I just mixed some Sig Balsa Dust with some medium CA glue and got a very strong filler for the trailing edge of  `1/2 A PLANE.  Problem, the two halves were not quite touching.  There's a strong hard bond now.  The only problem - it's hard to sand the left over.

I remember using this with epoxy 40 some years ago to strengthen stuff.  I still have the same cardboard can of balsa dust. 

Is anyone still using that stuff?

I would expect it to be rock hard.  If you mix microballoons with epoxy and push in way more than you think is remotely sensible, then you end up with something that sands about the same as balsa.

  Does Sig still sell balsa dust. Would be nice to try it.
 Thanks a lot

  Does Sig still sell balsa dust. Would be nice to try it.
 Thanks a lot

 Yes, it comes in sticks, sheets and blocks and you activate it with sandpaper.

  Does Sig still sell balsa dust. Would be nice to try it.

The latest build that I'm doing generated a whole bunch of balsa dust all at once, while shaping the fuselage -- it all went into a jar for later use, and Friday, some of it came back out (and worked just fine, to tint some otherwise-white epoxy + microballoons).

Warb1rd,Tim, and Will you guy's just ain't right, you just ain't right... LOL LOL

Warb1rd,Tim, and Will you guy's just ain't right, you just ain't right... LOL LOL

 

I use my table router on balsa quite a bit and generate nice quantities of fine balsa dust.  I keep most of it and it does come in handy when mixed with Sigment as a filler putty.  I like to use it to fill gaps on the wing/fuse or stab/fuse joint along with anywhere cracks need fill.  I prefer it in the fillet areas because dope adheres to it better than most anything else which minimizes fillet blisters and lifting of the dope. Laying in a strip of carbon tissue over that makes the joint like steel and a solid form to hold the dope in place.

Dave