Plaster in an applicator

[Yaz]

Can anyone tell me if plaster is available in a filler applicator type of tube. I need to use same for filling around / securing electrical socket boxes.

Yaz

[Stuart B]

Haven't seen it and can't say I've ever felt the need for it in tubes. It's easy enough to just mix up whatever amount you need .

..I presume you mean the sort of cartridges you use in a sealant gun... I'd guess there would be issues about it going off "in the tube" between uses .

As for securing the boxes are you not screwing them to whatever is behind .

[John Stumbles]

This is a DIY group!

Take one empty sealant cartridge (e.g. silicone, solvent free adhesive) remove the plunger and clean out. Fill with one-coat plaster. Replace plunger. Apply.

And here's one we made earlier ... :-)

[meow2222]

or if too lazy, just use a decorators filler cartridge. Same difference.

NT

[Bob Eager]

Polyfilla in a squeezy tube.

[Roger Mills]

. . . or in an icing bag (when SWMBO's not looking!)

[Al, Cambridge, UK]

I've recently seen PolyFilla in both a big toothpaste sort of tube and a mastic-gun cartridge, which looked like fun if you find that sort of thing fun.

I so rarely get round to doing anything DIY (beyond reading this group) that I find the mix-it-yourself powder more useful than pre- fixed, and I've got a little rubber mixing pot (made by Taylor) which is easy to clean out afterwards.

The other essential tool is an ex-kitchen knife (3" Kitchen Devil veg knife) blunted down a bit, which is both flexible & pointy for getting the stuff caulked in properly.

Al

[Clive Mitchell]

In message , John Stumbles writes

Decorators caulk?

[John]

How does one do that, I know the Durgun (Sp?) can be used to remove the plungers but how can it be done with 'normal' tools etc?

Cheers

John

[The Medway Handyman]

Solvent free Gripfill. Dries white, takes paint - and the boxes won't ever come out!

[John Stumbles]

just push the plunger back with a bit of rod or dowel

[Andy Hall]

Get down, Shep.

[Stuart Noble]

I don't think plaster in a cartridge would work, any more than it does with mortar. Cartridge products have a uniform consistency, usually based on an acrylic resin.

[Brian Sharrock]

Durgun actually market a 'mortar applicator'. AIUI; it's primarily targeted at the pointing requirement. The demo's I've seen show the applicator loaded with mortar and the nozzle formed from a small length of copper (22mm?) tube squeezed with pliers to the width required. { I don't own such a device - merely seen it demonstrated} . I think (or am at least persuaded by Durgun ] that mortar 'would work'. Your opinion may differ.

[Stuart Noble]

I bought one a few years back and it didn't work for me. The solids become progressively compressed so that, even if you can force them through the nozzle, you're certainly getting a different consistency from the first squeeze.

[John Stumbles]

Oh dear! What's that baby elephant done on the studio floor?

[John Stumbles]

One-coat plaster does, mortar doesn't. I've tried both.

[Stuart Noble]

I suppose there are applications where gunned plaster might be useful, but I can't think of any offhand.

[Owain]

Girl guides roasting on an open fire...

Owain

[John Stumbles]

I used it to fill a yawning chasm between a bath & wall so I could seal it.