KeithHowell Posted July 18, 2003 Report Share Posted July 18, 2003 I am refinishing a bass I built many years back and am going to re spray it. It has sustained some gouges and dings. I thought if it's to be resprayed with automotive type laquers why not use automotive filler to fill the dings, it should give the perfect surface for the paint to stick to. Has anybody done this? Should the wood be sealed first then the filler applied, or the filler to the raw wood then seal? Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodfixer Posted July 18, 2003 Report Share Posted July 18, 2003 I've used bondo to fill repair areas on furniture with no stress.As long as you are doing small areas and rough up where to be applied.This stuff does shrink some on larger spots.Prime or seal area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryeisnotcool2 Posted July 18, 2003 Report Share Posted July 18, 2003 yeah i learned the hard way when i was younger! no more bondo for me!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted July 18, 2003 Report Share Posted July 18, 2003 Any GOOD 2 part polyester body filler will work fine. Bondo sucks though. There is a product called Thin Ice which I use, it works great. Doesn't shrink, sands way better than bondo, and doesn't soak up the paint like Bondo does. The single part laquer based glazing putties will shrink, and can also react poorly to paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted July 18, 2003 Report Share Posted July 18, 2003 Can a product like Thin Ice be used on a wood your gonna stain or leave translucent? If not what kinda wood filler will take stain and look good..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted July 18, 2003 Report Share Posted July 18, 2003 Can a product like Thin Ice be used on a wood your gonna stain or leave translucent? If not what kinda wood filler will take stain and look good..? no, polyester body fills are generally a pink color. If you are going to stain wood, the only way to not leave marks, is don't make mistakes. You can buy colored wood filler, but stain won't take to it the same way that it does wood, you'll always see it a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodfixer Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 I usually use a 2 part resin filler(marine).Bondo is softer but if the areas are that small I would sand out instead of filler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted July 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 I don't think Bondo is available in this part of the world (Cape Town) but the pink polyester stuff is so I think I'm safe. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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