--- DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/30/02 3:56:40 AM Eastern Standard
> Time,
> androbus@yahoo.com writes:
> > I will finish it off is steel
> > w/o bondo if I can help it!
>
> Bondo is a good and useful tool of the refinisher. Its
> just that it is too
> easy for amateurs posing as professional bodymen to use
> it as a fill and
> cover up for lack of skill and gop it into any crevice
> existant. You will
> probably find that you will have to use a skim coat just
> to give you a
> wonderful satin surface to paint over, and that is the
> legitimate purpose of
> bondo. Very OK to use it, but in a conservative fashion.
> As you noted, it
> won't permanently make up for lack of metalworking
> skills. And should NEVER
> be used to fill a hole without a solid metal backing.
> But don't be afraid to
> use it in your artillery of bodwork supplies.
OH I know that! ;-) That is exactly what I mean, but my
dream is still to do panel repair with no more than an oz
of bondo total! ;-) I recall reading in one of my books
about panel-beating years ago how to even weld in patches,
and than hammer the weld out, grind smooth, and you can't
even find the weld! that IS my goal eventually.(too badk
ilent the book out fifteen years ago, and forgot who ended
up with it..) When I finally do get to restoring the bugeye
bonnet, I want to do it the same way, so it's waay on teh
back burner...
Paul
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