Body Filler

[huw]

In the middle of doing the body work. Need some filler next. whats the best stuff to get?

[Shug]

I used dinitrol 6030 stuff. Not the cheapest but seems a lot better than some other stuff I've tried.

[Alf]

Hi,

There's all sorts of fillers available these days, to me, the most important thing is ease of application, followed by ease of sanding, from my recent experience, 'U-Pol Easy-Lite Filler' is great, it's really easy to apply, you can be very accurate and avoid hours of sanding, I use that for all the major imperfections, then to finish off with I can recommend 'Bodyline Soft Sand Polyester Stopper' The U-Pol you can get most anywhere, I think Halfords sell it? The Bodyline stopper can only be bought through Brown Brothers as far as I know? If you use these in conjunction with a good primer filler, I use U-Pol P.88. the results can be amazing with the minimum amount of effort!!

Cheers,

Alf.

[mantadoc]

Moved from "Projects" to "Basic Tech help" as this appears to be a question not a project

[huw]

ok, sorry. Thanks for the tips. Would it be easier to do the sanding with an air orbital sander or a air palm sander?

[taylorblue5]

Just do it by hand, best results. I also use "easy one" as base then "top stop" and to finish "dolphin glaze" The results can be seen on my project page, E36 GRN.

[monzta]

I use a polyester filler with a hardener (2 component) that can be bought pretty much everywhere. The current product i am using dry up pretty fast, and is easy to grind in hand. Gets a very smooth surface. Don´t use epoxy based products, they tend to be hard to grind, and can also take a while to dry...