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Some water got in my wall near a window when it was raining (the window shade had previously put a nick on the window sill corner exposing the drywall). The water got in behind some of the paint and created a bubble that I peeled off. I scraped away all the loose paint and drywall with a flathead, then sanded a little bit. I'm wondering if I need to spackle and/or prime before I try painting over the exposed area?

The paint is from Benjamin Moore.

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Patch the holes, prime, then paint.

Usually when I patch walls I end up priming and painting the entire wall, it's more work but I find it looks much better when I'm done.

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  • That makes sense. I really don't want to sand and prime the entire wall for such a small repair though. I will try as you suggest and see if I can get it to look decent. Thanks.
    – Trevor Hartman
    Aug 3, 2011 at 20:36

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