 Using bondo to fill pad cracks, ??? |
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| VaccaRabite |
 Sep 29 2008, 08:49 AM
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En Garde!  Group: Admin Posts: 13,445 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region  |
I read a thread a while back (back in the club days) about using bondo to fill cracks in the dash and suck.
For my dash, I'm just capping it. However, my targa pad is cracked, and I was thinking about this as an alternative. Does anyone have experience with it? My guess would be to cut away the bad material and fill with filler in stages. What would then be used to paint or stain everything black again? Do I want to "seal" the crack with epoxy or some such first? How would I keep the foam and vynal to keep from pulling away from the body filler over time, creating a new, bigger crack? Zach |
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| iamchappy |
Sep 29 2008, 09:13 AM
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It all happens so fast! Group: Members Posts: 4,893 Joined: 5-November 03 From: minnetonka, mn Member No.: 1,315 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
I've used firm black seam sealer with good results.
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| Phoenix-MN |
Sep 29 2008, 09:22 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 927 Joined: 23-January 04 From: ST. Bonifacius,MN Member No.: 1,590 |
I used the flexible bumper filler on my dash but it was then covered afterwards
 Paul |
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| VaccaRabite |
Sep 29 2008, 09:32 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,445 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(iamchappy @ Sep 29 2008, 10:13 AM)  I've used firm black seam sealer with good results. Hey, thats an idea. I have a lot of that left over too.... Zach |
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| smdubovsky |
Sep 30 2008, 08:38 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 331 Joined: 27-September 04 From: Silver Spring, MD Member No.: 2,837 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Zach, I've used a vinyl repair kit for my 911 dash. You work some of the goop down into the crack, cover w/ a matching texture pad, then add heat. Voila, almost indistinguishable. Its flexible too so should survive a little longer. If the crack is deep, you might want to fill w/ foam first.
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| r_towle |
Sep 30 2008, 10:48 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,576 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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The foam is some polyeurethane blend.
If you can find a foam place (foamation.com) you can buy the two part foam, make a mold out of aluminum foil to contain it and pour new foam in the cleaned out crack. the new foam will heat up the old foam and bond with it, then use the vinyl repair kit (if that is the route you are taking) I would suspect that anything firm like bondo would fall out over time. Rich |
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| Sleepin |
Sep 30 2008, 02:09 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,647 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Grand Junction, Co. Member No.: 8,357 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I just used Bondo's bumper repair kit to fix the targa seal on the 73. Actually really nice to use. The seal had 2 4" long flaps that were sticking straight up. The bumper repair kit comes in a 2 cylinder epoxy syringe. Just mix up and apply lightly, then sand it down to match. Two or three applications and now you can hardly tell that the tears were there. Fairly flexible, so I am confident it will last a while. We will see.
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| tracks914 |
Sep 30 2008, 04:23 PM
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Canadian Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,083 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Timmins, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 153 Region Association: None  |
I used 5 minute epoxy on a bunch of cracks, then painted it with vinyl paint to match. Looks good and hasn't re-cracked yet.
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| Dr Evil |
Sep 30 2008, 09:11 PM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 23,000 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Keyston Brothers makes a filler product:
http://www.keystonbros.com/markets.html#miscanch You can call them to ask. |
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