poly filler

[femaleplasterer]

if i fill a hole with poly filler will i be able to skim over it the same day or should i leave it for a day or two,

i just don't want the plaster cracking

 

[joe-90]

How big's your hole? I prefer Wickes board adhesive for filling - it shrinks less and is cheap as chips.

 

[femaleplasterer]

its not that big, cos i would off placed a piece of plasterboard behind it and dunt it that way, it is ruffly about 55mm x 40mm
and i don't even think it is that to be honest

 

[dextrous]

if i fill a hole with poly filler will i be able to skim over it the same day or should i leave it for a day or two,

i just don't want the plaster cracking

Why would a plasterer use polyfilla as a subcoat? If it's about 20-40mm wide, stick a bit of pva in it, and skim anyway (if you're really enthusiastic you could stick a bit of scrim over it). Ant bigger then use a proper subcoat plaster.

 

[femaleplasterer]

cos it is only a small hole and it is not really big enough to go get a full bag of it, and as i work in a college i don't really need to use bonding and there is none at the college as most of the students have finished

 

[dextrous]

cos it is only a small hole and it is not really big enough to go get a full bag of it, and as i work in a college i don't really need to use bonding and there is none at the college as most of the students have finished

Probably get away with pva and finish then.

 

[Richard C]

I really don't know why your bothering Dex, this is getting sillier by the hour!

I reakon it’s joe

 

[dextrous]

I really don't know why your bothering Dex, this is getting sillier by the hour!

I reakon it’s joe

So, he is, in effect, speaking to himself. Presumably because noone else is listening to him

 

[dextrous]

You may be right Richard, of course, but I've taught many a student whose level of spelling and grammar is quite comparable. So, for me at least, the jury is still out.