After eviction disaster
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Tatyana
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I am so sad and need inexpensive ideas to rehab my beautiful in past summer cottage. Tenants leave marks in a wall and painting not help I am in a budget is there something to over walls ?
4 answers
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What kind of marks? Is the drywall punctured? Or is it a grease/oil stain that shows back up through paint?
Stephen Andrew
on Sep 29, 2013
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I did accent walls with the brown paper bags look amazing covers everything, didn't even patch a few small nail holes.
Jackieforzone
on Sep 29, 2013
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We had a renter destroy a bedroom with graffiti (sharpie marker, crayon, ball point pens, & pencil marks). Most of the marks were able to be removed with TSP (trisodium phosphate) and a Magic Eraser which we found at Home Depot. The red sharpie marker kept bleeding through the paint even with multiple applications. We what finally resorted to scraping off the mark with a putty knife and then repaired the area with drywall compound, sanding it smooth after it dried and then repainting the area. I believe there is also a product on the market made by Kilz that can be painted on like a wall primer that is good for killing stains. Check with your local home improvement store's paint department for this product.
Teresa K
on Sep 29, 2013
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We have taken dark flat paint and painted over it first. Does well in hiding those marks. Like almost black brown or black. We have a store that Idaho habitate for humanities. It is called The Restore. They get everything donated from the smallest screw and up. Once we covered the marks all with dark flat paint, then we went back over with like eggshell semi gloss paint. Works well. I got 6 rentals and trust me this is mild compared what they could do!
Shell Stuart
on Sep 30, 2013
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