At the risk of sounding like an idiot...

What's F-N-F?

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Elmer's "Fill And Finish"...
Water based wood filler, that when thinned slightly, is used in the model rocketry world to fill balsa fins, body tube spirals, and lots o' other stuff. Fills nicely, and sands easily...
tah

Thanks. I'll check it out.
snipped-for-privacy@weinerboy.org wrote:
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Yep. You should be able to find it at Lowes/Wal Mart/Home Despot...
Oh yeah, you've got one too many "D's" in your name...
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tah

Jack Benny: "I was wondering when he was going to notice that."
Randy www.vernarockets.com

snipped-for-privacy@weinerboy.org wrote:
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A D21 in a slightly stretched Mosquito ~ Fire-N-Forget :-)
G.

a G55 in a 24mm 3-4FNC rocket, made of cheap material (and minimal recovery system) to save cost, fire and forget...

Yeah,
I'll slap on a coat or two of sanding sealer over it although I think a lot of folks are able to prime directly over it and get a good finish. I learned a trick from a fellow here about priming. Spray primer coats and sand to your heart's content but for the last primer coat, spray a thin coat so it is gritty like. Don't sand and then do your color coats. After you let it dry for 3 to 7 days, you can mask and do other colors. The gritty primer gives the color coat something to "bite" into and is less likely to lift off the paint after you remove the mask. Really works. I of course do everything the hard way and wet sand my color coats and shoot lacquer so I can polish with rubbing compound and finish with car wax. Takes a long time to do but boy do I like the slickness of a wet finish.
Kurt Savegnago
snipped-for-privacy@weinerboy.org wrote:
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The hobby is s'posed to be fun. Shoot some frickin' enamel and fly the mutha!
Doug

Don't need no enamel. Shoot some 99 cent acrylic from Hobby Lobby.
MMMMM smells like apples.....
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:31:48 +0000 (UTC), "Doug Sams"
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On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:31:48 +0000 (UTC), "Doug Sams"
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He could also choose to go nekid.

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:31:48 +0000 (UTC), "Doug Sams"
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Did you mean "frackin'", or is "frickin'" an obscure brand name that you use?

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Yes, frickin' is an obscure brand name for a type of something else that sounds like frickin' but you can't really say.

Come on,
I only do the special treatment on selected models. Yeah, I can shoot enamel and go fly. Sometimes fly in primer to see if the model is worth painting too! If I really like a mid-sized model, I'll build it with a cheap stainless homemade motor retention clip. If I get three good flights out of it, I chop off the clip and invest in an Aeropack retainer.
Kurt Savegnago
Kurt wrote:
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Todd if you do not know and seek knowledge one shall never sound like an idiot. Ask and the knowledge of the group shall be yours! Better you learn here that some dingy street corner. ROTFL! (sorry had to do it)
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Fill and Finish, an Elmer's wood filler used in prepping balsa fins and paper BT before priming and painting.

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The product is not called FNF now, it is labelled as Superior Staining Wood Filler, Light or Dark.

Todd wrote:
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Elmer's "Fill-N-Finish" is supposedly still available, but under different names. However, the appropriate product numbers are, reportedly:
E834 E835 E836

B.S. here's an email I recieved from the makers of Fill N' Finish
Dear ****,
Thank you for contacting us regarding Elmer's products.
Elmer's actually has several wood filler products. The Fill 'n Finish products are still being made, however they are not our most popular variety. The best places to find them are Ace Hardware, True Value Hardware and Do It Best Hardware stores. If you can't find them at any of the stores near you, I believe you can purchase them from the website listed below.
http://doitbest.com
Sincerely,
Brian Rumschlag
Greg Heilers wrote:
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Brian is sadly uninformed. I have the product, in my hand, well, lap, as I type this. UPC is #026000008358, the important number being 835. This is a correct number, however, the label has changed. It is now labeled as Superior Staining Wood Filler, Best for Furniture, Light. This is a 1/2 pint or 8 oz. plastic tub. Go to the website above, type in 'elmer' and it is on the 2nd page as Fill n Finish, but that is not the label you will see.
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