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Toupret launches Filler Finder: specification made simple

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Specifying the right product on site is crucial to carrying out a good job in the required time. But it can often be difficult when faced with an unusual or unexpected job. Can you be confident that the product on your spec or the one you’re about to purchase is the most suitable for the job in hand?

Is there a better solution out there? In the extensive world of fillers, Toupret’s new Filler Finder tool answers these questions.

What it does

Filler Finder is a problem-led digital tool that matches a specific problem on the surface you’re working on to the correct Toupret filler in seconds. Rather than working backwards from a product catalogue, start from the actual condition on site; whether that’s damp-affected plaster, exterior render cracking, timber decay or a plasterboard jointing job, and be guided directly to the product engineered for that repair on that specific surface.

How it works

The tool reduces product selection to a few short steps. From cracks on walls to exterior render repair, the filler finder helps you identify the repair, provides a step-by-step guide to solve the problem and suggests the products for the job.

How it helps

  • A faster route to the right answer – The tool narrows the substrate and repair combinations down to the products most suited to the job at hand.
  • All the technical detail you need – Whether you are confirming the filler already specified or considering for the first time, the tool sets out the product’s suitability for that substrate and repair alongside the supporting technical information.
  • Coverage beyond the obvious – Unusual substrates, damp-affected areas, and less common repair scenarios are built into the tool, not just the standard jobs.

The tool brings Toupret’s substrate-by-substrate technical guidance across both interior and exterior repairs into one place.

Filler Finder is live now at fillerfinder.co.uk.

Fill, repair and skim with one exterior filler – Toupret’s Tough Multi-Filler

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Toupret has always been about having the right filler for the job, specialised products for every repair on every substrate. And that’s no different on jobs where you’re dealing with more than one type of repair, or you simply want a reliable all-rounder in the van; having a single product with the versatility to fill, repair and skim, without compromising on quality, can save you real time on site. Toupret’s answer Tough Multi-Filler.

Toupret’s Tough Multi-Filler is a fibre-reinforced exterior powder filler that combines filling, shaping and repairing, and localised skimming in a single product. It can be used on masonry, brick, concrete, render and stone, and, with no depth limit, it’s equally at home packing out deep voids as it is skimming out a damaged section of render to a smooth finish.

With a 40-minute working time, there’s enough time to build up a repair, shape it and cut back the excess, similar to working with a two-part product, but with plenty of time to get it right.   It sands easily once set and is ready to overcoat in 24 hours with standard water-based masonry or mineral paints.

For professionals working across a range of exterior substrates and repair types, being able to reach for one filler instead of three saves time on the job and keeps things simple.

Find out more about Tough Multi-Filler and Toupret’s full exterior range at toupret.co.uk

Renovate lime render without the need to remove and replace

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Lime render repair is usually a tricky job. Traditionally, it requires having to completely strip the wall of the existing render and replace it with two or three coats of new. However, fillers can provide a revolutionary solution.

Lime render is often found on older properties, and was used in the past to cover up the various different materials used in construction, such as stone, bricks and rubble. But the lime also allows the substrate to breathe, and protects against the weather. There is also an aesthetic element to its design, especially with certain decorative finishes that can be achieved with sponging or brushing and so, for these reasons, lime render remains a popular exterior finish.

Lime render renovation can be a complicated task, as it requires an initial scratch coat to assist with the adhesion of further layers, which are then covered with a finishing top-coat. With a drying time of several days between each coat, it can be a lengthy process, requiring much skill. And this is where an exterior filler can revolutionise the work.

If a complete covering of the lime render is required, an exterior filler for skim coating can be used, eliminating the need to entirely strip back the old render. Toupret offers two products, Skimcoat Filler and Ready To Use Skimcoat Filler, that can be used to cover over the damaged render to achieve either a smooth finish, with the use of a trowel, or a textured finish, when also using a brush.

Of course, diagnosis of the surface must first be carried out, as it is essential that it is hard, cohesive, clean, sound and dry for a filler to adhere to and perform efficaciously.

If any repair work is required before covering, other fillers can also assist, and still relieve you of the need to remove the existing lime render. For example, all Toupret exterior fillers can be used to fill non-structural holes and cracks in the render and can then be covered with a skim coat filler. Some fillers can adhere to old paintwork, some even to damp, and some can even be used to perform skim coating jobs to localised areas of the render.

The versatility of exterior fillers therefore enables repairs to be made, as well as offering a complete renovation solution that saves time and effort, and makes lime render repair no longer feel like such a difficult job.