How to fix small holes in you drywall. Most commen are from the doorknobs.

I think we all have don it a time or to when you open one of the doors in the house to fast and hit the wall with the door knob. Then you have this nice little hole in the wall. 1st put a door stop on the base bord or in the pin of the hinge so this doesnot happen again.  They have a few to choose from.+

Now when preping the area around the hole, dont be afraid to go out to wide. Just remember everything is getting painted over. So first get a sand block/sponge and then sand the wall all around the hole. About a foot or so.That will give you enough area to work with.We do this so the mud sticks to the paper. Makes for a better bond less cracking. Now that you have that sanded. You can put the mesh tape on the wall over th hole. Make the mesh tape bigger than the hole like 2" bigger.that way you'll have no problems. The mesh tape  has a sticky side. So you dont have to worrie about it moving on ya The knife I use for all my taping is the 4" mud knife. Now we can get some mud on the wall. Put a lillte bit of mud in your pan. make sure you have prep'd your mud correctly. Then apply a very thin layer to the mesh this is just for the mesh to dry and stick to awer wall.You want to make sure that you smooth it over 2" past the mesh tape.The thinner the better.. And that is Rule of thome on All Mud applications.. Just take your knife dip it into it just like peanutbutter  Smooth on a 1/4 in a circler motion. think of it like scolpting. Use the tips of your fingers to feel the mud on the wall dont push to hard just Remember Less is more. It's easyer to add mud then to SAND it.. Yuck I am not a fan of the sanding process. lol but who is. So anyway now that your 1st coat is dry. We can sand off unwanted  mud until nice and smooth. You should be able to see the mesh still . Just make sure theres nothing sticking out. Like string ect. For ower 2nd coat Use a Blue lid Lightweight mud and a 6"to a 10" mud knife whatever your comfertable with.Repeat the same as the 1st coat. Just make your circle bigger buy about a foot. pushing with the tips of your fingers away from the damiged arya. Remember all your doing is feithering  and blending. Let dry, Sand and fiether with a sponge sanding block is what i use. We can get it wet and that helps the blending without the  dust. yaaaay. lol when dry feel with your hand we want it smooth as posable. So now we can paint I use a Thick Nap Helps everything blends great. Better the Paint better the Resaults.Thanks for reading this and hope you have a little fun doing it yourself.