I'm new to body work and am prepping a Del Sol I just picked up for paint. There's some deep cuts on the bumpers and I also need to smooth out the fenders which I flared. I picked up some Bondo Premium but is this the best stuff to use? Will it adhere to the plastic bumpers and is it a good dent filler or should I be using something that's not as thick?

 

bondo is just a brand of body filler...

i mostly use evercoat products.

 

yeah i use evercoat too... either their zgrip or rage gold or rage extreme

pricey tho considering u can still achieve the same quality almost, with bondo brand from 3m at autozone. even tho i hate that sh*t haha

 

i use fiberglass filler stuff for boat hulls, i don't like the milkshae like consistency of some of the other stuff, the fiberglass has strands in it tat adhere really well and sand down nicely, it may be a little heavier than the other stuff but it is hardly noticible when anded and painted .

 

depends on what you need it to do, if you want it easy to sand, or need it to have strength. I like Upol Brand body filler from the U.K. or rage gold.

 

Thanks for all the help guys, I really appreciate that. It seems like it's mostly just personal preference. Bondo I've used before is thick and may take more to sand down, but it seems to hold up well. I just didn't want to start using it and then later find out I used a totally wrong product, or something that took me way longer then it should have. Kind of like using finger putty on screw holes in drywall instead of on baseboard pin nails like it's meant for.

 

i use evercoat rage gold, rage extreme, and metal glaze.

 

must be a PA thing

i like Upol

 

I would agree what you use because it much eazy to work and sand.

 

yeah i like it much better than most products ive used. i can get it locally cheap. i also have the eastwood warehouse 15 minutes from my house

 

just remember... bondo works best for dents that aren't more then 3mm deep... meaning if u just so happen to have dents... pull them first as much as you can be4 u fill them

 

i'd use evercoat products, or rage gold. it costs more, but its much nicer to sand imo

 

try less hardner next time, it should'nt be that hard to place on the car.

sure it will take longer to get dry.sandable area, but if it gives you 5 more minutes of use its worth it

 

Rage Extreme or Gold for me. The only ones I'll use. I'll use All Metal too depending on what I'm doing with it.