Plaster in an applicator
 

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

Plaster in an applicator
 

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:51:19 GMT, "Yaz"
wrote:

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


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 .

Plaster in an applicator
 

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:51:19 +0000, Yaz wrote:

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.

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 ... :-)

Plaster in an applicator
 

On 8 Mar, 11:17, John Stumbles wrote:
On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:51:19 +0000, Yaz wrote:
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.

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 ... :-)

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


NT

Plaster in an applicator
 

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:51:19 UTC, "Yaz"
wrote:

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.

Polyfilla in a squeezy tube.

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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Bob Eager wrote:

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:51:19 UTC, "Yaz"
wrote:

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.

Polyfilla in a squeezy tube.


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Plaster in an applicator
 

On Mar 8, 9:51 am, "Yaz" wrote:
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

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

Plaster in an applicator
 

In message , John Stumbles
writes
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.

Decorators caulk?

--
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http://www.bigclive.com

Plaster in an applicator
 

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:51:19 +0000, Yaz wrote:

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.

This is a DIY group!

Take one empty sealant cartridge (e.g. silicone, solvent free adhesive)
remove the plunger and clean out.

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

Plaster in an applicator
 

Yaz wrote:
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.

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


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07850 597257

Plaster in an applicator
 

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:34:27 +0000, John wrote:

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?

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

Plaster in an applicator
 

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:17:15 GMT, John Stumbles
wrote:

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:51:19 +0000, Yaz wrote:

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.

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 ... :-)


Get down, Shep.



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..andy

Plaster in an applicator
 

John Stumbles wrote:
On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:34:27 +0000, John wrote:

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?

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


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.

Plaster in an applicator
 

"Stuart Noble" wrote in message
...
John Stumbles wrote:
On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:34:27 +0000, John wrote:

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?

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


I don't think plaster in a cartridge would work, any more than it does
with mortar.

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.

--

Brian

Plaster in an applicator
 

Brian Sharrock wrote:
"Stuart Noble" wrote in message
...
John Stumbles wrote:
On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:34:27 +0000, John wrote:

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

I don't think plaster in a cartridge would work, any more than it does
with mortar.

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.

--

Brian



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.

Plaster in an applicator
 

On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:10:27 +0000, Andy Hall wrote:

Get down, Shep.

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

Plaster in an applicator
 

On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:58:09 +0000, Stuart Noble wrote:

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.

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

Plaster in an applicator
 

John Stumbles wrote:
On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:58:09 +0000, Stuart Noble wrote:

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.

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


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

Plaster in an applicator
 

On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:04:27 +0000, Stuart Noble wrote:


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

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

Plaster in an applicator
 

The Medway Handyman wrote:

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

I am a big fan of this stuff, one of the rare occasions where the
solvent free version seem far more useful than the solvent one...


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Plaster in an applicator
 

On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:31:55 GMT, John Stumbles
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:10:27 +0000, Andy Hall wrote:

Get down, Shep.

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

Valerie?


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..andy

Plaster in an applicator
 

In message , Andy Hall
writes
On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:31:55 GMT, John Stumbles
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:10:27 +0000, Andy Hall wrote:

Get down, Shep.

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

Valerie?

It's just a single ton

****, I'm too good

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