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Lets hear it for Polyfilla.

In 1953, a Czech chemist working in England, invented the first DIY water-soluble wallpaper paste – Polycell. He set up the ‘Polycell’ company in London and the following year (1954) developed Polyfilla, the first cellulose-based plaster and wood filler. Until then, fillers for cracks in bricks were mixed by tradesmen from two parts plaster of Paris and one part whiting (carbonate of lime). On drying, the mixture expanded and required ‘cutting back’. It also tended to crumble. Polyfilla, using cellulose, gave a superior bond, did not expand and gave a smooth, flat finish.

There, take that to your pub quiz.

(Thanks to http://www.ingenious.org.uk/ for the trivia)

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