Plaster blown while stripping - advice please

This is the stuff I used. Bit like an easy to use plaster...

Right there ^^^ that's your problem, you're not supposed to use plaster on cars! ;)

KK

Use one coat plaster and follow the instructions on the bag. You'll need a half decent float - but they're not expensive. With such a small area you should be able to get a decent repair - even if it needs slight sanding down afterwards. Give the hole a good soak with diluted PVA first and leave to dry. However, *any* repair is likely to show through paint - as the surface will have a different texture. The way round this is to line the wall then paint.

Filler, or Artex powder, is easier to use IMO. Doesn't go off as quickly as plaster, and will feather an edge far better.

'Filler' is likely to take forever to go off if it's thick. 'One coat' gives you plenty time to get a level surface - you then let it go off and then reactivate to polish the surface. Even I can manage a reasonable finish with this stuff.

Sounds good enough for me, although the reactivate it bit is a little vague. Would that be done by wetting it again? And I KNOW where I went wrong with the car, forgot to PVA it first ;-p

Whoops, sorry, thank you to all responders, much appreciated.

Yus. It's also a fraction of the price of proprietary fillers.

;-). The trick with car body fillers is to have the correct tools to shape the filler after filling proud. Sandpaper is likely to produce ripples.

Ripples? Dunno about ripples, it was more like the surface of the moon on a really bad day. Ripples I'd have been happy with.

Sounds like it was full of air bubbles. But you'd normally use another filler on top of the body filler once it's shaped properly to give a perfect surface. If it's not too bad several coats of primer/filler can do the same thing.

The trick is to only mix up what you can apply in a minute. That leaves you 4 minutes to sculpt the stuff with a blade and clean it off your tools.