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.
--David C.
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