Thread: How NOT to repair rust out...

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I think I might have some pics in my gallery like that.......

I was rather proud of my wire fed liquid fender repair......

I ground it down over and over and the front side looked pretty good overall.

Now I know that is more work than a repair panel would be.......I think that is a better option than mesh and bondo is......

I found what appered to be enuff screen for a storm door and what had to be 60 or 70 dollars worth of bondo on one section, I cant imagine how much in time and sand paper.......probably close to 100 bucks in materials.......the patch panel cost 35 bucks for that section.....

Originally Posted by shawnlee28

I found what appered to be enuff screen for a storm door and what had to be 60 or 70 dollars worth of bondo on one section, I cant imagine how much in time and sand paper.......probably close to 100 bucks in materials.......the patch panel cost 35 bucks for that section.....

Not to hijack, but I saw a guy at the USN hobby shop garage working on a really nice Willys coupe - it had been smacked in back below the trunk, and he decided to just bondo it. Problem is the dent was about five inches deep, and two feet wide He put in a bunch of 1/2" carriage bolts to "anchor" the repair, and proceeded to build up a bondo "patch" filling the void. That guy must have put at least five gallons of bondo on that panel before they shot is competition orange. Looked fantastic, but not sure for how long.....

Yeah, we had a car in for repair at the shop one time, ground out an old quarter panel repair..............................it had chunks of 2x4 in there for filler beneath the mud. Always a fun conversation with the insurance adjuster when they were loath to pay for an "upgrade" and we insisted on controlling what we put our name on. They ended up paying to replace the panel.