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Drilled hole too big for rawplug

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  • 09-05-2009 1:06am
    #1
    HighWire
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭


    I dont normally go around telling people about products I've used, but this is actually really good. And apologies if you already know about this, but me as a DIY beginner didnt and only found out about it today.

    I think everyone must have done this at some stage.
    Plastered wall, drill on too high a speed or picked the wrong bit.
    Well I did that during the week putting up a curtain pole, which
    didnt go up. I wasnt about to drill more holes.

    Anyway went to B&Q looking for a filler of some sort and seen
    this putty type thing, actually there were two.
    One was a Polycell plug it and the other was Evo-stick SuperFix putty.
    So I picked up the Evo-stick one because they are individual pellets
    rather than the log stick which the Polycell was.
    Now either way this stuff is much better than ordinary filler you mix or comes
    in a tube.
    Just take it out, roll it, there are two compounds that mix. Fill the hole,
    wait 10 mins till it goes off, and 2 hrs till solid as a rock.
    Though I cheated a bit, I wrapped the rawplug in it and filled the hole.
    Perfect. Its like a brick.
    According to the package it will hold 50kg.

    Just thought I'd share the pain free solution.


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    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    Thats handy.
    I normaly just get a tiny bit of wood and bait it into the hole then put the plug in haha. Only done it once or twice because I was to lazy to go to the shop lol.


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    SpitfireIV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,506 ✭✭✭SpitfireIV


    seanybiker wrote: »
    Thats handy.
    I normaly just get a tiny bit of wood and bait it into the hole then put the plug in haha. Only done it once or twice because I was to lazy to go to the shop lol.

    Yeah, usually the quickest and easiest way out! :D Failing that just shave a piece of wood down to the size of the hole and knock it in! Wood plugs were being used long before plastic ones! ;)


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