I have a number of small metal drywall anchors that I am abandoning and am asking what your favorite method is of painting over these things so they don't show.
I was thinking of gently driving them below the surface of the wall with a ball peen hammer, then filling in the dent with a non-shrinking spackle compound.
Anyone with a better idea? I checked on
Don
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If they are the "Molly" style, most painters I've watched just take a screwdriver and hammer and bash them right through the wall board, flange and all, and then fill the hole with patchjing plaster or spackle.
Me, I'm a little more delicate. I use a 1/4" diameter drill to sever the flange from the body tube, push the tube through the wallboard, then spackle.
Jeff
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Basically you have the right idea. Most spackling shrinks. But that's okay. Just sand and re-spackle a couple times. Inspect the area with a trouble light at a low angle to make sure its perfect before you paint over it. I amazed how this method shows the defects!
Your method will work if you use drywall mud instead of spackle compound. Might work with spackle.
The "correct" way is to strip off the flange using needle nose pliers and push the body into the wall. This method decreases the hole size by about
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