

Very cool grinding tip

If i'm not mistaken i'm pretty sure along with having good tips for fixing holes in the wall this dude also rips at skateboarding.

Interesting, I usually go back and fill a second time after it dries, this simplifies it to one coat so you can keep moving forward. Thanks

Festool Planex doesn't look the same after you used it for few weeks.... :-D

Very helpful. Thank you.

What was that sander/vac setup please? Thanks

this was soo helpful, thanks

I want that sander vacuum!!!

Love your videos thank you!!

Very helpful video. How does one make sure there's enough mud to reach the other side of the wall in case one wants to re-drill? Is mud better than compound for solidness?

Thanks for posting these helpful videos! I’ve learned sooo much from you!! Thank you!! 👍🤡👍

Ohh man that ending got me 😂

Very good simple job. 👍👍

Always good stuff

Nice repair tip

I watch frequently and have learned many tricks that have helped me a lot. My comment is that the drywall repairs I have to make are mostly on textured walls not smooth. After the repair texture needs to be reapplied. Spray cans have always left something to be desired for me. any tips on matching existing texture over repairs.

How did you know I needed this vid. 😃