3M High Strength Large Hole Repair Kit, Includes Fiber Reinforced Spackling Compound (12 oz.), Repair Plate, Putty Knife and Sanding Sponge, For Easy Wall Repair, No Shrinking or Cracking (LHR-KIT)

I was filling in a phone mount (who has a landline anymore?) and I have no experience with drywall. I was looking into these complicate deals with wire mesh, tape, etc and then found this and decided to give it a shot. It worked great! First, the kit says the surface needs to be clean and dust free. I did what I could but with all the insulation, etc in there it wasn't perfect by any means. I did use a razor to trim so of the ragged edges. The 3M backpiece still stuck and held very easily. You can break pieces off to adjust the size which is nice since one side of my hole was against a stud so I wanted to make that side shorter. Next, I filled it with the provided filler. This stuff is amazing! I've used basic spackle before and this is much easier to work with and just fill the entire hole. The tip of doing a final pass with the putty knife being wet helped a lot too. It took less than a minute to fill and smooth the hole. I also only used about half of the container and had plenty left that I used to fill other little holes/dings around the house. It did dry very fast and the next day was easy to sand down and make it smooth. It's worth noting that mine is going behind backsplash so I didn't care about texture but you'd have to get a separate texture kit if you wanted it to match a textured wall. This will be smooth. Overall, easy as pie, took no time at all, made me a lifelong fan of 3M filler products and I'd definitely buy it again. It included everything I needed from the back panel, spackle, putty knife and sandpaper.

I recommend this kits for wall repair set, it’s easy and quick follow the instructions. I satisfied damaged wall for like new!

Had a double light switch hole to patch in the garage. It abutted a stud so I had to fiddle the screen to fit. BUT, this was 3/4" drywall and the provided container did not fill the hole. Fortunately, I had mistakenly ordered two of these. The second container of compound was almost enough to fill the hole, but not quite enough. When dried it was slightly concave so I used some DryDex to level it. Just beware if your hole is on the larger side.

Muy buen kit de reparación de pared. Es práctico, fácil de usar y trae todo lo necesario para arreglos pequeños en casa. Lo utilicé para tapar agujeros de clavos y tornillos, y el resultado quedó muy bien, casi imperceptible después de pintar.

I love how easy and simple it was to use. I fixed a hole in less than 30 minutes! Great work! The adhesion does go away fast so I had to hold it down as I patched it up.

I had to patch a ~4" hole in a concrete ceiling (skim coated, no actual dry wall paneling). For a hole this big, I probably should have made a plug out of scrap drywall, but instead, I tried to fill it in slowly by building up layers with joint compound. That was a beginner's mistake; It took way too long to build up and drips out before it dries. The compound in this repair kit has a lot of embedded fibers, which makes it more like clay than regular compound. I couldn't use the plastic backer from the kit, but it stuck well enough onto another metal plate I installed and had no worries about it falling out. It also hardened without cracking or shrinking noticeably. I opted to make the patch slightly concave and went over again with regular joint compound, just to ensure the surface texture was consistent. After sanding and painting, I totally can't figure out where the hole used to be. Very easy to use for someone with no experience, and the result was basically equivalent to what I would have expected from a contractor. Only downside was cost; Maybe not worth it for real pros, but makes sense for DIYers.

A professional painter suggested I use this and it is an amazing product. Goes on smooth, dries fast and very white color. I’ll use this over normal spackling from now on.

The compound is really good and effective. It has fibers in it which helps with the adhesion and dries fast. The putty knife is noticeably bigger than the compuond container and it is a bit hard to spread the compound evenly on the knife. The adhesion on the repair plate is not very good and you might need to use extra glue for that. I used a metal mesh instead of the repair plate and it worked pretty good. The compound is enough for at least 5 repairs of 5" holes in my opinion. Overall, I think it is a good product but you might need to get a metal mesh instead of the repair plate that is included.

This repair kit was exactly what I needed to tackle a DIY project that I have been procrastinating for years! With no prior drywall experience I did some research online, and after watching the 3M tutorial video I took a chance and purchased this kit. Everything that I needed was included in this kit. After less than 10 minutes the hole in the wall was completely patched up. This was no small hole either. My children had pushed a door knob through the wall and continued to pick away at the surrounding drywall, causing a 5 inch hole. Although some have mentioned having difficulty with the tape adhering to the surface of the inner drywall, I found that with extra care when sanding and applying greater pressure while attaching the patch was all that I needed. I encourage others to purchase this kit because of the ease of use and the awesome results!

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Ordered the first time and worked great! Ordered a second one but the black wall backing was not included so I had to patch the hole using just the mesh.