Is filler sinking

[fredrikbaveralg]

Planning to plaster, fill, and paint a storage room.

My question is if filler (I assume fine filler is used) shrinks in screw holes and in the beveled joints after applying it with a putty knife, so you have to do it in stages?

 

[Gladh]

Yes, it sinks so you need to apply filler in several layers.

 

[joflopp]

If you use joint compound, usually one application is enough. If you want affordable fine filler, the one Byggmax sells is good enough, but as mentioned, you will need to apply and sand twice.

 

[torke1]

I think Byggmax's spackling paste is bad. You have to spackle an extra time (a total of three times) because it sinks so much.

 

[joflopp]

Haven't filled many holes with Byggmax spackel, however, have done broad spackling with very good results.

 

[MaZtoR]

My father had to fill the screw holes in his ceiling 4 times with Buildingmax spackel. Not so popular with him now.

 

[Wigert]

Screw holes are best filled with plaster filler as mentioned earlier. Alternatively, a medium filler (often with a red lid) which doesn't sink as much as fine filler.

 

[Mattias Jönsson]

After using the filler - Beckers Breplasta - that the painter left behind once, I will never use anything else.

It's just like with ceiling paint: It's worth the extra pennies to go for professional materials!

A beginner's mistake is also not holding the spatula at the right angle on the last stroke. What many call "sinking" is actually the filler that has flexed in...

 

[LAINE]

My father had to fill the screw holes in his ceiling 4 times with byggmax filler. Not very popular with him now.

It's probably mostly due to the lack of knowledge of the person doing the filling, I was personally recommended by my paint dealer to buy byggmax filler and have nothing to complain about.

A plus with the byggmax filler is that the dust seems to be heavier than with other filler brands, which means it doesn't spread as much.

 

[evoline]

Spackling screw holes 4 times with byggmax filler means your dad can't spackle

 

[Jan-Å]

Putty screw holes 4 times with byggmax putty, means your father cannot putty

Or has very deep screw holes

 

[Bonan]

Putty shrinks because it is water-based, it's hard to avoid hehe. Gypsum putty is preferable if you want to avoid that.

 

[lajsiiwan]

I can recommend FXA Medium spackel from K-Rauta otherwise. 100:- for 10L and feels about the same as Flügger's LH spackel.

 

[5.2 racing]

I think Beckers LH or Dalapro are good. Plaster for gypsum is not really an option for filling new gypsum, then you'd need an extra person just for mixing.

 

[lagre]

The painter who plastered my extension used either two coats of gypsum filler and then a coat of sand filler, or one coat of gypsum filler and two coats of sand filler, depending on whether it was seams between boards or some minor filling. For screw holes and full-surface filling, he used sand filler.