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by Buz
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:50 am
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: RB16 new build KY 1st timer
Replies: 26
Views: 480

Re: RB16 new build KY 1st timer

Also, it looks like your tape is starved for resin. Shouldn't be any white after you stop messing with it. It goes all the way to clear before your done adding/moving epoxy.
by Buz
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:35 am
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: RB16 new build KY 1st timer
Replies: 26
Views: 480

Re: RB16 new build KY 1st timer

Mix enough for one layer at a time. Get the next layer on anytime before that layer gets hard. Your window for laying the next layer (without sanding between layers) is between real wet but already stuck enough not to move and too hard to dent very easily with your fingernail. With slow, you've prob...
by Buz
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:47 pm
Forum: Resins, Fiberglass and Paint
Topic: The pink filler is...
Replies: 10
Views: 120

Re: The pink filler is...

Sure does. Thanks.
by Buz
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:41 pm
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: RB16 new build KY 1st timer
Replies: 26
Views: 480

Re: RB16 new build KY 1st timer

I have at least a half hour of working time with slow. My FB-11 was done with fast in warmer temps and I usually fought it kicking too fast for me, and my slow self. I've read in a West System book that putting it on over tacky is best, but that just past that is still okay, so long as its still sof...
by Buz
Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:49 pm
Forum: Resins, Fiberglass and Paint
Topic: The pink filler is...
Replies: 10
Views: 120

Re: The pink filler is...

Jaysen, you said woodflour absorbs water.

In glue, only the sanded surface would, much like closed cell foam, right?
by Buz
Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:39 pm
Forum: Resins, Fiberglass and Paint
Topic: The pink filler is...
Replies: 10
Views: 120

Re: The pink filler is...

Thanks fellas.

And I misspoke. The kit I recieved had this and woodflour, so its the fairing compound. I got lotsa balloons and unopened Quikfair from last time.

Looking forward to easier sanding.
by Buz
Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:18 pm
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: RB16 new build KY 1st timer
Replies: 26
Views: 480

Re: RB16 new build KY 1st timer

Whats your working temperature and hardener speed? Answer depends on that. But I don't have the experience to give you a better answer on time. For instance, its in the 60s days and 50s at night here now. After watching my slow stuff cure, I've come to feel that I could be putting another layer on t...
by Buz
Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:16 am
Forum: Resins, Fiberglass and Paint
Topic: The pink filler is...
Replies: 10
Views: 120

Re: The pink filler is...

Maybe near inside corners where its a bit harder to sand? For filling the weave?

Trying to understand why I'd choose it over microballoons. Both come in a kit.
by Buz
Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:17 am
Forum: Resins, Fiberglass and Paint
Topic: The pink filler is...
Replies: 10
Views: 120

Re: The pink filler is...

Thats what I thought plain microballoons was for.

So, is this fairing compound for vertical or upside-down surfaces? Is that why the silica is added? Is it to be mixed with more microballoons or used as is?

Whats best use on an open OB?
by Buz
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:21 am
Forum: Builder's Small Boats
Topic: FB-11 Jean Bille
Replies: 44
Views: 6201

Re: FB-11 Jean Bille

Despite the thread title, we are no longer near the Big G nor does nesting really work on a cartop.