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Old 01-11-2008 | 07:05 PM
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Okay, you've got your resin rolled out nice and pretty.

Take small handfuls of the microballoons and sprinkle it over the surface. It easier to do the flat, level areas first to get a the hang of it. With the palm of your hand just lightly rub and push the MBs around first it will be sticky and tacky but once you cover the area with MBs the tackyess goes away flip the plane around to do the turtle decks and fin area. It's really easy and here is no reason to get stressed. Just take your time. It's kind of like finger painting I guess.

Please use a dust mask with this stuff, even with the 3M dust mask you will still get a gritty taste in your mouth. Also if you have small pets or wifes in the area, please ask them to leave the room. on warmer days I usually do this out side as the MBs float in the air and this process is a bit messy. I usually shop vac the area as soon as I am done.

The cool thing about how the MBs work is if you have a heavy area of resin more MBs will stick in that area absorbing the resin. Let this happen, you will be sanding off about 90 percent of the MBs and all the excess resin.

I completed this at around 11 am this morning, it's now 7 pm as I am writing this thread, the 206 hardener is about a 15 hour full cure, I won't be ableto do the other side till tomorrow morning.
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