Body work
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You are a very sick individual! 
Just kidding AX!
Actually, what I meant by patience wasn't a reflection of frustration as much as a measure of the time it takes. If you are in a hurry, it'll make life difficult.
I was taught to do it by just tapping the hammer in little taps around in circles. Also, I was taught, everything MUST be hand filed and sanded. So it porbably takes me twice as long to do everything (and thus the patience).
But it's worth the results.
Just kidding AX!Actually, what I meant by patience wasn't a reflection of frustration as much as a measure of the time it takes. If you are in a hurry, it'll make life difficult.
I was taught to do it by just tapping the hammer in little taps around in circles. Also, I was taught, everything MUST be hand filed and sanded. So it porbably takes me twice as long to do everything (and thus the patience).
But it's worth the results.
Hand filing and sanding is still the prefered method for finding the high/low spots and smoothing, but there is some technique involved to making it easier and more effective. A power panel and DA sander makes finishing bondo go a lot quicker but I still hand sand my final coat(s) of surfacer putty.
Once you learn the "secret" techniques bodywork goes pretty quickly.
