Bodytwerk

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 02/24/2017 at 10:17 • Filed to: None

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Skimmed some bondo all over the Mustang

We’ll see how that turns out later. Unfortunately the weather is rapidly going to shit and I don’t think I’m going to accomplish anywhere near what I wanted to this weekend.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/24/2017 at 10:37

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[clenches chest]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/24/2017 at 10:49

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I may try to do the insane hipster version of that this weekend.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/24/2017 at 11:29

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Sweet heavens what.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 02/24/2017 at 11:30

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0 fucks given bodywork.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/24/2017 at 11:42

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Lead. It’s where the term “lead-sled” came from.

Hipster reference is the irony of bringing back old-school techniques.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/24/2017 at 11:45

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Melting tin and/or lead alloy into cracks and holes with a torch (solder) instead of plastic filler. You smooth it while hot with hickory paddles dipped in tallow.

It’s the old-school way to do it, hence “lead sled” for an old custom Mercury/etc. The guy in this video, Gene Winfield, is one of the legends:

I’ve got all the supplies now.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheRealBicycleBuck 02/24/2017 at 11:45

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So... they’re soldering body panels onto the car?

TheRealBicycleBuck > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/24/2017 at 11:55

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No. The panels are bolted on. The lead is used to smooth over the panel gaps.

http://www.autobody101.com/content/articles/working-with-body-solder-lead/

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/24/2017 at 12:33

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In the image I provided, the guy has already welded on a replacement panel and is leading the seam smooth exactly like bondo. Only, it’s better, because it works down into the cracks and seals, it bonds to the metal, it strengthens the seam, and it won’t crack off.

Monkey B > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/24/2017 at 16:27

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you’re not mixing it thoroughly, the grey areas wont cure. It needs to be a consistent color throughout.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/24/2017 at 16:33

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The grey spots are the underlying metal showing through the bondo because it’s literally just a super-thin skim over the surface