A year ago at Wickes came across a product I was surprised I had not seen
before.
Over the years I've got tired of traditional linseed oil putty drying and
cracking.
On the shelves were 5Kg tubs of mastic 'putty' that would not harden.
Ideal for bodging-up/filling rotten window frames and missing putty.
I go there today and 3 of the staff including a manager-type look at me as
though I'm deluded.
When I return I will have an empty tub with me with Wickes product code
number on it
Non-Setting Mastic - Brown
Non-Setting glazing compound.
I dropped into ( sited near the original ) Block & Quayle ( B&Q) and they
must have thought I was asking for hen's teeth - no such product there
either.
Where can I get hold of tubs, not overblown-priced tubes of this stuff. ?
It can only be chalk powder mixed with an oil and dyestuff.

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"N Cook" wrote in message ...

Over the years I've got tired of traditional linseed oil putty drying and
cracking.
On the shelves were 5Kg tubs of mastic 'putty' that would not harden.
Ideal for bodging-up/filling rotten window frames and missing putty.

Where can I get hold of tubs, not overblown-priced tubes of this stuff. ?
It can only be chalk powder mixed with an oil and dyestuff.


If it were chalk and oil you could make it yourself - but I dont see
how that would do anything other than fall to the floor.

why not choose glazing sililcone? Its long lived and flexible, so I'm
not clear what the advantage is with the non-set.


Regards, NT