On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 18:33:00 GMT, EricP wrote:

Pull the tape off and bin it. Use a fine surface filler to fill the
crack slightly proud and lightly sand smooth.
(What I would do, for what it's worth)

I came across a new product in Homebase about a month ago which may be
of interest.

I was painting a staircase for someone and there was a hairline crack
running down the wall. Previously I've made such cracks a little wider
and then polyfilla'd, sanded, polyfilla'd again, sanded again, and
been left with evidence that there was a crack there once.

Anyway, went to Homebase to pick up the required paint. Whilst nosing
around I came across a polyfilla product in a round tin, it stated
"for filling fine cracks". I thought yeah, big deal, but I'll give
anything a try.

Took it back, brushed the dust out of from the hairline crack (that
was all the preparation I needed to do), and then used a paintbrush to
paint this stuff on - no knives or anything. A couple of hours later
it had dried and with very light sanding the crack had gone. And I
mean gone. When I painted the wall that crack was nowhere to be seen.
Paul Daniels wouldn't have been able to make that crack disappear
better with his smoke and mirrors.

Excellent stuff which I highly recommend for any fine cracks. Minimal
preparation, easy to apply, and a piece of p!ss to finish. When you
paint it on it feels a bit "rubbery", but it does a damn fine job of
filling the crack. Polyfilla have a winner with this one in my
opinion.

Don't recall the actual name, but it was in the usual Polyfilla
colours with their logo. And it was on the fillers shelf. Buy a small
tin size (don't know if they do it in anything larger anyway) 'cos you
will hardly use anything more than a couple of brush strokes.

Andrew