csandt051196

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Any one ever paint their plane with sanding sealer before glassing?

dhurlston

No I haven't. I can't see what the benefit would be. What did you have in mind?

I fill in all the dings and cracks and just do a final sanding with 300 or 400 grit. Then I use a tack cloth to clean up.

Dave

csandt051196

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The only one I coould think of is it makes sanding and filling a little bit easier. It will alos take all the fuzz off the balsa. I am not sold on doing this, just was wondering if any one has done it and if why?

Juice

The "How to Glass with Polyurethane" technique on the following web page uses sanding sealer before glassing with polyurethane:

http://home.mchsi.com/~jahuntley/help.html#Tip%202

I don't have firsthand experience with it yet, but I do plan on using the technique in the very near future.

Juice

fastcat

I have used sanding sealer and it worked well to smooth things up and get rid of the balsa fuzz. It didn't add much weight and comes out slick as glass.