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Title: What do you use to touch up a side panel on a restoration?
Post by: javeryh on September 11, 2008, 12:24:29 pm

I am contemplating restoring an arcade cabinet in the coming months (it needs a lot of work) and I'm wondering what to use to seal the wood/fill any holes, etc. after I sand the entire thing down...

Bondo?
Wood Putty?
Spackle?
Something else entirely?

I'll be applying 2-4 coats of primer before painting so I think that will "seal" the surface so I guess I'm mainly concerned with dents and holes and things like that.  I was leaning towards bondo unless I'm missing something obvious...

Thanks!   :cheers:

Title: Re: What do you use to touch up a side panel on a restoration?
Post by: kelemvor on September 11, 2008, 04:56:16 pm

Are you talking about huge gashes or like small screw holes?  Or some of each?

Title: Re: What do you use to touch up a side panel on a restoration?
Post by: javeryh on September 11, 2008, 05:37:28 pm

Some of each I guess.  I haven't picked up the cab yet but I imagine it's not perfect...