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It occurred to me that if I could make better pancake mixture, I could probably make better glue. My pancake mixture always has bump\/lumps. I use a whisk to beat the bumps out. So I decided to try and whisk the glue with a ‘baby’ whisk. This helped remove the lumps, but I think it also introduced air bubbles; which are something else we want to avoid.<\/p>\n
The outcome was a surface that was considerably better than the first one, but still had some craters.<\/p>\n I decided I had to try and resolve this problem without a whisk. So I decided to use a sieve to filter out all the lumpy 403 filler. I performed the filter process twice on the 403 filler.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I also decided to use a bowl, rather than a cup to mix the mixture in.<\/p>\n I used a ‘paddle’ like stick, rather than the chop-stick and I was very careful to keep the stick in the Epoxy all the time, and stirred very, very carefully, so as to not introduce air bubbles. When I was adding the 403 filler, I only added it in very small amounts, covering the surface.<\/p>\n The result was a better mixture, that when sanded down was almost perfect!<\/p>\n I also used masking tape to help stop the external fillet from producing a non-straight edge. This helped.<\/p>\n One of the mistakes I made here was that I didn’t pull the tape off BEFORE I left it alone to dry. The result was that I couldn’t pull off all the sand paper or sand it away completely.<\/p>\n I used 19mm dowel with Grit 80 sandpaper wrapped around the doweling. After some sanding, I then used 240 Grit sandpaper. I think I’ll try gluing the sand paper to the doweling next time, use some I’m going to do two more trial runs before I do the rocket fillets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It became apparent after painting my first external fillet test, that I needed to do a little bit more practice to perfect the fillet. The paint revealed the craters and irregularities. They could not be ignored. Thinking about Cooking It occurred to me that if I could make better pancake mixture, I could … Continue reading Making a good batch of glue for External Fillets<\/span> <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>
\nSelleys spray glue and masking tape to keep it together while drying. So many improvements being thought of!<\/p>\nNext Steps<\/h3>\n