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Re: stop!
By:Bob Kelim
Date: 8/23/1999, 3:05 pm
In Response To: Re: stop! (lee)

> Bob , if you are truly wanting to fair out the rough spots on the bottom
> of the hull don't use wood flour and epoxy as a fairing compound. It is
> still too hard and not smooth enough. Use micro-balloons or some other
> additive especially for sanding. I saw a kit kayak sitting in the rafters
> of a boatbuilding school that one of the fellows said had been there for
> over a year. The builders had tried to use cabosil as a filler for fairing
> and they went on to other things as the boat was about unsandable. Lee, I was wanting to use the filler for a few knot holes and cracks where the glue did not hold. I surely did not want to try to sand a hull covered with epoxy, not even with all fifty years of my neighbors auto body tools and experience. Thanks for your concern and the warning. Bob

Messages In This Thread

Mixing Filler
Bob Kelim -- 8/23/1999, 12:31 pm
Re: A no epoxy filler
Dave Houser -- 8/23/1999, 3:43 pm
Re: A no epoxy filler
Don Beale -- 8/23/1999, 3:56 pm
Re: A no epoxy filler
Dave Houser -- 8/24/1999, 2:45 am
Re: stop!
lee -- 8/23/1999, 1:46 pm
Re: Naa, it's what belt sanders were made for
Nolan -- 8/24/1999, 2:17 pm
Re: stop!
Bob Kelim -- 8/23/1999, 3:05 pm