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Repair a section of textured plasterboard

10 months ago
last modified: 10 months ago

I need to repair a section of textured plasterboard with like a slightly flattened popcorn effect (from the 1940s) where a fixed wardrobe was removed. The edge of the wardrobe had been sealed with gap filler, which when removed ,took lengths of paint and texture with it. There were also some blobs of old construction adhesive which when chipped off had a similar result. I have previously rolled and a larger section of new plasterboard on a separate all with success, but I am not sure how to tackle this smaller job. Any advice appreciated.

Comments (5)

  • 10 months ago

    Well done on doing it successfully on a bigger wall. That’s an achievement. I’d do the whole wall again. Not just the small areas.

    Richard Balsillie thanked bigreader
  • 10 months ago

    I have repaired a similar wall once, I smeared cornice adhesive over the area to be patched and experimented with a sponge until I got a similar finish to the original

    Richard Balsillie thanked wendyec
  • 10 months ago

    Doing the whole wall will be a last resort, but thank you. In the mean time, I will give the cornice cement a go.


  • 10 months ago

    The problem was where a 90mm board had been fixed vetically to the wall. One side had dried gap filler, and the other a build up of paint along the edge. I scraped and sanded each side back to flat (and beyond in places) I found I had some Granosite left over from the earlier larger job. Using a small square end putty knife I spread the Granoflex acros and beyond the width, making it as flat as I could. I then used a small long nap roller to fruther sread it out. using rolling, dabbing and sideways sliding the roller I finally got it to cover the area, feathered into the exising and with a varioety of peaks and troughs. I then sprayed it with a little water to make it sag a little. An hour or so later I very gently dragged the edge of a clear comb-binder cover across the area to "knock down" the most pointed tops. The results are not perfect, but close enough.

  • 27 days ago

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