Building My First Skiff
…205 Fast Hardener®, and 410 Microlight to fill the countersinks where I’d removed the tie wraps and outside chines. After it all was filled and cured, the Microlight filler made…
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Mixing G/Flex with Other WEST SYSTEM Epoxies
…Slow Hardener to make a hardener with a modified cure speed. Different uses of 410 Microlight® Fairing Filler provide a further example. Many customers assume that the only use of…
Project X Fairing Technique
…the carbon skin with 105/205 and it is left to cure. When the fairing skin has cured it is faired into the hull with 410 Microlight® (Figure 4). Figure 4:…
How to Build a Set of Planer Boards
…tube attachment. The fiberglass tape will help prevent board warping and splitting from side forces. Blend tape with a fairing mixture thickened with 410 Microlight™. Allow everything to cure. Then…
Building a Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff
…fairing mold frames is time and materials saved in the fairing process. 410 Microlight filler added to WEST SYSTEM Epoxy made for a nice fairing compound. The hull off the…
Carbon Skinning
…Resin/207 Special Clear Hardener thickened with 410 Microlight® Fairing Filler. Above you can see the dash after trimming, sanding, and fairing the patched areas. In retrospect, I probably spent too…
Jon Staudacher’s Approach to Projects
…is around 1,100 lbs. The trimaran has reached speeds of over 20 knots. The final painted Jon Staudacher trimaran. Jon Staudacher-designed Airplane Jon Staudacher’s plane was faired with 410 Microlight…
Preparing to Fair
…resin and hardener. With 410 Microlight® Fairing Filler it will be about two and a half times the original volume. This information is very handy so you do not overflow…
Building a Grandson’s Formula 1 Ferrari
…a shape I was finally happy with. Once the plug was shaped, I faired it using WEST SYSTEM® 105/205 thickened with 410 Microlight. Then I coated the plug with several…
Using Google SketchUp to Design a New Cooler
…Hardener and 410 Microlight®. Preparing the foam insulation by removing the film vapor barrier. Bonding plywood to the prepared foam to make panels. Using fillets to glue panels together. Masking…