Best way to fix these holes

Russinating

Russinating

Russinating

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Moving out of my flat and have just removed my TV wall bracket and half the surrounding plaster. What's the best way of filling these holes, especially the worst one?

I've already got some expanding foam cavity stuff, sand paper and of course paint. Do I need anything else (ie actual plaster) or not?

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dont use expanding foam on such small holes, just buy some filler plaster, patching plaster.

you'll make a mess with expanding foam
 
Stuff some kitchen roll in the hole and then use filler. The ronseal stuff has a really nice finish and is hard as nails. Build it up in a few layers and sand it back.
 
JBuk said:
Are those cracks in the plaster?
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Yep :p. If I wasn't so careful when removing the rawl plugs I reckon half of the plaster would have come away, especially around the middle two holes. Ah well!

I'll be painting a wide area (including the crack marks) rather than just circles around the holes so hopefully a match will be a bit easier. It's also the exact same paint although I know it'll still differ.

Also, last time I used polyfilla etc for holes like this it just seemed to keep going and going and going.
 
lol expanding foam do not use that you'll regret it just buy white filler sand it down and paint the whole side on the wall,the light etc will hide the color if its darker or lighter.
 
There's definitely a lot of skill in these jobs. First thing make sure you have old blankets(etc) on the floor to catch any debris/plaster/paint etc.

As said get some kind of polyfiller and just work away till you have it so that there are few mm sticking out, i.e a few mm greater than the level of the wall, then use a fine sandpaper and you just have to work it till you think it's flush. This isn't easy as if it's even a mm or so out from the level of the rest and if you paint over you will notice it, in which case you would have to apply several layers of paint to make it unnoticeable.

As for the exact colour of paint, all you can do if get a colour book from homebase etc and try and match it up, it could be Dulux or Crown also which you won't know but just have to match it by eye, they do have a machine that's meant to determine the colour from a sample but it's not very good.

have to get the right type of paint also. I.e matt, satin, silk.

Oh and don't use foam, you will never sand it.
 
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