[TR] Hot Body, filler

[Joe Curry]

Even better is to use a high quality Etching primer.

Joe

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Induni" <308gtsi at roadrunner.com>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] Hot Body, filler


> 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
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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
> Message-ID: <bd1.341a39d6.35a3af5a at aol.com>
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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
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