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@aol.com
Subject: Re: [TR] Hot Body, filler
To: tr3driver@ca.rr.com
Cc: triumphs@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
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