Can I use glazing compound to fill nail holes in an interior plaster wall?
I’ll paint the walls afterward. RUSSELL IULIANO, Weston A. No. It won’t work very well because the glazing compound is hard to smooth out and will remain pliable. You could use caulking compound, which will work a little better, but the best stuff for nail holes (not cracks) is spackle, joint compound, or even wood filler. All three are sandable, allowing you to make an invisible patch. Q. I have a peculiar problem, or at least it is peculiar to me. I took off some wood paneling, and plan to paint the wall underneath that paneling. I discovered a hole in the plaster wall, right at an outside corner. How can I fix it, so that the corner will withstand wear and tear? STEVE MANCHESTER, Raynham A. It should not be a problem, peculiar or not. The outside corner you speak of is not outdoors, but rather a corner formed by two intersecting inside walls; it is not an inside corner, which is the standard type of corner in a room. So, you can install a steel corner bead, which forms the corner. T
