Boatie repair question
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Car body filler is polyester based and tends to be porous.
A lot of 'fairing' work on boats is done with epoxy, using a resin like 'WEST' or SP and mixing in filler powders such as glass bubbles, microspheres or silica.
This can be less dense than typical car body filler, sticks better and is more waterproof.
Can also be more economical, and give longer working time.
There are also various other 'marine fillers'.
A lot of 'fairing' work on boats is done with epoxy, using a resin like 'WEST' or SP and mixing in filler powders such as glass bubbles, microspheres or silica.
This can be less dense than typical car body filler, sticks better and is more waterproof.
Can also be more economical, and give longer working time.
There are also various other 'marine fillers'.
wol said:
I'm not sure about the chemical makeup, UV resistance etc, but I thought fairing compound was for the last surface finish/smoothing off of filler before getting it's top coat.
We used to use something called 'trowel cement' between layers of paint on a wooden boat IIRC?Not to be confused with Farecla polishing /cutting compounds!
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