Bath Remodel, T.P. Holder, Part 2

The glued patch piece is set into the square hole.
If the cut was accurate it should slip in and be very close to the inside edges.

The outside edges are burnished. The edges are pressed down and the "mud" will be pushed out at the side. Let dry overnight.

A coating of drywall adhesive is set down and smoothed with a trowel. Let dry overnight.

The dried mud is sanded smooth.
There can be some shrinking so a second coat of mud is applied. The goal is to "feather in" the patch. Just like finishing a rocket, the more surface preparation you do, the better the final finish will be.

Here's how the patch looks after sanding.
A coat of Kilz primer is applied.
Spray texture (spatter paint) goes on next. The spatter paint reminds me of a bad can of Rusto 2X white.

The spattered texture coat camouflages the patch. Look closely and you can barely see the raised area where the patch sits.
A final coat of off white flat paint and you won't be able to see the patch.





This is the before and after. A big improvement and more contemporary.

I picked up the new brushed nickel finish T.P. holder on Ebay.
It was one of those "Make An Offer" auctions. I paid half of what you'd buy it for in the store.

And now back to our regular rocketry programming . . .