Patches made with traditional patching materials must be primed with a sealing-type primer before painting. Otherwise, the patched areas could show foggy spots throughout the finished paint job. But ...

Finishing a new wall or room with plaster or joint compound takes practice. If you have no experience with plaster or its near relative, joint compound, don’t learn in your living room. Experiment ...

As Jeff Thorman homerenovisiondiy demonstrates, fixing a fist-size hole in your drywall doesn’t have to require cutting patches and installing backing. All you need for this fix is some drywall mud, a ...