Re: [bolger] Methods for placing & spreading putty in fillets?
It sounds like you are mixing too thick or should forego the priming stage
(or let the prime begin to set up first if you must).
Gregg Carlson
(or let the prime begin to set up first if you must).
Gregg Carlson
>In the various books and articles on stitch-and-glue boatbuilding
>that I've read, the spreading of putty in fillets is always made to
>seem fairly easy -- smear it in, smooth it out, give it a nice round
>radius, etc. Only, when I attempt this, especially after having first
>painted the adjacent surfaces with thin epoxy (which then lets the
>putty slide around), I get all sorts of wild uncontrollable globs and
>bumps -- nothing remotely resembling the uniform fillets shown in
>illustrations.
>
>I apply the putty (somewhat lumpily) with a tongue depressor, go to
>smooth the curvature in it, and half the putty jumps up alongside the
>depressor, and then needs to be corralled back into the fillet. Some
>of it doesn't smooth into a continuous fillet, but breaks and pulls
>along with the tongue depressor into separate globs. I curse and
>dance around, hoping body English will somehow urge the putty back in
>line. I curse some more. I spatter myself with epoxy. I bathe in
>white vinegar. I try mixing my putty more densely or thinly, but
>still get the same frustrating experience. I wind up sanding a lot of
>lumps away, and my fillets look pretty wavy.
>
>Does anyone have a silver bullet solution to this? I imagine using
>something like a cake frosting squeeze applicator to provide the
>initial uniform (controllable) bead that can then be smoothed out. Is
>there a cheap, disposable item that would work? How do you all do it?
>Any advice appreciated.
>
>All best,
>Garth
>
>
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In the various books and articles on stitch-and-glue boatbuilding
that I've read, the spreading of putty in fillets is always made to
seem fairly easy -- smear it in, smooth it out, give it a nice round
radius, etc. Only, when I attempt this, especially after having first
painted the adjacent surfaces with thin epoxy (which then lets the
putty slide around), I get all sorts of wild uncontrollable globs and
bumps -- nothing remotely resembling the uniform fillets shown in
illustrations.
I apply the putty (somewhat lumpily) with a tongue depressor, go to
smooth the curvature in it, and half the putty jumps up alongside the
depressor, and then needs to be corralled back into the fillet. Some
of it doesn't smooth into a continuous fillet, but breaks and pulls
along with the tongue depressor into separate globs. I curse and
dance around, hoping body English will somehow urge the putty back in
line. I curse some more. I spatter myself with epoxy. I bathe in
white vinegar. I try mixing my putty more densely or thinly, but
still get the same frustrating experience. I wind up sanding a lot of
lumps away, and my fillets look pretty wavy.
Does anyone have a silver bullet solution to this? I imagine using
something like a cake frosting squeeze applicator to provide the
initial uniform (controllable) bead that can then be smoothed out. Is
there a cheap, disposable item that would work? How do you all do it?
Any advice appreciated.
All best,
Garth
that I've read, the spreading of putty in fillets is always made to
seem fairly easy -- smear it in, smooth it out, give it a nice round
radius, etc. Only, when I attempt this, especially after having first
painted the adjacent surfaces with thin epoxy (which then lets the
putty slide around), I get all sorts of wild uncontrollable globs and
bumps -- nothing remotely resembling the uniform fillets shown in
illustrations.
I apply the putty (somewhat lumpily) with a tongue depressor, go to
smooth the curvature in it, and half the putty jumps up alongside the
depressor, and then needs to be corralled back into the fillet. Some
of it doesn't smooth into a continuous fillet, but breaks and pulls
along with the tongue depressor into separate globs. I curse and
dance around, hoping body English will somehow urge the putty back in
line. I curse some more. I spatter myself with epoxy. I bathe in
white vinegar. I try mixing my putty more densely or thinly, but
still get the same frustrating experience. I wind up sanding a lot of
lumps away, and my fillets look pretty wavy.
Does anyone have a silver bullet solution to this? I imagine using
something like a cake frosting squeeze applicator to provide the
initial uniform (controllable) bead that can then be smoothed out. Is
there a cheap, disposable item that would work? How do you all do it?
Any advice appreciated.
All best,
Garth