A year ago at Wickes came across a product I was surprised I had not seen before. Over the years I've got tired of traditional linseed oil putty drying and cracking. On the shelves were 5Kg tubs of mastic 'putty' that would not harden. Ideal for bodging-up/filling rotten window frames and missing putty. I go there today and 3 of the staff including a manager-type look at me as though I'm deluded. When I return I will have an empty tub with me with Wickes product code number on it Non-Setting Mastic - Brown Non-Setting glazing compound. I dropped into ( sited near the original ) Block & Quayle ( B&Q) and they must have thought I was asking for hen's teeth - no such product there either. Where can I get hold of tubs, not overblown-priced tubes of this stuff. ? It can only be chalk powder mixed with an oil and dyestuff.
Humour of the streets.