[TR] Hot Body, filler

[Brian Induni]

Mike,

Something many people do wrong is to apply body filler over bare metal.
Remember, plastic filler is PORUS and this means it likes to absorb
moisture, and moisture likes to turn metal in to iron oxide... rust! I've
always had excellent results with applying a couple of coats of 2-part epoxy
primer over bare metal, then doing all the body work. You'll need to rough
up the primer before applying the filler, but that's easy - just don't go
thru to bare metal.

BTW - all filler is not equal! When I was a 15 year old kid, all I could
afford was Bondo. Now, older and wiser (and able to afford a little higher
quality) I use Evercoat Rage Gold. Huge difference!

Brian
67 TR4a


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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:41:46 EDT
From: MMoore8425 at aol.com
Subject: Re: [TR] Hot Body, filler
To: tr3driver at ca.rr.com
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
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I bought a  "rust free" 63 E Type several years ago. It was all primed  and 
had been someones 20 year project. I used an ice pick and scratched several

places and founf them to be sold. The ship where I took the body started
sanding 
 the car and as they sanded into the filler, they found rust. The body had 
rusted  under the filler everywhere the owner had used filler. It wasn't
that 
big a deal  because none of the bondo was very thick, but it required all
the 
old bondo to  be removed and the body sanded to bare steel. I wish I knew 
exactly what the PO  did wrong. I normally use metal prep and a rinse and
dry before 
I put any filler  on.
 
Mike Moore 59 TR3A