making own marine filler?

[Kracker Jack]

Can someone kinda give me a basic ratio for formulating your own filler out of resin,cabosil and glass bubbles? Thanks fellas

[smokeonthewater]

do a`search on iboats.com for "peanut butter recipe" I believe it was "oops" who posted it....

[Kracker Jack]

Maybe I will rename this thread. I messed up with my boat lingo. I'm looking to make sandable fairing compound for finishing out my rough glass work. Like using a microballon and cabosil? I don't want to buy pre made stuff. I want to learn to make my own.

[smokeonthewater]

Well never mind.... I searched it out for ya. Enjoy!
http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=507690

[smokeonthewater]

wood flour and resin.... the more wood flour the easier it is to sand and the thicker it will be

[Curapa]

I use Micro-ballons and a little bit of cabosil. The key to success for me is to push both through a screen first so there will be no clumps when applying.

[Kracker Jack]

Smoke I looked that link up and all he talked about was structual filler. I do appreciate you sending me the link. Curapa thanks for the info also.

[smokeonthewater]

Yeah I posted that up before I noticed that you had changed the question... lol
There is another thread on there where they talk about non structural filler too.... I'll try to find it for ya.

[Kracker Jack]

Yea I'm starting to get excited! I'm building and glassing most of the cap this week end(weather depending) and I'm going to start doing a lot of fairing and Sanding!

[Richie Rich]

Originally Posted by Curapa

I use Micro-ballons and a little bit of cabosil. The key to success for me is to push both through a screen first so there will be no clumps when applying.

Yup....mostly microballoons and some cabosil for sag resistance...but for fairing/not structural fillets...i'd do more of a thick mayo than a peanut butter consistency...this will help spread things out without too many pull streaks...