Friday, June 7, 2013

Big Girtha Build Part 12, Epoxy Fillets

Before you mix up epoxy, have everything you'll need close at hand:
Alcohol (to smooth edges and clean up)
Disposable gloves (to protect your hands)
Q-tips (to clean up ends and edges)
1/4" diameter Dowel (Clean and sanded smooth)
Paper towels

Mix up the two part epoxy on waxed paper.
You won't need much, you are doing just two facing fillets at a time.
Squeeze out the A and B parts. In the picture each part is about the size of a dime. It'll start to spread out on it's own.
I transfer the mixed epoxy to the fillet area using a toothpick.
Set a drop in the joint and drag it down the fillet area.

Be careful at the leading edge tip. It's easy to let too much epoxy end up on the ends.
Dip the dowel end in some alcohol and shake off the excess.

Run the dowel down the epoxy. Excess epoxy will be pushed up on the masking tape. Some excess will be taken off with the dowel.

Wipe the dowel end off on a paper towel.

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