Decorator using quick drying polyfilla to fill wood. Is this ok?

dave82_2

Hi,

We are having our freshly renovated house decorated and the decorator is using quick drying polly filler to fill the screw holes in the skirting board and holes in the door frame where the handles used to be at a different height.

This has made me very worried shouldn't this be done with 2 Pack filler?

Cheers

tlh858

2 pack is what should be used.

Air drying polyfiller is certainly not the correct product, and by it's very nature is likely to shrink and fall out later.

tlh858

2 pack is what should be used.

Air drying polyfiller is certainly not the correct product, and by it's very nature is likely to shrink and fall out later.

keystone

dave82 wrote: »

We are having our freshly renovated house decorated and the decorator is using quick drying polly filler to fill the screw holes in the skirting board and holes in the door frame where the handles used to be at a different height.

This has made me very worried shouldn't this be done with 2 Pack filler?

Depends. How big are the holes? Don't use the stuff myself but the trade spec literature claims non shrinking and non cracking. Its probably fine for small holes but it would be rash to do a big one in one hit I would say. Anyway he believes it will work otherwise he wouldn't be doing it because if it fails you will surely be making him do it all over again - well you should be.

Why aren't you asking him if you have a concern? You are paying the bill and you have the right to raise an issue if you are nervous or unhappy.

Cheers

keystone

tlh858 wrote: »

2 pack is what should be used.

Air drying polyfiller is certainly not the correct product, and by it's very nature is likely to shrink and fall out later.

How do you know when you don't know how big the holes are? How can you be definitive about its nature when you clearly haven't even read the product literature?

Cheers

keystone

Melson_Nandela wrote: »

What else is he bodging?:eek:

Keyboard warrior.

Cheers

tony6403

There should be no problem using polyfilla. I have used it on many jobs. It has never shrunk and can be painted with no problem. The manufacturer does recommend that screw heads and nails should be dabbed with oil based paint before filling.

dave82_2

Had a chat with him this morning and he has been using a jointing filler. The bag says for filling holes in plaster, brick and wood. He assures me that it will be fine and he wouldn't use something that would just fall out.

So all is well. Another panic over!!

Cheers All