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Advice re chipped plaster

muckety · 2008-12-08 15:42:38

Our internal walls (plasterboard mainly) have patches where the plaster has chipped off, either where there is a stud or where a child (of course!) has walloped something off it. I would like to tidy these up before Xmas - is there an easy way to do this? for example, a plaster that you can paint on.... The walls are all…

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08-12-2008 4:42pm

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muckety

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Our internal walls (plasterboard mainly) have patches where the plaster has chipped off, either where there is a stud or where a child (of course!) has walloped something off it.

I would like to tidy these up before Xmas - is there an easy way to do this? for example, a plaster that you can paint on....

The walls are all painted white so I'm hoping that if I can 'paint' on some plaster, I can then just touch up the spots with white paint. Fingers crossed!

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#2 08-12-2008 5:09pm
Prenderb

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Most DIY superstores have good filler ranges. Something like polyfilla? Some are readymixed, others need mixing with water before use. Get one of these and a painters knife or filling knife as well as some sandpaper, then a little bit of elbow grease later and you should be away!

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#3 08-12-2008 8:46pm
bugsntinas

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our local diy shop sells bag of patching plaster can that be used aswell?

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