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Step 4Bondo!
The next, most wonderful step is coating the area with Bondo auto body filler, and sanding it down until it is smooth and more attractive.
First, we need to mix the filler paste with the hardener. After this, we have about 5 minutes to spread it in place. Follow the instructions listed on the container, they're very straightforward and quite specific as to the type of filler used, but almost always involve mixing a tube of hardening agent with a paste.
We smooth the Bondo in place, making sure to not leave any spots uncovered or not covered thick enough, since we would have to add more Bondo later to fix that.
Once complete it will look like the very blue picture below. Leave it to cure for the listed time on the packaging.
When its cured, we can start sanding. Be sure to wear a mask for this as the Bondo particles are smelly, nasty and unhealthy to inhale. Since this thing is curved, we can't use a sanding block. We will have to hold the paper in our hands and just use our fingers to sand. When sanding like this, we need to constantly move around the surface, or else our fingers will sand ruts into the Bondo.
As we go, keep cleaning off the dust and making sure that we aren't removing too much material in the wrong spots. Don't sand through to bare metal! I did this, and it turned out okay but if too much is removed it won't look good when completed.
When its sanded to our satisfaction, we can continue to the next step; Painting.
First, we need to mix the filler paste with the hardener. After this, we have about 5 minutes to spread it in place. Follow the instructions listed on the container, they're very straightforward and quite specific as to the type of filler used, but almost always involve mixing a tube of hardening agent with a paste.
We smooth the Bondo in place, making sure to not leave any spots uncovered or not covered thick enough, since we would have to add more Bondo later to fix that.
Once complete it will look like the very blue picture below. Leave it to cure for the listed time on the packaging.
When its cured, we can start sanding. Be sure to wear a mask for this as the Bondo particles are smelly, nasty and unhealthy to inhale. Since this thing is curved, we can't use a sanding block. We will have to hold the paper in our hands and just use our fingers to sand. When sanding like this, we need to constantly move around the surface, or else our fingers will sand ruts into the Bondo.
As we go, keep cleaning off the dust and making sure that we aren't removing too much material in the wrong spots. Don't sand through to bare metal! I did this, and it turned out okay but if too much is removed it won't look good when completed.
When its sanded to our satisfaction, we can continue to the next step; Painting.
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