I have also found that using a mixing board made from shelving material (smooth
plastic surface) placed in the kitchen oven at about 120f for a few minutes
makes the mixing of the suyperfil go much more smoothly (pun intended) I use
plastic putty knives (as used for spreading bondo)and can smear out the mix and
fold it back on itself. Much easier than struggling with a deep dish of stiff
filler.
Cleve Lee
A198 MonoXS Jabiru 3300
Detroit MI
McFadyean wrote:
>
> Smooth the filler with a heated metal spatula (e.g. a wide paint scraper).
> You can apply the heat directly to the back of the spatula as you draw it
> across the surface of the filler.
>
> This process helps get the filler on in the first place and can be repeated
> once the filler has started to go off. The latter operation is excellent at
> removing bubbles (which of course later become pin-holes that have to be
> filled).
>
> Duncan McFadyean
>
> On Friday, January 03, 2003 6:45 AM, Richard [SMTP:riddon@btinternet.com]
> wrote:
> > I have just returned to filling & sanding my flying surfaces on my Xs
> Tri.
> >
> > I have used the factory supplied 'expancell' & I am finding that whenever
> I
> > sand the filler back to a fine layer then use my airline or a brush to
> > remove the dust, a number of small 'craters' appear as if there were
> bubbles
> > trapped beneath the filler which I am exposing. I have filled & sanded
> some
> > of my surfaces three times now and the craters don't seem to be getting
> any
> > less.
> >
> > I have also tried some superfil on some surfaces but am not sure that
> this
> > makes the job any better.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Richard Iddon G-RIXS
> > The Europa Club website is at <<a
href="http://mail.cswebmail.com/jump/http://www.europaclub.org.uk>">http://www.europaclub.org.uk>;
> The Europa Club website is at <<a
href="http://mail.cswebmail.com/jump/http://www.europaclub.org.uk>">http://www.europaclub.org.uk>;
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