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cyberbooze
07-11-03, 10:08 AM
My husband was mounting a mirror in the newly painted bathroom and the wall turned out to be wood instead of drywall. He was hammering this crazy bolt into the wall so hard that a 1" crack in the paint appeared above the area. I'm really confounded on how to fix this. This bathroom has been nothing but problems.

Please help!
Thanks,
Cheryl:confused:

chfite
07-11-03, 07:40 PM
I understand that this crack is 1" long and not 1" wide. If this is a thin crack, as I understand it to be, just wipe some of the finish paint onto the crack with a finger so that some goes into the crack. Immediately wipe the excess off. A couple of passes like this should fill the crack.

Hope this helps.
cyberbooze
07-11-03, 08:35 PM
Hi chfite,

thanks for your response, but maybe a photo would clear things up. It seems like the wall has cracked or separated like an earthquake fault or something. I tried to attach the file without success. I can email the photo if you want. Let me know.

Cheryl

chfite
07-11-03, 10:56 PM
OK. Send it to chris@fite.com
chfite
07-12-03, 07:34 AM
Here is the cracked paint in question.

http://www.ac5r.org/paint_crack.JPG
cyberbooze
07-12-03, 10:28 AM
Thanks for uploading the photo Chris. Do you have a solution for me?

thanks,
Cheryl
chfite
07-12-03, 11:58 AM
Been finishing a chest of drawers.

This looks to be a case where the paint has been forced off the surface when the surface flexed.

You can daub some paint on it and try to hide it. You can scrape the damaged paint off and repaint. If it is out of the way, you could try to hide it with some paint or some toothpaste. Although the wall does not look white enough for toothpaste. Pretty limited options.

HTH