Just lost a solid $40 and a whole afternoon trying to use the wrong kind of spackle on a plaster wall patch.

I grabbed the lightweight stuff for drywall without reading the label, and now I have to scrape it all off and start over, so what's the actual best product for old plaster?

2 comments

2 Comments

linda49110h ago

Used to grab whatever was cheap. Learned the hard way that plaster needs the real deal, like a setting-type compound.

caseys3010h ago

Lightweight spackle on plaster? That's a total nightmare waiting to happen, you must have had a huge mess to clean up. Linda491 is totally right about needing the real setting-type stuff for old walls. The cheap all-purpose fillers just crumble and crack because they don't bond right. You definitely want a plaster patching compound or a heavy-duty setting compound for a job that lasts.