Back to Glue Question List Auto body filler is an excellent wood filler and adhesive. quickly, has great adhesive properties.  Unlike many softer fillers, it not only fills voids but can be cut and routed as cleanly as the original wood. is a time-saver too!  It can be applied, sanded and painted within an hour... a great time saver (and also saves my customer's the expense of a secondIt is also weatherproof, waterproof and insect-proof. sets gradually, proceeding through various stages of firmness, to a finalIt is also temperature dependent and sets much faster in warm weather than in cool.  If you are really impatient, setting time can be decreased by careful use of a hair dryer or heat gun.  it or you may burn the adhesive!! This gradual-setting characteristic requires vigilance... especially when your filler sets harder than the material you are filling. say you filled a hole in a piece of white pine and let the auto body filler

you tried to sand it, you would wear down the pine around the auto body filler never obtain a flat surface. So you must stick with the job and check the hardness of the filler every couple of minutes, sanding smooth before full Ditto for shaped repairs. works well with a planer or a knife while in intermediate stages of hardness, but is almost uncuttable with hand tools onceHowever, if you are planning to work it with power tools, such as a drill, power saw, or router, you can let the patch set to full hardness without Because auto body filler sticks well to itself, you can build up your patches, filling a hole- level or slightly below- and then adding a "skim coat" to fill any imperfections from the first coat. If you prefer, you can also use other wood or wall patching materials with auto body filler to do that oh-so-critical final smoothing of the surface.  Though there are thinner products for the "final coat" in fine automotive repairs, I haven't found these necessary for general

When doing large repairs or deep fills, you can and should use pieces of wood to take up some space so you don't have to use as much filler.  few screws into the material within the hole prior to filling will also add strength to the repair and keep the filler in place.  The screw heads should be at least 1/8" beneath the projected "level" surface of the auto body filler Bondo ®, the original auto body filler, is manufactured by Bondo/Mar-HydeFor your car repair buffs, Bondo has one-part filler that is activated by ultraviolet light... either from the sun or better from a special lamp! I would advise against use of the "natural" method for those of you in the land of the midnight sun... especially during those loooong nights!   Get the lamp, already! Other manufacturers of auto body filler product known as High Performance Wood Filler. It is for all intents and purposes identical to auto body filler except that the color is a light brown

It comes in smaller packages than auto body filler and is quite a bit moreI use this product for everyday repairs because of the conveniently sized can, but for the larger fill jobs I use auto body filler to save money, don't you think?Best Tire Chain Pattern Back to Glue Question ListGrowing Weed Indoors From Seed Written by Jerry AlonzyCheap Fully Assembled Bedroom Furniture Jerry Alonzy, a.k.a. the Natural Handyman, has been an active handyman for over 30 years with experience in most areas of home repair and renovation. As a do-it-yourself author and web developer since 1995, he has been featured in USA Today, the Today Show and on radio shows, magazines, newspapers and websites. His material appears widely on the web, but primarily on his website...

You can also find him on Google+.Written Park the vehicle in a warm, sunny area.If it is not currently warm and sunny in your area, wait until a time of year that typically has such weather. You may have to deal with the dents for a few months or skip to the next step.The warm sunlight will expand the metal in the dents, causing them to pop out and disappear.After approximately 1 week of being parked in warm sunlight, approximately 90 percent of the dents will be gone from most vehicles.Apply hot air to the dents.Use a heat gun or hair dryer to apply hot air to each remaining dent.As the heat is applied, the metal will expand and the dents will pop out and disappear.If the vehicle's paint begins to discolor, stop applying heat immediately. Use wax or a rubbing compound to restore the paint color.Apply dry ice to the dents.If any dents remain, add a cube of dry ice directly to the each dent.Wait for frost to accumulate on the sides of the dry ice.Remove the dry ice.Use a heat gun or hair dryer to heat the dent.

If any discoloration of the vehicle's paint occurs during this process, use wax or a rubbing compound to treat the affected area.Written Depends on shop and extent of damage.I've heard some shops only use body filler and repainting, which is kind of horrible.From what I know you have 3 options:Body fillerPDR (Paintless Dent Removal, where a guy uses suction cups and pokey things to bend the metal back into its original shape)Replace the panelPDR probably works for light damage where the metal under the paint hasn't been exposed. I think you can also get the dents pulled first and then the panel repainted.Written "How does a body shop repair hail damage on a car?"Written I used to have a magnetic plunger which i used for the major dents on the car. It was a great and easy to use device. For the smaller dents you can either use the smaller plunger or freeze and heat method. This was the kind of plunger I used to have:​Written118 Products found for this category Auto Body Filler Kit, Paste, 1 Qt, Gray

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