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| | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 31 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 31 |
Hey guys,
Just fixin to finish off joints between upper and outer cowels. looking for suggestions, advantages and disadvantages of both. Thanks in advance!
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Plastic body filler was invented as a quicker and easier way to fill voids than lead. Both work well if used correctly. If you have a gas torch set and the necessary lead tools, using lead is perfectly OK. If you don't, plastic is perfectly OK as well when used as directed. If you need to put much more than 1/4" of filler (either one) in you need to do some more straightening first.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 91 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 91 | For the joints like your talking about, I use a filler called all metal. better than bondo, but at $27 per qt. it needs to be.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 | I've used All Metal, bondo and solder. I don't have a problem with any of them. All Metal will get rock hard and you need to get it filed and sanded right away before it gets completely hard. With solder, the metal should be straightened out (morso than using bondo) so "minimal" solder is used. You do not want it too thick. Bondo is the easiest to use and is a little more flexible, but, I agree with Tiny about the thickness. 1/4" is too thick for anything. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 31 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 31 |
Thanks everyone for the advice!...never done any solder work and don't have the tools...think I'll leave that one alone and go with the bondo!...as Clint Eastwood said " A mans gotta know his limitations"
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