As the taper of my core rises there is substantial difference in my core height compared to the tip spacer material height.
I was thinking of cutting fiberglass to fill these voids, but i have been thinking it will take a lot precise cutting and also take away valuable epoxy cure time minutes during lay-up.
I have been considering using west system adhesive filler to thicken some epoxy and just smear it over the voids kind of like peanut butter. I think the filler is pretty much"powdered" fiber glass.
does anybody have any experience with this stuff or opinions on how it will work?
Oh and I will be using a vacuum bag for my press.
microfiber adhesive filler + tip spacers?
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sand your core down to match your tip filler thickness
try to design so your core thickness taper ends/starts just prior to where your tip filler starts, so you can have relatively the same thickness.
i think adding stuff to epoxy is just going to cause bubbles/ripples, as your press thing will squish it away, even if its peanut butter like or putty like, maybe speaking of putty, try some wood putty?
try to design so your core thickness taper ends/starts just prior to where your tip filler starts, so you can have relatively the same thickness.
i think adding stuff to epoxy is just going to cause bubbles/ripples, as your press thing will squish it away, even if its peanut butter like or putty like, maybe speaking of putty, try some wood putty?
Doug