Levmiller Posted November 3, 2020 Share #1 Posted November 3, 2020 What is the best to seal the wood filler with before I start the second planking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaager Posted November 3, 2020 Share #2 Posted November 3, 2020 I am a total outsider - just observing as far as POB for method, but is not the second (surface) layer of planking not in in essence a filler for the first layer? What practical purpose does filling the cracks in the first layer with putty serve? If the moulds are so widely placed that the first layer requires hollows to be filled so as to get a smooth sweet running surface for the outside planking, significant hollows = scab a thin layer of wood veneer using PVA. minor dips = an easily sanded, porous material with a PVA strength binding agent. allanyed, Canute and mtaylor 3 Quote NRG member 45 years Current: HMS Centurion 1732 - 60-gun 4th rate - Navall Timber framing HMS Beagle 1831 refiit 10-gun brig with a small mizzen - Navall (ish) Timber framing The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1838-1842 Flying Fish 1838 pilot schooner - framed - ready for stern timbers Porpose II 1836 brigantine/brig - framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Vincennes 1825 Sloop-of-War - timbers assembled, need shaping Peacock 1828 Sloop-of -War - timbers ready for assembly Sea Gull 1838 pilot schooner - timbers ready for assembly Relief 1835 ship - timbers ready for assembly Other Portsmouth 1843 Sloop-of-War - timbers ready for assembly Le Commerce de Marseilles 1788 118 cannons - framed La Renommee 1744 Frigate - framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Griswold Posted November 3, 2020 Share #3 Posted November 3, 2020 I wouldn't seal any part of the first planking (planks or filler). There should be little to no visible wood filler remaining after sanding prior to your second planking. If you have any areas of large gaps or divots in the first planking you are better served glueing additional strips and sanding down, particularly if the area is a critical glue point for the second/final planking. Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Amos Current Build: Occre Essex Whaler (1/60) Past builds: Amati Coca (1/60, 1st static ship) Little Shelley Foss (1/45) * Dumas Jenny Lee (1/32)* Dumas Painted Racer (1/8)* Dumas Ace Sloop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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