Tried to patch a hole with toothpaste and a cereal box in a pinch

I was finishing a basement in Toledo and ran out of spackle on a Sunday, with a small hole left. My buddy joked about the old 'toothpaste and cardboard' trick, so I tried it. The patch looked fine for about three hours, then it started to smell like mint and slowly sagged out of the wall. I had to cut the whole mess out and start over when the supply store opened. Anyone ever try a weird quick fix that totally backfired?

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perry.phoenix7mo ago

Baking soda and super glue saved me once.

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the_jenny7mo ago

Super glue is for broken stuff, not baking.

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the_simon6mo ago

Yeah, and it's definitely not for fixing a broken cookie.

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