Once dry sand your patch as needed with a 220 grit sandpaper.
Need to patch wall in bathroom.
In a small bowl mix 4 parts joint compound and 1 part water.
Sand your patch area smooth.
You may need to remove a larger section of drywall to repair rotted.
Draw an x on the wall above the hole and an arrow on the patch that points at the x so you ll know how to orient the patch in step 6.
This meant we had to buy a little wider baseboard as well.
Cut and install a cement board patch next you will cut and install a cement board patch to fit the area where the drywall is removed.
Keep applying thin layers until they are feathered out and smooth.
You will need something solid to attach the new drywall patch to so extend the furring strip well past the margins of the missing drywall.
You ll need enough luan baseboard and lip molding to cover your damaged walls.
For us the luan panels had to sit on top of the baseboard in order to reach far enough up the wall to cover all the damaged areas.
Dip a stiff brush into the mixture and hold it close to the wall bristles up.
When creating the resin patch for your shower or tub wall there should be simple instructions in the kit.
Find a scrap of drywall that s the same thickness as the damaged drywall and cut out a square cornered patch big enough to cover the hole.
Attach at least one furring strip 1 by 3 inch piece of wood to the back of the existing drywall with 1 5 8 inch drywall screws unless the drywall you ve removed has exposed at least two wall studs.
This can vary from space to space.
If exposed studs or wall bottom plate are rotted cut these sections away and install new 2 by 4 or 2 by 6 studs to repair it.
The cement board should be the same thickness as the drywall for example 1 2 inch thick cement board if the drywall is the standard 1 2 inch thickness.
Using a putty knife you are going to apply the resin to the hole.
Use a drill to affix the patch in place.
I ve done a few patch up jobs in the past scraping off the worst of the damage and touching it up with a kitchen and bathroom paint but the problem always resurrected itself quite quickly.
Upon having the tiles replaced in this bathroom i decided it was time to tackle this ceiling once and for all with the proper products that would repair.
The kits will have the resin needed to create a durable patch on your shower or tub wall.
Allow your patch to dry which should take at least 24 hours.
Keep going until you cannot feel any seams between the patch and the existing wall.