I would have just tapped out the low spots with a hammer and dolly, sanded the paint down to bare metal where I could see or feel dips. Fill the low spots with body filler/bondo over bare metal. Sanded until it was relatively flat. That is where you are at now. Then I would have sprayed a primer/surfacer over the whole piece, sprayed the black dust coat and blocked it to find low/high spots. You should apply a catalyzed surface putty now over the primer where you have air holes. It is much finer than the bondo. The surfacer putty should be applied anywhere you have low spots unless they are real low, if real low sand down to bondo and reapply more bondo. I wouldn't apply your skim filling over the whole thing, no need. A primer/surfacer put on good and think will do the same thing with less effort in applying and sanding out. If you apply bondo over bondo you should have no problem with layering, use the same product though. I would suggest catalyzed products. Rob
-----Original Message----- Ok folks I have a question on skim filling. My Spitfire bonnet has got small dents in it (Well, so what I can hear you say, thats part and parcel of owning a Spit)......so I put a skim of filler over the whole bonnet, I gave it a light dusting of black spray paint and got to work with a block and sandpaper. I finished this off with my DA. The black spray showed me i had some dips so I then gave it a second skim of filler to fill in the dips, I gave the whole bonnet a skim not just the dips. Same routine again. Now I still have some small holes where some air got trapped (my fault, but I will get better...I promise) after sanding down and DA'ing. Finally I have got round to asking the all important question........... Is it ok to just fill in these small holes with filler and sand down or would i create a 'layering' problem. Do I have to do another skim over the whole bonnet a third time.? Would appreciate some help on this one please. /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
