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myredracer
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Jan 27, 2014

Patching screw holes in ceiling?

I'm wondering if I were to remove the commonplace pancake style light fixtures from the ceiling to install recessed lights, can the screw holes be patched somehow so you can't see them afterwards? Not sure what the finish coating usually is over the luan plywood. Is it a type of paint or plastic coating? I'd want to make the screw holes invisible and the patch lasting. The alternative would be to make some wood discs that go over the holes and the light would be recessed into that but the screw holes are 10" apart and it'd be a large disc.

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