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Preparing a plank on frame hull for paint

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JimG:
I tend to use a filler made from brushing epoxy and microballoons, this gives an easily sanded filler and the thickness of the filler paste can be set by the amount of microballoons added. A thick paste is good for gaps between planks while keeping it to a brushable consistancy is good as a finish for the wood, filling the grain and allowing it to be sanded smooth with wet and dry sandpaper used wet.It might need a couple of coats to get a near polished finish after the finest wet and dry sanding. The epoxy I generally use is Aeropoxy from Deluxe Materials, normally sold for wing skinning on aircraft models.
Jim

Stavros!:
A darned good filler to use is Dolphin Glaze available from Halfords BUT make sure it come with Hardener and dont be fobbe doff with what happened to myself at a local one the spotty nosed erk tried to explain to me tha tthe hardener was inside hte packet well after he realised his error of his ways by explaining to him as a rtd body man and using it for a number of years he relented and went and got me some hardener.....i use it on steel wood and plastic models rubs down in a jiffy.....oh ASK Neil howard pritchard how good it is he has thrown his Isopon 938 in the bin




Stavros

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