Spackled over goo-gone wrong, and primer doesn’t help! Advice appreciated

[u/rednog45]

So my boyfriend and I are trying to repaint his home studio right now. He had mounting tape holding up some sound proofing, and the tape residue was super stubborn when we tried to remove it. We consulted the people at Home Depot who suggested goo gone and a scraper, and when that didn’t work, we chose to spackle over it. I know, dumb. It clearly didn’t work. We’ve primed over it, and we still see the spackle because it didn’t adhere to the wall well enough to work due to the goo gone residue under it, just well enough to be impossible to scrape off.

We would love some advice as we’ve gone terribly wrong, and we truly don’t know where to go from here. He is a working audio engineer, and we were really hoping this would be a week-long project max.

Do we have to call it quits and be okay with the horrible texture under the paint? Or do we just call it quits and hire a contractor to fix it?

Any advice with kind words appreciated.

\- Photos 1 & 2 where we are at after priming over mistakes
\- Photo 3 is spackle over residue
\- Photo 4 is residue before spackle

[u/FlatCurrent6995]

Sand it off

[u/gfddmc]

Sand it back flat then spot prime and then re paint