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{{Short description|Any of a class of pastes that fill small holes in walls and ceilings}}
{{Distinguish|joint compound}}
[[File:School renovations continue during Pacific Angel 22-4 (Image 8 of 8) (cropped).webp|alt=White spackle is applied to a painted surface using a small putty knife.|thumb|Spackle applied to a rough surface using a putty knife]]

'''Spackling paste''' or '''spackle''' is a [[putty]] used to fill holes, small cracks, and other minor surface defects in [[wood]], [[drywall]], and [[plaster]].<ref name="How to Stencil With Spackling Paste">{{cite web | url=http://homeguides.sfgate.com/stencil-spackling-paste-92597.html | title=How to Stencil With Spackling Paste | date=28 November 2013 | publisher=sfgate.com | accessdate=19 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="What is the difference between spackle and plaster?">{{cite web | url=https://www.reference.com/home-garden/difference-between-spackle-plaster-97e91c73a0b5d01 | title=What is the difference between spackle and plaster? | date=4 August 2015 | publisher=Reference.com | accessdate=19 June 2017}}</ref> Typically, spackling is composed of gypsum plaster from hydrated [[calcium sulfate]] and [[glue]].

==Comparison with joint compound==
Spackling paste is comparable and contrastable with [[joint compound]] as both look similar and serve the similar purpose of filling in low spots in walls and ceilings.<ref name="Honest-Carpenter-2021-11-20">{{Cite web |author=Ethan Daniel James |title=Spackle vs. Drywall Mud/Joint Compound (What's the Difference? When Should You Use Them?) YouTube video on The Honest Carpenter channel. |date=2021-11-20 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAh2Re76e1A |access-date=2022-02-02}}</ref> The chief differences are that spackling paste typically dries faster, shrinks less during drying, and is meant for smaller repairs, and not for a whole room or house. It is not uncommon for the general public to call any of these products "spackle", but [[tradesperson]]s usually specify joint compound (drywall mud) when that is specifically meant.<ref name="Honest-Carpenter-2021-11-20"/>

==Spackle trademark==
''Spackle'' is an abandoned trademark of the Muralo Company, located in [[Bayonne, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web |title=SYNKOLOID'S - Trademark Details |url=https://trademarks.justia.com/720/17/synkoloid-72017131.html |publisher=Justia Trademarks |access-date=15 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Trademark Search: 'spackle' |url=https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=76148822&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch |access-date=15 May 2025 |publisher=United States Patent and Trademark Office}}</ref> Muralo's product is dry powder, to be mixed with water by the user to form putty or paste brought to market in 1927, then patented and trademarked in 1928.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office [microform] |url=http://archive.org/details/officialgazette648unit |date=1951 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=United States Patent Office |via=the Internet Archive}}</ref> The term ''spackle'' has since become a [[genericized trademark]] applied in the United States to a variety of household hole-filling products.

The first written appearance of the generic use of the word ''spackle'' was around 1940.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |dictionary=Merriam-Webster Online |title=spackle |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spackle |accessdate=2015-11-21}}</ref> The product name was likely derived from the German word {{lang|de|Spachtel}}, meaning "putty knife" or "filler." Other possible origins include Russian {{lang|ru|шпаклевать}} (<small>tr.</small> {{Transliteration|ru|shpaklevat}}; to fill holes with putty or caulk), Polish {{lang|pl|szpachla}} (spatula or putty knife), and Yiddish {{lang|yi|spaklieven}} (to fill in small holes in plaster), all of which are likely derived from German.

==Polyfilla==
In the [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Ireland]], [[South Africa]], [[Australia]], and [[Canada]], the brand "Polyfilla", multipurpose filler, is used as a generic term for spackling paste,<ref name="Hitchcock13">{{cite book|last1=Hitchcock|first1=Karen|title=Little white slips|date=2013|publisher=Picador Australia|location=[Sydney]|isbn=9781742620299|page=19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mu-ubtJholAC&pg=PA19|accessdate=24 January 2017|language=en|quote=A nice Polyfilla kind of lady}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Treasury Committee |title=Counting the population: written evidence|date=2008|publisher=TSO|location=London|isbn=9780215038036|page=184|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vxqoeqmEhYMC&pg=PA184|language=en|quote=sources patched up with statistical Polyfilla}}</ref> even though it differs from spackle in being [[cellulose]] based. The manufacturers claim that it has an advantage over spackle in that it does not shrink or crack.<ref>[http://www.poly.com.au/ Poly Website Australia]</ref><ref>[http://www.polycell.co.uk/products/fillers.jsp Polycell UK]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Caulking]]
* [[Home repair]]
* [[Joint compound]]
* [[Plastering]]
* [[Putty]]
** [[Wood putty]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.muralo.com/products/spackle_patch_repair.php Official Website]

[[Category:Building materials]]
[[Category:Home improvement]]
[[Category:Plastering]]

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