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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Boost app is so horrified by this repair that it crashes every time this photo loads. Or maybe it is trying to protect me, as it reminds me of my ex-husband's work.

Like @[email protected] says, you need to sand it back and paint over it. It's hard to fill a hole without something behind it - too late now, but put a piece of thin wood or similar inside the hole and then glue (you can use some string to pull it forward). That gives you a solid base to work on. I found the best technique for getting a smooth finish is to hold the spatula or scraper at close to a 90 degree angle and scrape off everything you can. If you hold the spatula more parallel it bends a little and won't create as flat a finish.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The Boost app is so horrified by this repair that it crashes every time this photo loads. Or maybe it is trying to protect me, as it reminds me of my ex-husband’s work.

🤣🤣

What type of wood do I get and where from?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boost-wise I thought it was just me... Mine is crashing out on open.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I spent way too long trying to get it to stay open, and found that after I have cleared the cache I can look at everything except the daily thread, and if I can quickly scroll down in the daily thread before it opens the photo it will stay open. So I'm 98% sure the photo is the issue, although I have no idea why. If I don't clear the cache it just keeps crashing on open.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Can confirm. Can open anything but the daily. Same issue not present on Sync.