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How To Patch and Repair Walls with Red Devil, ONETIME® Lightweight Spackling

To brighten your home or apartment, try covering those dull walls and ceilings with paint or colorful wallcovering materials. Both are fast, easy methods of redecorating that just about every homeowner or apartment dweller can accomplish with minimal effort. But before you proceed, carefully examine the surface to be painted for possible cracks, chips and holes that may ruin the desired effect. RED DEVIL® ONETIME® Lightweight Spackling will help you make the repairs to the surface quickly and easily, and will give you a truly professional job.

Benefits Of Red Devil ONETIME Lightweight Spackling
  • Lightweight formula
  • Only one application needed
  • Will not crack or shrink
  • Needs no sanding...dries smooth
  • Paintable in minutes
  • Use indoors or out
  • Contains no asbestos
  • Adheres well to plaster, wallboard, wood and stucco
How to select the tools you'll need

Before you proceed with any repair job, it's wise to assemble all the tools you will need to complete the job. In addition to ONETIME Lightweight Spackling, you will need the following:

  1. Stiff putty knife or wall scraper to rid the surface of old chipped paint
  2. 3" (7.6 cm) (or larger) flexible putty knife to apply spackling
Additional items you may need:
  1. Flexible sanding block (medium or coarse grain)
  2. Drop cloth
  3. Several clean sponges and soft cloths for easy cleanup.
RED DEVIL manufactures many of the tools you need and you can purchase them at your local hardware store, paint store or home center. ONETIME Lightweight Spackling is available in 1/2 Pt., Pint, Quart and Gallon containers. Make certain to have a sufficient supply on hand to avoid having to stop in the middle of your project.

How to prepare surface area

  1. Examine surface of walls and ceilings to better determine the amount of ONETIME Lightweight Spackling that will be needed to complete the entire job. Fine line cracks, of course, require less filler while holes and crevices (depending on size and depth) will require greater amounts.
  2. Position drop cloth to catch falling particles and save cleanup time.
  3. Open windows-a well ventilated room prevents excessive inhalation of dust particles.
  4. Using the stiff putty knife or scraper, remove all loose plaster and peeling paint.
  5. Wipe or brush dust and dirt from cracks and small holes and apply ONETIME Lightweight Spackling with flexible putty knife or wall scraper. Dampen surface slightly to remove dust but allow time to dry before applying spackling.
Take care to apply ONETIME with a knife that is wider than the area to be filled. If the knife is too small, it will tend to leave ridges which would later require extensive sanding prior to painting.

How to prepare ONETIME Lightweight Spackling for application

As the name implies, ONETIME Lightweight Spackling requires just one application to fill most crevices and /or holes. In the past when making spackling repairs, it was necessary to apply several layers of compound and then wait several hours for each layer to dry. ONETIME puts an end to this time-consuming procedure.

  1. ONETIME Lightweight Spackling is a ready-to-use spackling compound. However, when opening the container it may be necessary to lightly stir the contents to obtain a manageable consistency.
  2. Practice makes perfect when patching with ONETIME Lightweight Spackling. After just a few strokes, you'll find how easy and smooth it adheres. When applied neatly, sanding should not be required.
  3. NETIME Lightweight Spackling may be painted immediately with water based paints. It will accept all types of paint when completely dry, usually minutes after application.
How to fill large holes and gaps with ONETIME Lightweight Spackling

Repairing large holes in drywall requires additional preparation but it can be accomplished far easier and in less time with RED DEVIL ONETIME Spackling than with most conventional compounds. The idea, of course, is to fill the underside of the gap or hole. There are several methods to accomplish this successfully. Here are two examples:

Example A
  1. Locate a piece of wire screening slightly larger than the hole needing repair.
  2. Loop a length of wire through screen (as shown in illustrations) and tie end of wire to wooden stick.
  3. Insert screening into hole and roll wire around wooden stick until screening is taut against wallboard.
  4. Fill the hole partially with ONETIME and let it set. When ONETIME hardens, the extended wire can be cut.
  5. Refill the hole if necessary and your professional patching job is complete.
  6. Prime before painting.
Example B
  1. Obtain a flat piece of hardwood or slat, similar to a tongue depressor.
  2. Cut the slat to a length 3.8 cm. longer than the hole to be repaired. Should the gap opening be too small to enable the insertion of the wood slat, it will be necessary to widen the hole with a small saw or wood chisel.
  3. Apply a good quality adhesive to both ends of the wood slat and insert into hole allowing to dry...firmly pull forward as illustrated. If the hole is small enough, it can be filled entirely up to the back of the panel with ONETIME Lightweight Spackling. For a larger hole, the most professional procedure is to insert a plug or scrap of wallboard cut to exact size of the hole. The plug is then inserted into hole and pressed against backing. Apply ONETIME Lightweight Spackling so that it is level with surface.
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