Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #33306
From: Skip Slater <skipslater@earthlink.net>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Body Work
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:13:43 -0500
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
A bit of advice on fillers from someone who paid dearly for the lesson:  DO NOT use polyester based fillers in any place that has the slightest chance of flexing once you're flying.  It dries out and cracks if flexed.  If that happens to occur after your paint is on, the cracks go right through your paint.  I had this start to happen along my upper/lower fuselage seam even though we put 2 BID over it inside and out.  To fix it and repaint my fuselage cost me about $7500.
   Skip Slater
   N540ES
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