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road bed, what to use?
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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road bed, what to use?
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Anonymous
on Thursday, July 17, 2003 12:08 PM
Instead of hydrocol is it ok to use polyfiller for your road bed?(dirt road /ashpalt)
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
road bed, what to use?
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Anonymous
on Thursday, July 17, 2003 12:08 PM
Instead of hydrocol is it ok to use polyfiller for your road bed?(dirt road /ashpalt)
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DavidH
Member since
February 2001
From: North Vancouver, BC
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Posted by
DavidH
on Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:01 PM
I am kind of assuming you mean Polyfilla, which may be why you're getting no answers, as that product is not sold in the US. I think it would work OK. Consider using a lighweight spackle product, though. They are really easy to manipulate, even once dry. Somebody wrote a really good article a number of years ago in MR on the use of this product in conjunction with a wet sponge for smoothing. I think it was Jim Kelly. He demonstrated how the dry product could be subtly shaped through the use of a wet sponge to create crowning in roads, wavelets in underlying structure for water, and the like. Experiment!
David
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DavidH
Member since
February 2001
From: North Vancouver, BC
155 posts
Posted by
DavidH
on Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:01 PM
I am kind of assuming you mean Polyfilla, which may be why you're getting no answers, as that product is not sold in the US. I think it would work OK. Consider using a lighweight spackle product, though. They are really easy to manipulate, even once dry. Somebody wrote a really good article a number of years ago in MR on the use of this product in conjunction with a wet sponge for smoothing. I think it was Jim Kelly. He demonstrated how the dry product could be subtly shaped through the use of a wet sponge to create crowning in roads, wavelets in underlying structure for water, and the like. Experiment!
David
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