Lobster wrote:
wrote:

I also saw "Rawlplug compound", or at least a modern version of it
recently. A compound-filled paper "coffee filter" that you wet,
then
shoved down the hole.

how do those work? do they expand when wet, and fill the hole? I
coudnt
see how shoving a bit of paper down the hole could work.

I spotted these in Wickes a while ago, and picked up a packet
intended
for backup use for when I have a plug/hole that 'goes wrong' on me,
but
haven't had to open it yet! The paper discs are impregnated with a
plaster-like material which goes off really quickly when it gets wet,
so
it's not like bunging a bit of soggy newspaper down the hole.

David

I take it this stuff must expand hugely once in hole, then set in
second before you screw? Maybe I'll have to buy some, still cant get my
head round it


NT