There used to be a product many years ago for plugging drilled holes so you could redrill next to the existing hole. I think it was asbestos based so haven't seen it for years. I have used mortar but it is a pain to wait days for it to go off. Is there anything around that I can plug a drilled hole with and redrill the same day.
Kevin
I've used this sucessfully,
I will try it. The good thing about the stuff I used to use was you could form it into a cylindrical shape then ram it it into the hole but not so good if it did contain asbestos I guess.
Kevin
At least one type of resin is quick setting, car body filler uses it IIRC
Or you could try this:
Rod
Philplug.
In message , Frank Erskine writes
? I thought it was made by Rawlplug. Fibrous grey stuff that you dampened then stuffed in the hole. I've probably still got some in the back of the shed.
Rawlplug started doing it later.
In message , polygonum writes
Oh, not come across that, looks handy.
I was going to suggest Epoxy Putty, which I've used to refill a hole which I then re-drilled to fix a boiler up
Kevin
That looks like the same thing as epoxy putty. Is that what you meant?
The fill & fix is polyurethane.
In message , Zen83237 writes
If you mean expoxy putty, yes, that's what that is, rather than the fill and fix
Epoxy putty isn't as good for this as polyester putty (anyone seen P38 car filler lately?). You can use it, if that's what you have or can make, but polyester is usually the resin in the hole filling & resin wallplug sets. Evo-stik's polyester outdoor filler (Toolstation) isn't bad here either, and pretty quick to harden. Filled polyester putties (unlike epoxy) can have double doses of hardener added for a faster set.
I have tubes of 'hole filler' especially for that task ... that work in my standard hot melt glue gun.
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