Spackling paste
In the United States, spackling paste is a putty used to fill holes, small cracks, and other minor surface defects in wood, drywall, and plaster.[1][2] Typically, spackling is composed of gypsum plaster from hydrated calcium sulfate and glue.
Trademark
Spackle is a registered trademark of the Muralo Company, located in Bayonne, New Jersey.[3] Muralo's product is dry powder, to be mixed with water by the user to form putty or paste.[4] It was brought to market in 1927, then patented and trademarked in 1928. The term "spackle" has since become a genericized trademark applied in the United States to a variety of household hole-filling products. (Such products may also be referred to as "spackling" compounds.)
The first written appearance of the generic use of the word "spackle" was around 1940.[5] The product name was likely derived from the German word spachtel, meaning "putty knife" or "filler." Other possible origins include Russian шпаклевать (tr. shpaklevat; to fill holes with putty or caulk), Polish szpachla (spatula or putty knife), and Yiddish spaklieven (to fill in small holes in plaster), all of which are likely derived from German.
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Polyfilla
In the UK, South Africa, and Australia, the brand "Polyfilla", multi-purpose filler, is used as a generic term for spackling paste,[6][7] even though it differs from spackle in being cellulose based. The manufacturers claim that it has an advantage over spackle in that it doesn't shrink or crack.[8][9]
See also
References
- ↑ "How to Stencil With Spackling Paste". sfgate.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ "What is the difference between spackle and plaster?". Reference.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ "SYNKOLOID'S - Trademark Details". trademarks.justia.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ "The Susan Marie Petrosius Shrine (Snowmass)". The Susan Marie Petrosius Shrine (Snowmass). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ "spackle". Merriam-Webster Online. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- ↑ Hitchcock, Karen (2013). Little white slips. [Sydney]: Picador Australia. p. 19. ISBN 9781742620299. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
A nice Polyfilla kind of lady
- ↑ Committee, Treasury (2008). Counting the population : written evidence. London: TSO. p. 184. ISBN 9780215038036.
sources patched up with statistical Polyfilla
- ↑ Poly Website Australia
- ↑ Polycell UK
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