![]() ![]() We made additional holes instead of using the one with glue in them. ![]() Start by stabilizing the wall further from the crack, and work your way in. Use a putty knife to wipe up any extra glue.īring the plaster into mechanical contact with the lath by using your drywall screws, “down cup” plaster washers, and a drill. You’ll know you’ve put in enough when it starts to spill out of the hole. Use your caulking gun to put construction adhesive into each hole. Remove debris by vacuuming each of the holes with a Shop-vac, or spraying the holes with compressed air. If you miss the lath, simply mark that hole to avoid it later. 4″ from the crack) and 4 ” apart to help secure the plaster if it had fallen away from the wall further from the crack itself. ![]() For good measure, we drilled another set of holes 2″ away from those holes (i.e. And this is an experiment that you can do for yourself! Get a few tubes of construction adhesive, some random chunks of discarded lath and plaster from your home, and see if you can find a winner.ĭrill holes running about 2″ away from the crack on either side, and 2″ between the holes. However, the fact that it wasn’t readily available to purchase in Canada as well as the shipping fees and wait time had us wondering: Is there an alternative to Big Wally’s Plaster Magic that we can find closer to home? After a lot of reading, we found out that a number of people had done experiments of their own using every kind of construction adhesive they could get their hands on to stand in for Big Wally’s. Popular opinion is that they are really and truly awesome. A crowd favourite is an American product called Big Wally’s Plaster Magic, which came to fame largely through their appearance on This Old House.
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