how to fix nail holes in wall

Is there an easy way to fix nail holes in drywall?

Something cheap and effective? Our lease forbids it but we nailed a shit ton of holes anyway.

EDIT: Would prefer not to paint, as I have almost 100 holes to take care of

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Tiny bit of spackle. Apply with a putty knife or other flexible flat edge (credit card works too) and sand and paint in 20 minutes.

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Tiny bit of spackle. Apply with a putty knife or other flexible flat edge (credit card works too) and sand and paint in 20 minutes.

This.

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toothpaste is the classic, assuming your walls are white.

also, you almost never get the deposit back, might as well burst that bubble now.

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This. Toothpaste is awesome and a small can of flat white touch-up paint will make the walls like new.

Always test the paint in a unobtrusive corner and give it 24 hours to dry! It always looks different while drying.

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Toothpaste it is! I used that to cover up an area surrounding our dart board. Remember to get white toothpaste tho.!

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Light weight spackle. Make sure it's light weight. I insulate walls and we used it to fill in the 1 1/2 inch holes that we drill all over the house. Hundreds of holes in every house. I've filled in hundreds of thousands of holes in with it over the years.

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This.

Usually comes in powder format, mix it with water, slap it in the hole and around it, wait for it to dry and then sand it down and no one will notice the difference.

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Macgyver say's bubble gum and some babypowder should do it.

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that's a lot to chew. i have almost 100 little holes scattered throughout my apartment