UK equivalent filler

[Jacob]

and wait for days for it to dry before painting.

Yes but you don't just stand there looking at it!
hint - find something else to do!

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Put your ladders, kit etc. away for a few days then take it all out again rather than use a better product in the first place? Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

 

[Jacob]

Put your ladders, kit etc. away for a few days then take it all out again rather than use a better product in the first place? Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

Most jobs involve a bit more than getting a ladder out, filling a hole, painting over it, putting ladder back.

 

[Adam W.]

I was wondering, Polyfilla with some PVA mixed in to make it less brittle? Then I read Adam's post.

Might that work? I can't have been the first to have the thought.

The Danish and Norwegian stuff that I have used is a bit like plasterboard joint filler but a bit harder. I'm not sure what the adhesive is, but it might be a PVA derivative.