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Cats have scratched up drywall jumping into a window - not too deep but it's a sizeable area. I was going to spackle it and match paint, but I hear that is next to impossible. Advice, /diy/?

>> No.1702115

mud
smooth out
skim
smooth out
sand
paint
this thread feels like deja vu

>> No.1702118

>>1702115
This to both.

>>1702113
Matching paint is a bitch, that's why you keep some extra on hand from when it was painted. That's just the tint. Modern paints don't yellow like the old kinds, you can put latex over a spot and in a few weeks you'd never even know. Old oil based you'd see til the room was repainted. Better just to repair the drywall, do your best to make it look good and then get ready to redo the room in a few years.

>> No.1702997

>>1702115
this and get rid of the fucking cats before you get toxoplasmosis and turn gay

>> No.1704802

>>1702997
>>>/x/

>> No.1705188

If it’s one spot in a non obvious place then try matching... if it’s a few spots then match it as close as possible and just repaint the wall.. if it’s a close match you don’t have to edge against the baseboard.. might be worth considering if that wall could be painted a different color and passed off as an “accent” wall