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From: in the woods of Maine!
right....lead will bend just like the metal will....where bondo jsut cracks like hell.......and I'm kinda old school about things.....and well Lead is old school, and it's original, because no one these days does it....cept for the old timers....
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Crack? I'm trying to remember the last time I've seen cracked filler (aka Bondo) that was properly applied, to a properly prepared surface.
The example that first comes to mind is a VW bug trunk lid. I mean, if there is any part of a car that gets banged around and flexes, it's a VW bug trunk lid. I've done filler work on them. I've never seen any cracking.
I'm certainly not arguing with you guys. I just don't see a problem.
Crack? I'm trying to remember the last time I've seen cracked filler (aka Bondo) that was properly applied, to a properly prepared surface.
The example that first comes to mind is a VW bug trunk lid. I mean, if there is any part of a car that gets banged around and flexes, it's a VW bug trunk lid. I've done filler work on them. I've never seen any cracking.
I'm certainly not arguing with you guys. I just don't see a problem.
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well when you go out in the woods, and you bumnp against a tree, the metel bends, and has a dent, well the Bondo doesn't like to bend WITH the metal, so it cracks.....But most of all it's just a sweet old school approach to body work, that NO ONE else does nemore......it's like the flathead V-8.....it may be old, and out of date, but still kickass, and origanal, cuz no one's got em' nemore
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I'm sure not arguing the point that filler can crack. I'm just saying I haven't seen it.
Also, if I'm hitting something hard enough to crack filler or bend lead, it's all a mute point. Things are going to have to be fixed, if I want it looking right. The fix will be faster and easier with filler.
You're talking to a old guy so I understand about old school. If nothing else, I would like the bragging rights and I have kicked around the idea of teaching myself the skill (although I can't see myself actually using it).
I'm sure not arguing the point that filler can crack. I'm just saying I haven't seen it.
Also, if I'm hitting something hard enough to crack filler or bend lead, it's all a mute point. Things are going to have to be fixed, if I want it looking right. The fix will be faster and easier with filler.
You're talking to a old guy so I understand about old school. If nothing else, I would like the bragging rights and I have kicked around the idea of teaching myself the skill (although I can't see myself actually using it).
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I've thought about learning leading, too. But I'm too cheap to spend the $125 at Eastwood for the starter kit. On another forum, a writer said that he thought that the fact that dissimilar metals were in such intaimate contact resulted in something ( he wasn't clear, but it didn't sound like he was talking about a galvanic condition) and that the lead repair eventually showed through. I can't get my hands on the specific post.
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I've heard that today's steel has more carbon in it than the more pure steel used in 40's and 50's cars, when lead was king. Carbon will cause bonding problems with lead. There are different degrees of good bonding with today's plastic fillers, but not with lead. It's either bonded to the metal perfectly, or it's just laying on there, waiting to fall off.
Can you tell I've tried lead before, without much success?
Can you tell I've tried lead before, without much success?
