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Title: Filler/dope mix
Post by: James Mills on February 19, 2011, 05:00:12 PM: I'm to the point on my SV 11 or putting on the filler (Aero 1 mixed in the dope) on the wing. Do you guys put any of the filler mix over the open bays (polyspan)?

Thanks,

James
Title: Re: Filler/dope mix
Post by: john e. holliday on February 20, 2011, 04:39:46 PM: Only if I have pin holes the clear keeps missing. H^^
Title: Re: Filler/dope mix
Post by: Randy Powell on February 20, 2011, 08:30:43 PM: I usually put about 3-4 coats of unthinned (or just slightly thinned) clear on the airframe (everything) then sand and usually hit it with fillercoat (again, the whole airframe).
Title: Re: Filler/dope mix
Post by: James Mills on February 20, 2011, 11:03:22 PM: Quote from: Ty Marcucci on February 20, 2011, 10:56:06 PM
Aero 1? Isn't that the fuel additive? Do you mean the zinc stearate? I do use it more and more than talc and a very, very thin coat on the open bays. But sanding them is a tedious chore for me. I hate it when I cut through the covering at the rib edge (actually cap strip edge) but it happens. I find using 0000 steel wool makes this part easier and does a fine job.
Thanks Ty, I do mean the zinc sterate (I shouldn't post when I've taken some of this pain medicine n~).

James
Title: Re: Filler/dope mix
Post by: PJ Rowland on February 21, 2011, 07:07:15 AM: 2 - 3 coats of thinned clear. I also Carbon veil the open bays ontop of silkspan to give strength.

There is nothing wrong wih using the filler over the bay as TY said - be cautious about going through it - we all have done it.
Title: Re: Filler/dope mix
Post by: Randy Powell on February 26, 2011, 08:23:15 PM: I'm a dinosaur. I mix up clear and talc (or sometime zinc sterate) with some while and a touch of black to get a gray filler.
Title: Re: Filler/dope mix
Post by: Bill Little on February 26, 2011, 10:21:36 PM: Does anyone else use 0000 steel wool on the open bays?
Title: Re: Filler/dope mix
Post by: Neville Legg on February 27, 2011, 01:15:00 AM: Yes I do, but I still manage to go through the silk HB~> That's why I am considering sheeting all wings from now on!

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