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Material: Water soluble Durhams wood flour
By:Douglas Lee
Date: 5/29/2012, 1:28 pm

Hello all,

Looking for an easy out..
Has anyone tried smearing water soluble Durhams wood flour on the entire hull after the initial 60 to 80 grit sanding/shaping for the purpose of filling gaps ? Scraping with a squeegee, wiping excess off with old towels then
sanding with 120grit after the hull is thoroughly dried? I was thinking a light staining after the final sanding to even out the color and possibly masking the filler.

I did this on a bulkhead. When dried - sanded off with the 120 grit. It worked ok on this small area but hesitant to tackle a large area.
I bought a whole tub of this years ago and thought I might use it. The strips were in such poor shape, I see a large task of filling coming up.

Thank you
Douglas

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Material: Water soluble Durhams wood flour
Douglas Lee -- 5/29/2012, 1:28 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/29/2012, 1:53 pm
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Dave Houser -- 5/29/2012, 2:37 pm
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rbrtlantz@gmail.com -- 5/29/2012, 2:48 pm
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Kenneth Sutherland -- 5/29/2012, 3:11 pm
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Douglas Lee -- 5/29/2012, 3:43 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 5/30/2012, 7:45 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/30/2012, 10:57 am
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Douglas Lee -- 5/30/2012, 2:34 pm
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Jay Babina -- 5/31/2012, 7:05 am
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george jung -- 5/31/2012, 9:00 am
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John Messinger -- 5/31/2012, 1:22 pm
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Douglas Lee -- 5/31/2012, 8:17 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 5/30/2012, 7:32 pm
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Dan Caouette -- 5/30/2012, 9:49 pm
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John Messinger -- 5/31/2012, 10:57 am