Advice on spot fixing plaster

[Chillaxed]

Hi,

I've a few cracks in, and several small, round chunks about to fall out of, my plaster walls and ceilings. I want to fix them without replastering and repainting the entire wall, ceiling or room. Any top tips? My house is wall to ceiling white matt.

I'd also welcome any explanations for the small, round chunks. They are about the size of a 50p coin and mostly appear on the ceiling very near the join with the wall. Weirdly none have fallen out as yet. Hard to describe but it looks like someone has got a teaspoon and scooped out the plaster, then stick it back in again (I've quizzed my wife and she denies doing this, so we can rule this out as the explanation).

Thanks,

Chillaxed

[mlteenie]

It is prob due to the ceiling flexing and the plaster popping off where the nails affix the plasterboard sheets above.

PVA the holes carefully, allow to dry, fill them with Polyfilla or similar, sand down (poss fill again), the wipe, PVA again, sand lightly and blend in with a brush using same paint.

Should work fine.

[KidKruger]

On the ceiling those round bits are covering the nails which hold the plasterboard to the timber above.

Sometimes the plaster can come away at those points.

[DulwichDeviant]

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[red devil]

For repairs use trade products rather than Polyfilla DIY quality...

[*Bob*]

Bag of Easi-Fill?

It's quite Easi to use. Much better than DIY affairs and a bit more forgiving in untrained hands.

[red devil]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Bag of Easi-Fill?

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> It's quite Easi to use. Much better than DIY

> affairs and a bit more forgiving in untrained

> hands.

You're the man *Bob*, none of this ready made nonsense...

[Lowlander]

?5 for 5kg, isn't Easyfill? The only problem you'll have is it going out of date in the amounts you buy it in...

Childs play to use, mix the powder with water into a putty consistency, slap on and sand. Way better than Polyfilla.

[Chillaxed]

Thanks all. I'm so lazy I've even tried the Polyfilla 'stick' before (it's like a glue pen) and it was useless, so may try a trade product this time around.

[Lowlander]

Easyfill is easy. You can get it in Wickes or builders merchants. No need to use PVA.

[DulwichDeviant]

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[LondonLogCo]

I'm with *Bob* on the Easi fil trade stuff.

We've used it on site for years. Way better than anything else.

[malumbu]

Pollyfilla is shit. Funnily enough you mix polyfiller, say 30/70. with plaster, and it is the bees knees. It suddenly is the best of both worlds, extending the curing time of the plaster, letting you fill deeper cracks without cracking or sinking, you can make quite a 'stiff' mix, and keeps the quality of plaster in trowling on (rather than the bloody tramlines you get with pollyfilla on its own - too many examples of botched DIY). Get it right first time with a decent float, trowl or other suitable tool, wetting down as necessary to smoooth out, as it is a b'stard to rub down, But only for mending plaster, not wood or anything else that flexes. The non branded stuff is just as good.

The quick setting pollyfilla in a tube is also great in doning fine repairs. Trouble is it dries in the tube too easily.