My neighbor swore by using toothpaste to fill nail holes in drywall and I tried it on a patch in my hallway

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Nah, that's a total hack job waiting to happen. Toothpaste dries weird and shrinks, it'll look awful in a week. Just get a five dollar tub of spackle, it's made for the job and sands smooth. Your neighbor gave you bad advice, trust me.

sarahhart2mo ago

Been there, tried that hack and it was a total mess. The toothpaste just cracks and turns yellow after a while. Spackle is the only way to go for real.

victorcoleman1mo ago

Yeah "cracks and turns yellow" is real... toothpaste has baking soda that reacts weird with latex paint.