Latex Spackel

Beckers spackel

Description

[Beckers Farg, Stockholm, Sweden] A brand name for a commercial fill material. Latex Spackel is a mixture of a Polyvinyl acetate and Calcium carbonate. It dries to a hard white fill with little shrinkage but may evolve trace amounts of Acetic acid as it cures. Latex Spackel can be overpainted with water-based or alkyd paints after drying for 1-3 hours (depending on fill thickness).

Synonyms and Related Terms

Latexspackel (Swe.); Latex Spackle (Eng.); Latexsparkel (Neth.); Latex spartelmasse (Den.)

Risks

• Beckers: See Latexspackel in ProductGuide

Physical and Chemical Properties

White. Hardens in 1-3 hours.

Resources and Citations

• Product Information Comment: Tube label

• Teri Hensick, contributed information, 1998