Most of the time they may as well pay a bit more and do it right, you can usually see a patch a mile off unless you have spent ages on it, sanding ect, by which point you may as well do the whole darn thing
yeh its done now I didn't bother trying to skim it ive just sanded it and given it a couple of coats of emultion.... its visible but its sold and that's the main thing.... looks better than it was that's all im botherd about lol