What is CABOSIL ??

[Rick Wallace]

West Systems has a product called #406, Colloidial Silica / Adhesive Filler 
that I believe is the same stuff - for thickening adhesives and increasing 
sag resistance.
It's available where West Systems stuff is sold - at marine supply place for 
sure.



>From: "Maureen E. Dunphy" <mdunphy at avsia.com>
>Reply-To: "Maureen E. Dunphy" <mdunphy at avsia.com>
>To: <>
>Subject: Re: What is CABOSIL ??
>Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 10:24:37 -0500
>
>PAC sells cabosil and milled glass fibers.  www.precisionaerocomposite.com
>
>Maureen
>----- Original Message -----
>   From: Bill Glaze
>   To: discussion at nsrca.org
>   Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:42 AM
>   Subject: Re: What is CABOSIL ??
>
>
>   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
>       ----- Original Message -----
>       From: Van - E-Mail LIST
>       To: Pattern LIST
>       Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 8:32 PM
>       Subject: What is CABOSIL ??
>        Don't think I know what this is 
>?________________________________________________ Van Flowers
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