I found out something out about Bondo Today

[Denis Goyette]

I dont Like It :x

Joke aside I started to apply the body filler today.

Not really fun but I can almost see the light

Once the sanding dust settles

[Dave R1]

It's looking good Dennis. Did you scale your Weekender up? It looks huge compared to your Jeep.

[adla]

Looks good -

sanding stinks

a.

[kydocfrog]

Amen.

My theory is that dolphins have hides with built in vortex generators for smooth flow. I seek to achieve the same vortex generator effect by random distribution of fractal textured surfaces...

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

DocA

[kydocfrog]

Amen.

My theory is that dolphins have hides with built in vortex generators for smooth flow. I seek to achieve the same vortex generator effect by random distribution of fractal textured surfaces...

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

DocA

[Joe(Cold Spring onHudson)]

Please refrain from using Bondo on boats!!!

Very popular in the 60's most people have by now figured out that it is hydroscopic and it absorbs moisture and causes paint blisters among other hardships.

So says the WBF

[Denis Goyette]

Sanding, Sanding, Sanding,

I am still working on the deck, will take me a little longer then expected.

specialy when I find spots where I did not put enough hardener in the body filler :x

So I have to peel off the soft spot and bondo over again. It's a learning process since it is my first time using this stuff.

Now the taste of sailing has been replace by the taste os sanding dust

Keep you guys posted

Cheers

[capt jake]

"Soft spot"? If your Bondo isn't cured (ie, didn't put in enough hardner); mix up another batch that is mixed correctly and maybe a little hotter. Spread it on the soft spot, it will cure it. I learned that little trick from an auto body guy. It works well.

As for Joe's comments, he is correct, to a point. As long as you properly seal the Bondo, it should be fine. Seal with 3-4 epoxy flow coats, then prime with a good epoxy primer, then paint.

A better practice is to do the major fairing with thickened epoxy, flow coat, prime, bondo, prime, paint.

[Andrew_Butchart]

Another thing that I've "borrowed" from the autobody shops is to use an auto-body shaper (a big surform) to correct the worst of my mistakes. Then I move to a small surform. Sanding is pretty minimal after that and the nice thing is that the shapers make no dust at all.

I've also discovered the auto-body shaper works well when I'm fixing plaster in my old house to remove the lumps there as well.

[Denis Goyette]

Thanks for the great advise.

Still sanding