fischer 523858 Express Cement-Sand

Love this product. Although a little tough to get out of the tube initially - I cut a bigger hole and was much easier. Easy to work with and dried quickly the results are amazing. I’ve bought a couple of extra tubes to do another project

The colour is very light and unlike any mortar I have seen. I made it match by spreading a thin layer crushed stone (or mortar) on the surface and pressing it in. It seems to have worked. It sets very slowly and takes several weeks to fully harden if applied thickly. That was not a problem in my case and, once set, it appears to be really tough. Overall, a useful product but a shame about the colour.

Great stuff, makes those little repairs less tedious and fix them for good. One case could be a hole for wall plug that's been done too large, stuff it with this compound and press the plug again, leave it for at least 36hrs and you have 100% strength. I've also used it to seal cable holes in masonry, the hole stuffed with silicone first, then having the last layer when this compound, a flexible spatula will give you a decent finish. One caveat: use it with a GOOD gun, the cheap ones won't push it out, I've used a 25:1 ratio gun and no problems. Also, don't expect it to stick on a wall as it comes out of the gun, you really need to use a spatula to push it and fill the surface that's going to. Ideally this product should come as a tub, but I suspect that it comes as a cartridge to avoid it drying out. I've used 1/3 in 6 months and still perfectly fine, so I guess the cartridge packaging works.

The "Sand" colour is white sand - actually perfect for lime mortar touch up. But if you are thinking yellow sand, like the packaging implies you will be disappointed. It doesn't go very far - really used up very quicky, so only for small jobs. It dries slower than they suggest, which means if you start working it, it spreads and mars the bricks. Its quite a sticky consistency. Even though I was using it all within a couple of hours, the last inch or more would not come out, so you are losing 10-15% left in the tube.

This product was easy to use, although I had to cut half way down the nozzle for a better amount to be released. It is soft and very pliable when using a palette knife.

Firstly, the colour, like sandpit, golden sands, is all wrong for normal repair/patching work, as it sticks out much louder than if one were to stick a great big poster saying 'Look...this is from a tube!' Secondly, I defy any human who is endowed with normal human characteristics and physical attributes, such as normal hands, fingers, muscles, etc., and who operates a normal 'gun' to expel the mix from its tube, to succeed in getting more than about 10 cms out without either (a) trapping the flesh of their hand in the mechanism, such is the exertion, or (b) (for those hardier creatures among us), giving themselves a painul hernia. And all this to save just a handful of pounds going to the local builder's yard and buying a small, very affordable, PROPERLY useful, bag of ready-mixed! Useless product and a complete waste of money.

PROS: 1) INEXPENSIVE 2) DRIES TO MATCH SANDSTONE/IRONSTONE COTTAGE BLOCKS 3) VISUALLY IMPERCEPTIBLE 4) SIMPLE TO APPLY CONS: 1) ADHESION COULD BE BETTER I bought this to fill in holes on a cottage we rented. The stone is typical of the area of the country with every cottage for a 60 mile radius using the same stone, whether centuries old or modern. This Fischer cement sand did the trick. In fact it was so good, my wife, who has a brilliant eye for detail and colour, had no idea where the filled in holes were. Even when pointed at the exact area, they were barely visible. The only problem is adhesion. It does require you to have two palette knives or a bit of card or something underneath whilst you fill the gap/hole. Once you’ve waited five minutes you can further shape/smooth the repair. I don’t normally recommend 4 star products, but this is an exception. BUY IT, IT’S DOTTORE APPROVED!!!

Very good but expensive

Das Produkt hält was es verspricht. Nur leider der Farbton beige passt selten.

buon prodotto. unico neo è che bisogna usare per forza i becchi che ti danno in dotazione. per eventuali rifiniture più piccole non puo essere sostituito il becco con uno piu piccolo perchè il prodotto non esce.

Yo lo he utilizado para tapar grietas entre el zócalo y la pared del patio ya que habían salido manchas de humedad debido a las lluvias . Ha quedado muy bien y es de fácil aplicación . Ahora a espera las lluvias y ver si hace su trabajo

Ciment couleur sable, pratique en tubes et facile à appliquer. Je recommande ce produit pour toutes personne qui souhaite boucher des petit trou dans un garage ou atelier. Travail propre et soigneux.

Ho comprato questo prodotto per chiudere una buco fatto per eseguire una riparazione idraulica. Per evitare di impastare il solito cemento in polvere ho optato per questa soluzione che sì è rivelata utile e veloce. L'unica difficoltà è la fuoriuscita del cemento dal beccuccio nel senso che bisogna usare molta forza per spingere la leva della pistola a differenza di un normale silicone.