Repairing Poly Hives

[Olivia9801]

I have an opportunity to buy a few second - hand poly hives which are a bit dented. I know this has no impact on their performance, but I was just wondering if anyone has used any fillers to patch them up and then repaint them?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

polyfilla, or, as advised by the late Eric Hiam at Maisemores - mix ordinary Portland cement powder with PVA to make a thick paste

 

[JamezF]

I've used epoxy car body filler to repair dents and small holes in mine.

James

 

[ericbeaumont]

no impact on their performance

Worth filling dents that allow rodent or insect to gain a foothold, or water to seep inbetween the poly grains. As James said, body filler such as P38 does the job; put one coat on to fill the bulk but scrape it level, sand roughly and add a final skim to finish flush.

Leave the second skim as flush as you can to avoid too much sanding, which tends to remove the surrounding poly in preference to the harder filler.

 

[Olivia9801]

Thank you for your replies. Good to know that car body filler doesn't melt away the polystyrene!