What do you guys use for body fillers? Something better then bondo but more use friendly then leading. Ready to do some body work on my belair. Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
Anyone heard of filler that sets kinda like metal? Can be used on rusted panels. Coworker was telling me about it. Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
is there any scientific proof that all metal is better than regular filler? or is it just a psychological thing because it looks like metal?
There is a thread about all metal filler on here, full of information. Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
Last time I bought some Rage to try the guys couldn't stand it, insisted I go back to good ole' Super Everflex. Okay by me, a lot cheaper.
For rusted panels you need to weld in metal patch panels if you want it to set like metal. Fillers and all metal aint going to cut it......
yep thats how you deal with rust or atleast rusted threw. you should sandblast all the rusty spots. cant do good bodywork over rust.
Rage Gold. . . not sure what everyone's talking about it being so expensive. It's $50 bucks for a gallon, are guys really using more than a gallon of filler on their cars? I build hot rods, so I guess there's less surface area. But I don't come anywhere close to using a gallon of filler on one car.
Rage Gold and yep it's really pretty cheap when you consider everything else there is to purchase. Rage vs lower cost brings a difference of 20-40 dollars on the entire build cost.
before you express your unrequited love for a favorite brand-Find out who makes your favorite filler and you will see that it is likely not who you thouight it was. There are only a few actual MANUFACTURERS of body filler in the USA.... 3Mhas now saw fit to purchase and market Bondo filler,Evercoat and USC and others are also quality products as most modern filler is..... A short-stranded fiberglass filler is great as a lasting repair,altho it is mean to finish and does at least require a skim of body filler over it to achieve good results.... Even tho a no filler repair is great if you can afford the work required-It is very reasonable to expect a repair made with modern filler to last many years. It is simply a misconception that body filler is not conducive to a long lasting repair in this day and age.......
I've always thought it was used to try to fool the magnets. Considering the corrosion problems when aluminum and steel are used together, I wonder if there'd be a problem with the aluminum stuff on a steel body?
D'oh ! I used some of the "Bondo" brand of filler awhyle back on a buddy's kids furin POS...........this product wasn't the runny, goopy ,pin hole prone chit from days gone by, and I suspected it was a repackaged product from another source Is it as good as the $50 a throw stuff the puttyflingers are willing to die on the cross over..........nope! Will it answer for a low to medium budget build........yep! " Meanwhyle, back onboard The Tainted Pork "