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dcsgguy:
So I had an old CAB that I was fixing up.  The CP was a metal one that had a bunch of holes I did not like.

What I did was get some metal tabs and glued them under the holes, then I filled them in with bondo.  let it dry and than sanded it down.  Now I have a nice clean palatte to work with.

Well I just now though of the problem.  When I get my new hardware, will I be able to mount them correctly since the metal tabs I used added a good couple of centimeters to some places underneath the CP.

Do I need to find a way to get those off?  If I do, will the bondo fill ins stay in place?

waveryder:
Those fills wont stay in place. Any serious button bashing and they'll pop right out. When it comes to metal CP's you just gotta get hold of a blank one and start again. Went through a similar issue with my betty cab. My £0.02
dcsgguy:
I'm not even sure how to get a hold of a blank metal CP for a tempest cab.
CheffoJeffo:
I'll disagree with waveryder since there are a bunch of people (myself included) who do/have done metal CP repairs successfully.

http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Restoration

For most of these, they are filling in old holes without drilling new ones. In a case like that, I would probably patch the panel without filling, then drill new holes, then fill the old holes.
waveryder:
Please post some pics of your bondo repaired panel. I would be very interested in the results. Personally i had no luck with filling metal panels. I would love to see how you did this without welding equiptment.
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