How To Fill In A Hole On The Wall. It's too small to get a plasterer but you don't have a clue what to do with it? You could try squeezing a tube of white toothpaste into a bowl and stirring in a few drops of food coloring to approximate a different wall color.
If spackling, i'd fill in the hole with spackle and let it dry, then sand it down level with the wall, and paint over it.
The most common cause of holes in drywall is when doors swing open and the doorknob dents or punches a hole in the wall. To avoid cracking, crush up some aspirin into powder, and to start, apply the spackling to the hole until it's completely filled in. How to make homemade spackle. Read about the various fillers below and learn how to patch holes in a wall as well as repair nail holes.