Remember, sheetrock is really, really, really cheap--like ~$6 sheet. There's an instinctive desire to "minimize the damage" by keeping the holes as small as possible. But the reality is more like what hbiss and kinetic said--it's easier to patch one hole that's 4" wide and 12 feet long. Just cut one or two strips of rock, slap it up there, and you're ready to tape and mud it. You've maybe got 75¢ worth of rock in the patch--there's not much point in spending another three hours carefully cutting a bunch of tiny holes so that they only need 25¢ worth of rock to patch all the tiny holes. [Linked Image]


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