"John Cassara" wrote in message
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I need to fair large deck surfaces in prep for paint. The repair thus far
has been all polyester, can I use microballons to create a polyester
fairing
compound?

John



I regularly add wood flour to polyester resin to fill screw holes and create
small non-structural fillets. Not sure how well it would work on a larger
surface though.

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Andrew Butchart

Wow thanks for all the input.

It seems to me the answer is Yes Microballoons can be used with polyester. I
do agree with many of the points raised, but I could hope that a crew member
worthy of stilettos would one day board my hull!

Thanks again
John

"Andrew Butchart" wrote in message
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"John Cassara" wrote in message
...
I need to fair large deck surfaces in prep for paint. The repair thus far
has been all polyester, can I use microballons to create a polyester
fairing
compound?

John



I regularly add wood flour to polyester resin to fill screw holes and
create
small non-structural fillets. Not sure how well it would work on a larger
surface though.

--
Andrew Butchart

Perhaps not *phenolic* microbaloons. Again, from the Fiberglass Supply
site...

"Microballons are primarily used with epoxy resins due to
susceptibility to styrene attack with polyester resins, which can cause
spheres to collapse."

MW