Oh,
There are several different plaster like compounds with differing properties.
Stuff like Polyfilla Cellulose Filler which doesn't shrink or crack and sets
up harder than common spackle compound is among them. Some stick better than
others, some are harder and some dry much faster than plaster. Generally though
they are intended for smaller patching jobs or to repair holes where fixtures
have come out of the wall. Some are even cementacious and work best when
applied to brick or concrete bases.
Do you know what the stuff you used is called?
Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: Max Robinson
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] knowing what your walls are made of? And filling
up wholes in your wall?
I just finished a big wall repair project. There is a new kind of dry wall
filler. It doesn't shrink very much as it dries. It is pink when wet and
turns white when dry. I know that doesn't do us much good but it should
help identify it at the home center. Sue said she felt like she was
frosting a cake. It looks like and has the consistency of cake frosting.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Leavens" <dleav...@puc.net>
To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] knowing what your walls are made of? And
filling up wholes in your wall?
> Don't know the cost, seems to me that a 30 pound pail of pre-mixed plaster
> is about 35 bucks but I don't remember and it would be a lot more than you
> would need. You can buy small pales and even boxes of powder to be mixed
> with water quite cheaply.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Blake Hardin
> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 5:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] knowing what your walls are made of? And
> filling up wholes in your wall?
>
>
>
> Hi, how much would this stuff cost? I would say tat the plaster mud
> would be the most expensive.
>
> On 8/25/10, Dale Leavens <dleav...@puc.net> wrote:
> > Drywall and jiprock or sheet rock are the same thing.
> >
> > Filling holes depends a little on the nature of the holes. If they
> don't go
> > right through then you just spread and force the mud right over the
> hole.
> > You may need to spread a thin layer of plaster and embed paper tape
> into it
> > to give better strength if it is badly cracked. If the hole goes
> through
> > there are a number of different methods used depending on the size of
> the
> > hole.
> >
> > You may be able to just stuff some wadded paper in there and work
> plaster
> > over it, you might work some adhesive tape to the back side of the
> jiprock
> > with enough exposed sticky to hold a little paper to form a base enough
> to
> > apply layers of the plaster mud allowing to dry as you build up the
> hole.
> >
> > Large holes may require you to cut a square out, screw some strips of
> wood
> > onto the back side with screws through the board on the front
> overlapping
> > enough to allow you to cut a filler piece and screw it into the strips
> of
> > wood then apply a thin layer of plaster around the cracks and press
> paper
> > tape firmly into the sticky mud before plastering over the lot
> including
> > filling the screw holes. This usually takes a couple of applications
> because
> > the plaster shrinks as it dries and the screw holes reappear through
> the
> > first couple of applications. The paper tape is used to reinforce the
> cracks
> > otherwise the shrinking plaster will form cracks which become visible.
> >
> > Many people now prefer the adhesive mesh tape. this is stronger but it
> is
> > also thicker and I don't much like using it because it takes a lot more
> > plaster to build up and hide the stuff and I find the lump left behind
> > unacceptable. It isn't bad along the formed edges of drywall where
> there is
> > a bit of a valley but across the ends and other butt joints requires
> more
> > work than I like to do.
> >
> > You sand smooth and paint.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Dale leavens.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Blake Hardin
> > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 7:49 AM
> > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] knowing what your walls are made of? And
> filling
> > up wholes in your wall?
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi, ok what is the difference between dry wall and sheetrock? Or are
> > they the same thing? Also, a room that im in has quite a few wholes in
> > the wall and i was wondering how do i go about fixing them? I know you
> > can use sheetrock mud and patch them up but how exactly do you do it
> > step by step? Do i just buy the mud if thats what its called, spread
> > it throughout the wholes as evenly as posible, then wait for it to dry
> > and take a piece of sandpaper and sand it down to be even with the
> > rest of the wall? I know that after its done you have to pait over it
> > but thats fine with me because this room needs to be repainted anyway.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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