Contractor messed up painting

[Dan_Shade]

We hired a guy to patch up a drywall joint crack and paint.

Well...  they did a terrible job on the paint.  Didn't sand the mud from the patches, some mud flashed through the paint, other places weren't properly sanded before painted.

What's the easiest way to repair?

[Dan_Shade]

 

 

[Dan_Shade]

Hard to see, but I posted a picture.  I wet sanded out one area, which is a pain.   Should I just spackle over everything and feather it out?

We hired the guy to save time.  So much for that ... 

[Ljohnsaw]

If there is a lot to do, I'd say make him come back and fix it!

[Dan_Shade]

I don't want him back, he gave me a excuses on the phone  blamed primer, blamed sheen, etc... 

[florida]

The easiest way is to get a finisher that knows what he's doing to come float that out with mud. After it's dried seal it with drywall primer then top coat the entire wall the repair is on to hide mismatched paint. If yous sand it down it'll change the texture of the surrounding wall and always show up.

[Ljohnsaw]

Doesn't look like you have any texture to speak of, just the nap of the roller, right?  Out here, I don't think anyone knows how to do a real good job on drywall - everything gets a spray texture to hide all the imperfections :-\

[Ruffgear]

I've never posted on here before, but this is right up my alley.  Depending on paint you might able to dry sand with fairly aggressive sponge sander, but otherwise float it out as others have said and resend to blend.

[thecfarm]

Cancel the check.  :D

[Dan_Shade]

Thanks, I've been working on it off and on all day. 

The texture may be a problem, but I've been sanding.  There are a few spots where the mud had bubbles in it where they painted. 

Pretty frustrating.

[Hilltop366]

My findings are the drywall board and the filler will always have a different texture, on new drywall the paper will get ruffed up when sanding so after primer is dried you should lightly sand again.

On a previously painted wall if the sanding of the patch did not cut into the paper rolling the primer and 2 coats of paint will make it very hard to see a will done patch.

Looks like you may require both sanding and a thin coat or two of drywall compound.

[Dan_Shade]

Is spackle a better choice than compound?  Or does it really matter? 

[Bruno of NH]

Buy Easysand 90
Skim over bad patches and skim them tight 
Prime then repaint
Light coats on the skimcoat and when dry knock down the ridges with you wide knife then sand

[Crusarius]

I may get shunned for this but I have had enough bad drywall repairs that I couldn't stand in houses I purchased that I got sick of it one day and used a 3" belt sand with a very well used 120 grit belt.

Attacked the spot till I got the paint and high spots off then depending on the depth reapply compound or just paint. alot of times I was able to just do 2 coats with the roller and matched perfectly.

[Dan_Shade]

I didn't think you could use easy sand for a skim coat... 

[Bruno of NH]

Easysand is one of the best choices for skimcoating.
I have renovated many old homes and have used Easysand for all the skimcoating over many bad patches and a lot of plaster walls

[Peter Drouin]

Cancel the check.  :D

:D  :D  :D Just what I was thinking. Good one cfarm.

[4x4American]

Replace with wood!

[Dan_Shade]

Interesting note on the easysand, the bag says something about not using it for a skim coat.

I had a five gallon bucket of that stuff set up on me when I was mudding my garage.... I learned something that day (that I'm slow) ... 

[Southside]

I can make you up some mighty fine nickel gap ship lap in my moulder to make that mess disappear.