What is the best way to repair small holes in the wall?

[MrDingleDangle]

im moving out of my apartment, and I have hung some stuff up using thumbtacks, and my roommate has some pictures hung up with small nails.

what is the best way to fix them so we dont get charged out of our security deposit?

 

[minendo]

Put some joint compound/spackle (sp?) in them. If they are small enough, you could resort to using toothpaste and paint.

 

[loup garou]

Toothpaste. Best quick fix ever. Make sure it's white paste if your walls are white though.

You really think your landlord will charge you for thumbtack and small nail holes, though? That's DICK!

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: werk
Toothpaste. Best quick fix ever.

just don't use Aim or that one with 3 colors

 

[machintos]

Fill them up with tissues.
I've done it so many times and always got away with it.
Don't make it too obvious though

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: werk
Toothpaste. Best quick fix ever. Make sure it's white paste if your walls are white though.

You really think your landlord will charge you for thumbtack and small nail holes, though? That's DICK!

well prob. not, but I have quite a few of them ...just want to make sure since i assume its not hard to do...

yeah i was thinking toothpaste or white out, but the walls are slighy off-white...

i dunno...maybe ill just go to home depot and see if they got any spackle type stuff thats the right color

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

you could buy a little thing of compound at the store for about 75 cents.

 

[UF Jspec]

I prefer toothpaste or spackle for larger holes.

 

[RyanM]

Turn them into bigger holes.

Then, figure out the best way to repair big holes in walls.

 

[Encryptic]

Just get a thing of spackle from Home Depot and patch them up. Shouldn't take more than a minute.

 

[ElFenix]

if they're tack holes just get a paint sample and go match it over at lowe's. the paint itself is usually enough to fill the hole. plus you can paint over other assorted marks.