What is CABOSIL ??

[Bill Glaze]

Verne:
I came in on this thread late.  Where do you get Cabosil?  It sounds
like something I could use for a current repair on a glass fuselage.
Thanks.
Bill Glaze

Verne Koester wrote:

> Cabosil is fumed silica sand. It's extremely light weight. When mixed
> with epoxy finishing resin, it creates a paste that won't run on
> vertical surfaces. It's also frequently mixed with epoxy in a thinner
> mix and brushed into a mold to create the external gel coat on a glass
> part which prevents pinholes from making it to the surface of a part.
> On a clear epoxy-cloth piece, the epoxy/cabosil mix can be seen in all
> the 90-degree corners to bridge the radius the cloth can't make. It'll
> show as an opaque white as opposed to the clear epoxy/cloth you see
> everywhere else. Down side is that it's much tougher to sand than
> micro-balloons and has virtually no structural strength. Good stuff to
> have around, though. I use it a lot. Verne
>
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>       Don't think I know what this is
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