Folks,<br /><br />Have been working on my rebuild for some time. I discovered a very effective filler. Since I had to do a lot of grinding, I produced a huge amount of a fine powder, which was a combination of fiberglass, gelcoat, wood and whatever else was being ground off.<br /><br />I had a paper liner in my shop vac. I filtered this through a fine screen and wound up with a very fine powder. After doing a couple of tests I discovered the compound when mixed with epoxy resin could be made any consistancy, and was incredibly strong when set.<br /><br />This has worked for me and I haven't seen any downsides to it yet. Heck, I figure it is the material the boat was constructed with anyway.<br /><br />Keep this in mind when you need to mix up filler when setting new stringers, etc.<br /><br />Safe boating to all.<br /><br />Cheers.<br /><br />emp.
