Re: [Amc-list] Rust/metal prep.... AGAIN!

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Who you callin old     : -)


I see even some of the young guys around here doing the bondo on metal
thing. I don't think it's as critical as it used to be. All the products are
so much better than the 70s products.
Armand



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From: <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Rust/metal prep.... AGAIN!


> It's done both ways nowadays.
> Bondo on metal or bondo on primer.
> I understand the reasoning behind both camps.
> B&M figures adhesion.
> B&P figures corrosion resisitance.
> If I have an doubts on a solid backsurface and fear water contacting I
always use waterproof stuff.
> For instance my welded firewall will get a skim of Duraglas or similar. As
will most of my repairs on the vert.
> The American got this treatment and near as I can tell It's at the 10 yr
point soon! Not a bubble or sign of returning corrosion. Sure it has not
gotten driven much, but it has spent one winter outside under a cover and
lots of time in underground garages. I run a dehumidifier in there now, but
not for the first year or so.
>
> I also find that us "old guys" tend to go to the bondo on metal. The
younger guys go the opposite route.
>
> --
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
> " Chronic Pain Hurts"
>
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> From: Don <don_nsx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Davis,
> > I've talked to a lot of "experts" and they all say that the "bondo" goes
on the
> > metal and the primer goes over that.
> > Whatever you use, Bondo or some other filler, needs to cling to the
metal, NOT
> > the primer.
> > FWIW.
> > Don
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