Now I am ready for the micro balloons, again just take handfuls and sprinkel the MBs all along the surface. Then with the palm of your hand just start rubbing in in circles. When I get started I use both hands. You don't want to use gloves here. You want to be able to feel the tack of the resin, once your area is properly covered in MBs, you hand will glide over the surface (I guess that's wy they call me handglider ), just cover the entire surface with your micro balloons and yer done. Here is the finished fuse and rudder. I still have to do the TE of the rudder - I have some nice 3 oz cloth I will run up the back side there tomorrow. I plan on letting the fuse get a full 48 hour cure time here before I start the next stage of sanding and surface prep. This is a critical stage in achieving "plate flatness" and requires a good hard cure.