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December 7th 19, 11:12 PM
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Filling small holes in panel?
Any recommendations on what to use to fill small holes in an aluminum panel?
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December 7th 19, 11:24 PM
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Will bondo work?
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December 8th 19, 12:21 AM
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Filling small holes in panel?
TIG welder?
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December 8th 19, 12:39 AM
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Filling small holes in panel?
On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 4:24:07 PM UTC-7, soaringjac wrote:
Will bondo work? Bondo might work, but is brittle. You might want to look at an epoxy based filler that would be more flexible in the long run. AEROPOXY LIGHT from Spruce would likely be a better choice. For a few small holes you could try something like JB Weld. If you have some cotton flock, I would mix some with JB Weld and use that. It would provide an epoxy base with the structural strength of fiber to minimize cracking.
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December 8th 19, 12:45 AM
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Filling small holes in panel?
On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 5:39:40 PM UTC-7, Tim Taylor wrote:
On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 4:24:07 PM UTC-7, soaringjac wrote: Will bondo work? Bondo might work, but is brittle. You might want to look at an epoxy based filler that would be more flexible in the long run. AEROPOXY LIGHT from Spruce would likely be a better choice. For a few small holes you could try something like JB Weld. If you have some cotton flock, I would mix some with JB Weld and use that. It would provide an epoxy base with the structural strength of fiber to minimize cracking. Just saw that JB Weld makes a putty: SteelStik™ Epoxy Putty - 2 oz Looks like it would work as well.
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December 8th 19, 01:17 AM
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Filling small holes in panel?
On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 4:45:03 PM UTC-8, Tim Taylor wrote:
On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 5:39:40 PM UTC-7, Tim Taylor wrote: On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 4:24:07 PM UTC-7, soaringjac wrote: Will bondo work? Bondo might work, but is brittle. You might want to look at an epoxy based filler that would be more flexible in the long run. AEROPOXY LIGHT from Spruce would likely be a better choice. For a few small holes you could try something like JB Weld. If you have some cotton flock, I would mix some with JB Weld and use that. It would provide an epoxy base with the structural strength of fiber to minimize cracking. Just saw that JB Weld makes a putty: SteelStik™ Epoxy Putty - 2 oz Looks like it would work as well. Cool thanks Tim! I might give that SteelStik a try
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December 8th 19, 01:34 AM
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Filling small holes in panel?
How about your Silver and Gold badges!?
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December 8th 19, 01:41 AM
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Filling small holes in panel?
Haha
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December 8th 19, 02:52 AM
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Filling small holes in panel?
On Saturday, 7 December 2019 18:12:08 UTC-5, soaringjac wrote:
Any recommendations on what to use to fill small holes in an aluminum panel? How small?
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December 8th 19, 04:38 AM
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Filling small holes in panel?
On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 3:12:08 PM UTC-8, soaringjac wrote:
Any recommendations on what to use to fill small holes in an aluminum panel? Well I used the SteelStik and that seems to have worked great so far! I guess we will see how it holds over time
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