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03-21-2008 | 11:03 AM

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From: Blythewood, SC

RE: Is spackling compound same as hobby filler?

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ORIGINAL: Steve Collins

Many of our "hobby" products are nothing more than repackaged commercially available materials. The light spackling compound/model magic is just one of them. Here are a few others that come to mind:

PFM glue from IMP is nothing more than E6000 at a greatly inflated price.
PFM here: http://groups.msn.com/impscale/artic...to&PhotoID=206
E6000 here: http://www.save-on-crafts.com/e600037ozsize.html
http://www.michaels.com/art/online/d...ductNum=gc0181

The "hobby" brand Aeropoxy is actually Loctite Hysol 9462. This is a great thixotropic epoxy that is very, very strong.
Loctite Hysol 9462 here: http://www.ellsworth.com/display/pro...41&Tab=Vendors

Pacer technology that makes Zap CA also sells epoxies that can be found at hardware stores for much less dinero. Their gell epoxy is very nice.

Well let me say that when I started out in this RC thing 22 years ago, I was taken advantaged by a local hobby shop owner. I asked about using epoxy I bought at Walmart and I was told NOT to use them. He said that his in store epoxy are specifically designed for RC planes and my planes will crash if I don't use the "right epoxy". I ended up buying over 10 bucks worth of epoxy that is no different than commercial ones. DP

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