What happened to polyfilla plug it?

Bek1234 · 4 Apr 2025

I used to use this stuff all the time…a sort of strip of putty that you can knead and push into a hole then it sets hard and you can screw into it. Don’t think you can get it any more? Is there anything else similar?

plugwash · 4 Apr 2025

Perhaps milliput would work.

Harry Bloomfield · 4 Apr 2025

plugwash said:
Perhaps milliput would work.

It sets very hard, so would need to be drilled, and takes several hours to set.

securespark · 5 Apr 2025

Didn't one of those "fill it and drill it" type compounds have asbestos in?

^woody^ · 6 Apr 2025

Evo Plumbers Mait Quick Repair putty sets hard. Don't confuse with normal Plumbers Mait which doesn't.

flameport · 7 Apr 2025

securespark said:
Didn't one of those "fill it and drill it" type compounds have asbestos in?

Yes, Rawlplastic. However that's not been made for many decades.

stevie888 · 7 Apr 2025

I remember my dad using that stuff: it came with an L shaped rod one end for tamping and the other a spike to start the hole. I remeber it being very fibrous:dad used to mix it on his hand.

Bek1234 · 7 Apr 2025

This isn’t going that far back though, I’m sure it’s not asbestos or anything dodgy, I’ve still got some in my tool box so they can only have stopped it a few years ago. I just can’t work out why they would discontinue it when it’s so useful!

morqthana · 15 Apr 2025

stevie888 said:
I remeber it being very fibrous:dad used to mix it on his hand.

With spit?

stevie888 · 16 Apr 2025

You knew my Dad>

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What happened to polyfilla plug it?

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