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Plaster of Paris question.

Deregos. · 2024-08-30 12:32:18

I ran short of plaster of paris during a recent project and the bag of St.Gobain casting powder in the cupboard was gone off, however I did have some Gyproc joint filler also made by St.Gobain so I used that instead . . honestly apart from it drying a little bit coarser and the lower price, I couldn't tell the difference…

30-08-2024 01:32PM

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I ran short of plaster of paris during a recent project and the bag of St.Gobain casting powder in the cupboard was gone off, however I did have some Gyproc joint filler also made by St.Gobain so I used that instead . . honestly apart from it drying a little bit coarser and the lower price, I couldn't tell the difference between using the Gyp filler and regular plaster of paris.

I tried looking it up online with no joy so wondering does anyone know what are the different properties of these quite similar products might be?

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