Patching plaster vs Polyfilla

[AL_z]

I note that patching plaster costs a lot less tham polyfilla etc.

For the purpose of filling dips and dents in plastered walls, prior to
sanding flat and painting, is there any practical difference between the
two products? I ask because pp is much cheaper tha pf, usually.

Many thanks,

Al

[John Whitworth]

"AL_z" <fgdf...@fghfghfg.com> wrote in message
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I used to use Polyfilla an awful lot. But it is so expensive when doing big
areas. I've been using powder filler lately, which is cheap, really easy to
shape, and simple to mix to different consistencies for the task in hand.
Only downside is that it's very dusty until painted. But that dustiness does
lend itself to simple 'rub downs' rather than sand downs with Polyfilla.

JW

[stuart noble]

There are plenty of choices nowadays.

Ordinary finishing plaster if you mix it with a little pva, and can work
fast.

Ready mixed plaster in a tub is getting cheaper. Lightweight, easy to
use, but a slightly gritty finish IME. Technically, not plaster at all
of course.

Artex has a finer finish and is just as easy to use. Drywall filler is
similar

My latest chum is tile adhesive. Trowels on smoothly, sticks to
anything, can be feather edged and fine finished with a wet trowel at
leisure.