Best filler\ plaster for a small chase

[tombrooker84]

Hello all,

I've got to chase in a small run of 2.5mm cable in a bay window with a curved wall, its a horizontal chase about 3m in length I usually bond then finish over chases. I've kept my schedule free after this job as I've got a baby due in the next week, so don't want 2 bags of plaster left in the garage to rot, I was wondering if any of you guys have used toupret or one strike filler (or similar)? As its only a small job I don't mind the extra £5 or so on materials if I can get a better finish?

Regards

Tom

 

[topquark]

One coat plaster doesn't give a good finish. You can buy 5x1KG bags of gyproc easifill, that should do the job....very easy to sand if necessary.

 

[Moses]

Hello all,

I've got to chase in a small run of 2.5mm cable in a bay window with a curved wall, its a horizontal chase about 3m in length I usually bond then finish over chases. I've kept my schedule free after this job as I've got a baby due in the next week, so don't want 2 bags of plaster left in the garage to rot, I was wondering if any of you guys have used toupret or one strike filler (or similar)? As its only a small job I don't mind the extra £5 or so on materials if I can get a better finish?

Regards

Tom

Shouldn't you be taking it easy dear?

 

[Strima]

One coat plaster doesn't give a good finish. You can buy 5x1KG bags of gyproc easifill, that should do the job....very easy to sand if necessary.

I use this stuff all the time, goes off nice and quick so no waiting around to finish the job off.

 

[Des 56]

I come from a family of plasterers and am well versed in the trade

A couple of weeks ago,a plumber insisted on me using his one strike filler
My opinion after using it was, it was absolutely brilliant

I went straight out and bought a tub for my own use,I will always use this,unless large areas require me to use traditional plaster or bonding.its will take some beating

 

[Richard Burns]

I come from a family of plasterers and am well versed in the trade

A couple of weeks ago,a plumber insisted on me using his one strike filler
My opinion after using it was, it was absolutely brilliant

I went straight out and bought a tub for my own use,I will always use this,unless large areas require me to use traditional plaster or bonding.its will take some beating

I am amazed. Is this the filler that looks like a pot of loosely connected powder, goes on easily and then never sets and can be scraped out with a fingernail?

I tried some of that once and a customer also filled my chases with it and I found it very difficult not to damage, just putting a finger on it!

I may be using wrong but would like to hear more.

 

[Des 56]

I am sat in a chair and beside me is a hole left after central heating pipes were installed in my home
These were filled by me with the one strike filler last week
I have just scraped my fingernail across the filler and it is not as solid as cement or plaster,but it is solid

The contents need stirring,so maybe the mix plays a part
As I stated,my experience with the stuff.I can't fault it

 

[MarkieSparkie]

I used to love using Unibond Unifiller, a PVA based powder filler, that would fill up to 40mm deep chases without slumping, dry rock hard in 30 minutes and produced a superb smooth finish. Alas, when Henkel acquired the Unibond brand they stopped making this wonderful filler. I'm still eking out the limit stock I have, whilst I find an alternative. So far I've tried loads of potential products, but yet to find a suitable substitute that comes close.

 

[Current Affairs]

I always PVA then fill with Browning, PVA again & then final skim in Multi finish. As long as you look at the dates on the bag of plaster when you buy, they are good for 3 months. Multifinish blends well, no need for sanding when Im finished. The amount of times I have chased a wall & ended up having to plaster the whole wall due to the poor state of the old plaster. Hence years ago, I went on a plastering course to leave a proffessional finish to my work

 

[tombrooker84]

I usually pva, bond and then multi finish, but considering this is a very small job I thought I might give another product ago. I've heard really good things about toupret and red devil filler, but never used them. Also was wandering what the one coat plaster is like, do you just have to leave it longer before you wet and trowel over for the finish?

 

[needasparks]

I normally do same as others have said with browning and then finish on bigger stuff but the smaller chases tend to be trickier to deal with if your plastering skills are like mine so my making good tends to be making bad so I tend to cheat with jointing filler for very small chases as its the finest for sanding you can get and goes off quicker than most fillers, much easier to work with my six thumbs and four fingers with a spoon.

edit,
please that last bit was a joke, i don't use a spoon but sometimes a catapult.

 

[dean.diy]

Current Affairs tells how the plasterers do it. A one coat filler to
just below the surface; then when hardened off/ no more time
allowed, and skim with Easifil, for those not so confident.
Easifil seems a finer grade, avoids the score marks etc. and
can be rubbed with wood wrapped in 120 grit to please
the customer/ decorator.

 

[redcbr]

For small jobs I use easifill, brilliant stuff. On deeper/ larger areas i use hardwall then final skim with easifill. Easifill is really easy to sand and get a good finish.