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King Kenny
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Knifeing putty.

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With this hot dry weather I decided that it is a good time to look at my paintwork on my neglected Traveller. I wanted to fill in the small blemishes that the seagulls had made on the ally roof. The local motor factors no longer sell knifing putty so I made my own. I sprayed some red primer into the plastic lid and mixed in a quantity of talcum powder. This made a thick paste that filled the cavities and after rubbing down with wet and dry the paintwork became smooth and flat.
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Re: Knifeing putty.

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Also called “Stopper putty”, should be readily available.
Bet your smells nicer though.
Will be interesting to see what happens to the top coat.
Regards John.
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When I put the bilge keel back on my boat there were gaps between the keel and the hull.
To fill the gaps I mixed talcum power and resin together and pushed the mixture in between the bilge and keel before tightening the keel bolts and scraping off the squeezed out excess - worked a treat. :D

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Let us know if it takes paint well.
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I have only used spray cans but it works fine. Talc is an inert powder so it shouldn't react with paint and yes it dose smell nice.
I wanted to fill the gap between the roof and the gutter on the Traveller so I mixed a small amount of fibre glass resin and talc with a tiny bit of hardener. This filled the gap fine.
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Re: Knifeing putty.

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Great, that is handy to know, never thought of alternative uses of Talc before.
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