You can skim-coat the piece with spackling comound, following the length of its grain and dragging the knife over the surface at a slight angle so that you fill in only the grain.
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Skim-coat
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The best way to avoid the problem of photographing is to skim-coat the entire surface after the third coat of joint comound has dried.
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Epoxy filler adheres well to itself, so any small areas left from the initial fill can be skim-coated and blended into the repair.
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