Thread: Will JB weld work as filler on frame?

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I am going to paint my sandblasted truck frame with Por15 (good stuff I paint a trailer with it a few weeks back). I have filled some of the holes in the frame and have grinded the welds flush but they have small low spots where I grinded it down. I was thinking I can use JB weld to fill sand smooth and paint with the por15. Will JB weld work?

you can use a good body filler it will work just fine and would be better to work with or a glass filler. i like to use the tig with 1/6steel filler rod or a mig set cool just to fill in the pits and hit it with 36 grit and go to 60 grit with angle grinder then up to 80 to 120 on a da at this point done you will not have much at all to fill less the frame is very pitted

Is this it ? It looks like it might work even better than jb weld. Thanks I have never heard of this stuff , now I just need to find out where i can find it locally.






http://www.epoxy.com.pk/steel.htm

if it is hard it will crack why would you not want to use body filler ? filler will flex it holds up good.there still is some filler on my moms drive way from 1980 i think it was blue moon filler

Just use a high quality body filler, my personal choice is Evercoat Rage Gold...

you can use a brass filler rod with a OX torch to but you have to get all the flux of the frame body filler holds up good for a cold fix have used the gold filler you can go over sanded epoxy with it

Those new epoxies are great stuff and I have used alot of them,...this a epoxy with metal properties.I believe them when they say it just as durable as the original steel that was there.I have used plastic epoxies and the piece will never break there again,it may break 10 more times in a different place,my computer headphines get sat on ocassionally, about 2 times a week

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

if it is hard it will crack why would you not want to use body filler ? filler will flex it holds up good.there still is some filler on my moms drive way from 1980 i think it was blue moon filler

Very good point there ! I also do have welding tools but kinda dont want to add something I will have to grind down again. The areas I want to fill are not bad at all ,but just not "perfect" I am thinking of doing the frame with a glossy look. On the other hand dont know how the gloss of por15 will hold up to years of use ,might be better just to do a flat finish.

well i think the por work good on rusty stuff but the ppg polyester polyurethane DURETHANE is some bad ass stuff i painted air planes with this stuff it is killer in more ways then one make sure you have a good mask

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

DURETHANE is some bad ass stuff i painted air planes with this stuff it is killer in more ways then one make sure you have a good mask

Amen to that Pat!
Imron was another.

Originally Posted by Supa Roosta

Amen to that Pat!
Imron was another.

yes i have did that flavor too all this stuff is like getting dip in honey when done.wear a painting suit and head sock i painted 4 planes with ppg stuff and some wings the planes were s300 aerobatics plans

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

yes i have did that flavor too all this stuff is like getting dip in honey when done.wear a painting suit and head sock i painted 4 planes with ppg stuff and some wings the planes were s300 aerobatics plans

Extra 300?
Now that's a hot rod with wings!

Originally Posted by Supa Roosta

Extra 300?
Now that's a hot rod with wings!

yes i have painted a extra300 wing and painted some of the staudacher 300 planes . jon is a true master craftsman