Quote Originally Posted by Itoldyouso View Post
I see that on a lot of the car shows they use Duraglass, the one with strands in it. Not sure if it is a good finish filler because of the strands, but it does have more strength and crack resistance, I think. I have used Rage and like the way it faired in and sanded.

You can buy new leads that are supposed to be less toxic than the old ones, I think, but modern plastic fillers are so much better unless you are a hardcore traditionalist.............you know, the kind who only runs 1950 air in his tires. Once you put the paint on, who knows what's under there anyways?

Don
There's also a short strand Duraglass that works quite well and as Pat mentioned Marson also makes a very good short strand and long strand 'glass filler.

I learned body work using lead, no way I'd go back to using it with the quality of good fillers available today. Products and technology change constantly. Lead was used because it was the only product available at the time. It's a very time consuming process and takes many, many hours to learn to do it correctly. I haven't tried any of these new "lead like" processes, and can't really see any reason to bother..... For the "traditionalists", think I still have a couple lead pots laying under the bench someplace. I'll trade them for a gallon can of Evercoat Gold anytime someone wants to drop by!!!!!!!!