by GlassWolf » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:34 pm
oh brother.
no. you don't fill holes with bondo. you weld holes.
you use plastic body filler (bondo) to smooth and define the lines of the car, using a skim coat of the stuff, then block sanding it off till you just have the filler left in the low spots of the metal.
even fresh off the assembly line, sheet metal on car bodies has waves in it.. it's not "perfect."
The problem with this is that with a good paint job, anywhere light hits the car, and the body under the paint isn't perfect, you'll see it. The waves will catch the light and show up like a sore thumb.
You fix this by smoothing the body with bondo and using it to fill those low spots and even it all out (see pic of my car) so the paint looks right when it's applied.
If you want a shitty paint job though, hey.. skip the bodywork :)
oh brother.
no. you don't fill holes with bondo. you weld holes.
you use plastic body filler (bondo) to smooth and define the lines of the car, using a skim coat of the stuff, then block sanding it off till you just have the filler left in the low spots of the metal.
even fresh off the assembly line, sheet metal on car bodies has waves in it.. it's not "perfect."
The problem with this is that with a good paint job, anywhere light hits the car, and the body under the paint isn't perfect, you'll see it. The waves will catch the light and show up like a sore thumb.
You fix this by smoothing the body with bondo and using it to fill those low spots and even it all out (see pic of my car) so the paint looks right when it's applied.
If you want a shitty paint job though, hey.. skip the bodywork :)