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fix coin door cutout problem...
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Stingray on September 21, 2006, 04:32:00 pm ---Bondo is a brand name of auto body filler. It's not made for large areas either.
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Hrm. Point made on the term. I still say it's much stronger than wood filler, though. I've never had good results with wood filler for anything much larger than a divot.
Stingray:
I just reread what I wrote in that last post and I think I need to clarify. Body filler isn't intended to be used on deep areas or to cover large holes. When using it on a car body the idea is always to work the metal out to as close as you can get it to how it was before the damage occured, and then apply a thin layer of filler. The deeper the filler is the weaker the repair is. I have no experience using body filler on wood, since that's not what it's made for.
-S
ChadTower:
It works pretty well. The weakness becomes the wood itself to which the Bondo bonded. The Bondo is actually stronger once dried than the wood that was originally there... so if it breaks off, say in a corner repair, it takes a big chunk of the wood to which it bonded.
NiteWalker:
I love bondo too, but in this case I'd do the block of wood in the corners method prok advised. Nothing will give you a more durable repair. It's how most of the woodworkers in videos I watch recommend that overcuts be fixed.
NightGod:
That said, exactly how durable of a repair do you need for an area that is never going to undergo any stress? You could literally stick a piece of construction paper in there and it would be sufficient as long as the tape holding it in place didn't give out.