what I've been using for filler is Milled fibers and is a good alternative to flox with it's own unique properies. What it is is high density short glass fibers that when mixed with resin makes a jelly like putty and has high shear strength. The claim is when it's mixed with a thickening filler such as Cabosil makes a structural putty with high bonding strength. The description of Cabosil is it's hydrophobic fumed silica powder which is Greek to me but just in case anyone asksColin Rainey <brokerpi...@bellsouth.net> wrote: Filling with flox is fine. Barry Kruyssen
I have also used flox several times all over the plane to fill or cover, repair. To add to the gripping power of the flox and make the final surface smooth and easy to primer and paint, I would mix up the flox to almost "soupy" and then apply to the area to be filled and repaired. Then I would come back with an oversized piece of Deck Cloth, and pat it in place over all of the flox with dry cloth overhanging the edges to be sanded away later. This completely covered the repair area, giving some grip to the flox while it cured and gave me a much smoother area once cured to finish. If the area was larger than 1/2 inch circle, then I would use 2 or even 3 layers of deck cloth. Not using any additional epoxy allowed me to keep the weight down. I would just pat the cloth in place with the same wooden tongue depressor after applying the flox. The cloth soaks up the excess epoxy and also prevents it from running (or at least not as bad). This method with slightly dryer flox works even upside down. I did this on the bolt ends that protruded through the fuselage for mounting my bellcrank for the elevator pushrod. Came out very smooth and sanded and primed easy. Colin Rainey brokerpi...@bellsouth.net _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
