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Fix wall paint chip

last year
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I am in a rental and there is a textured pink wall in the bedroom. Turns out this wall was painted not by my landlord but the previous owner with no information regarding the paint available.

There is a chip on this wall that I would like to fix (photo attached). Any ideas how to go about it, besides covering with wall art.

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  • last year
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    No picture I can see.

    Spackle, smooth , paint.

    Spackle is a putty, fill the chip, it will dry, harden, sand to resemble existing surface, paint with a primer, then with a color/cover coat.

    Paint, go to a paint supplier, they will have cards with colors, pick one close to the existing color, buy a pint, a brush, prime and paint. Then, tell your visitors , you did it your self.

    Probably cost $50-100 for DIY, $2-500 to hire someone.

  • last year

    If you decide to paint it, use the end of a brush, to stipple in texture, so it matches the rest of the textured wall.

  • last year

    How large and where is it? I'd get a close match sample pot of paint, dip the end of a paint brush or q-tip in the paint and lightly tap, tap, tap over the chipped area until it starts to blend in.

  • last year

    I agree with @Kendrah’s plan. It’s a rental and unless you want to ask the landlord to fix it, covering it with paint should do it. I would take a phot of the chip with your phone, and your repairs, just in case.

  • last year
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    Thank you all for the suggestions. Here is the photo - the chip about 1x2 inch and the wall is shades of pink.
    I took the photo to HomeDepot - for exact color match they asked me to bring a dime size scaping of the wall. Not sure if I should do that or just do a manual match


  • last year

    It looks like the previous owner had something hanging there before. and when they pulled the nail it took out a small chunk of wall with it.


    I often see partial cans of spackle at the reuse store.


    I would patch with a dab of spackle, do a manual color match and get just a sample size jar of paint.


    If it doesn't work well go to option b and get something to hang over it or

    option c - ask the landlord if you can paint the room a different color unless you really like the pink walls.


    Again, sometimes the reuse store has a gallon of paint for only a few dollars or a paint store will have something they mixed for someone who was unhappy with the color.




  • last year

    TIL about reuse stores. Thank you!

  • last year

    I would try to match with a small tube of acrylic paint. It comes in so many colors, you can mix it up to match good enough. Easier than cans of paint.

  • last year

    I do a lot of artwork and am quite comfortable mixing colors with acrylics, but the number of colors available and knowing how to mix to get to the right shade isn't something I would suggest unless the person has experience mixing colors and already owns or has use for a set of Acrylics. Liquitex has what - 75 ish colors, maybe 3 pinks. Behr has 3000 colors. and probably close to 100 pinks.

    Yes a tube of Acrylic paint is only a couple of dollars, but you may need to purchase 3 or 4 to get to the color. A sample of Behr paint runs $7.00