Spackle - (a white paste to fill wall cracks/holes before painting)

Hi Folks,

Anyone know where I can find Spackle (Splg)? paste? It's used by painters to fill wall hole, cracks, etc. Then you lightly sandpaper it so it will blend n with the old paint around whatever is being filled. I have found a Gypsum Putty filler at Citi -Hardwrae...but that's not the right stuff. "Spackle" is a bit thinner, more pastey. THanks for ANY adice, suggestions. Don

 

Never heard of it , over 40 years in the trade.
Try thinning the stuff down a trickle of water, if not water base, use turps
.

 

Hi Don,

I know spackle well but never saw it here. I had some Gypsum Putty that was getting thick from age and I thinned it with water. after a few
days on an exterior wall it held up to rain and sun.
Ron

 

Gonna sound stupid,but toothpaste will work!

 

Instead of using readymade Gypsum Putty you can make it yourself by mixing latexpaint with gypsum powder (available in most hardware stores and very cheap)
This way you can mix it to the thickness you want.

 

Gonna sound stupid,but toothpaste will work!
you sound stupid. Haa Haa

 

That way, it will be a nightmare to smooth down with sandpaper, thus defeating the object. Unless you want a rough finish.

 

Jimeve,
Sorry but i don't understand your explanation.
By mixing latexpaint with gypsumpowder you get exactly the same product as readymade gypsum puty.
By mixing this yourself you mix exactly the amount that you need at the thickness you want.
So i don't see why it would make any difference in finishing this with sandpaper.
Perhaps you should ask a Philippino painter about this, they know exactly how it works.
By the way, a good painter don't have to sandpaper his work after putting puty on wall cracks.

 

Firefly,
Having already had over 40 years in the trade Painter & Decorator and 5 year apprenticeship.
Decorated professionally to a high standard from plush casinos to architects homes, Please don't ask me to talk to a Philippino painter, " how to fill a crack with putty " lol

Latex paint drys hard, so using this with the gypsum compound will dry hard, its not rocket science lol

BTW Good painters will leave the holes and cracks slightly proud ( raised because the putty shrinks )
Thats why a good painter has sandpaper.

Jim

 

Spackle seems to be a fairly well known item..

Spackling paste is typically used to fill holes, small cracks and other minor surface defects in wood, drywall, and plaster. Three versions of spackling paste are currently on today's market: 1. regular paste (heavy); 2. lightweight; 3. lightbodied (somewhat a combination between heavy and light).

This material is made from gypsum powder and glue which holds the powder together.

Spackle is a registered trademark of the Muralo Company, located in Bayonne, New Jersey. The original dry powder product (to be mixed with water by the user) was brought to market in 1927 and then patented and trademarked in 1928. The word "spackle" has since become a genericized trademark applied in the United States to a variety of household hole-filling products. The first written appearance of the generic use of the word "spackle" was around 1940.[1] Some observers think that the product name was itself derived from the German word spachtel, meaning "putty knife" or "filler". Other possible derivations include shpaklevat (Russian; to fill holes with putty or caulk), szpachla (Polish; spatula or putty knife) and spaklieven (Yiddish; to fill in small holes in plaster.), all of which are likely derived from German.


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