3M High Strength Large Hole Repair Kit

I normally patch holes using individually purchased items but wanted to do this quickly. The hole patched was a socket hole that the socket was removed. The kit is incredible especially for those not used to patching! I was lucky and had access to the back of the hole so fitting the plastic rigid piece was especially easy BUT I tried to do it as the instructions indicated just for this review. It worked though not as "tight" as I like. Point being - it DID work. The patch compound was easy to use. The spatula was, as you would guess, is cheap but, technically, made to use only once so durable enough. The patch was very durable after fixing. It did not shrink at all. The compound was used for other, smaller patch work and worked perfectly. It spreads really well making it highly versatile.

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.

Make sure you prep the best you can, the adhesive on the patch is really not very sticky. I decided to be lazy and skip the prep and not read the instructions. The patch was too large for the area I needed so it was awkward trying to get it to stay. Long story short, it fell inside the hole while applying the spackle. So, I ended up just super gluing chunks of drywall I’d removed back to the wall and then caulking over that. There was a slight hole in the middle where I didn’t have enough drywall pieces so so just rolled the spackle into a ball and shoved it into the hole. After that dried, I did another layer and miraculously the wall is back to normal. But what I learned is that the patch isn’t super necessary, you could superglue a piece of cardboard really and spackle over that and it all looks the same in the end.

I grabbed onto a towel rack to break a stumble and managed to pull one side out of the wall. I am in no way a handy person. Pretty hard (and expensive) to find a handyman in our area. This product worked very well. Easy well written instructions and includes everything you need. I needed to enlarge the hole (used a hacksaw blade I already owned) as the hole was too small to fit the plastic patch through the existing hole. Took about 10 minutes to repair. After drying for 1 1/2 days, I sanded and painted. Drilled a 1/2” hole to accommodate the toggle anchor. The repaired area feels sturdier than the original drywall. Saved me a $100 visit for a handyman. I admire my work every time I look at it!

Great product. Works wonderfully. First time it took a little bit of learning but the it was easy and the walls look great.

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.

I bought this to try fixing a damaged door/wall area myself. The kit comes with solid materials and the instructions were pretty clear, but if you’ve never done drywall repair before, it definitely takes some patience and practice to make it look smooth. I was able to improve the damaged area, but getting a perfect finish was harder than expected. Still seems like a good kit overall for DIY home repairs.

punched a hole in my wall after losing some matches online, great lil kit

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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The product worked to fill a gaping hole in my living room wall. I'm not a handyman, but after watching the video I was able to do it.

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.