Thread: Body Filler and Lead: One Man's Opinions
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Old 01-30-2007, 05:38 PM
John B. John B. is offline
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Originally Posted by GoldCloverLeaf View Post
Ok last post i swear :P

Taken from another one of Mikes informative posts:

"As people have mentioned elsewhere, many will prime the entire car with epoxy and do the bodywork on top of the epoxy. The advantage to this is the epoxy protects the metal while the bodywork is being completed. The disadvantage is the body filler creates a stronger bond to bare metal than to epoxy. The manufacturers officially do not recommend this, but will admit that it has its advantages. I do not do this."
Epoxy primers such as PPG DPLF work as adhesion promoters for the fillers applied over them. I'm surprised to read that any professional would still be applying filler over bare metal. I've used DP & DPLF primers as a base on all my restoration work since it was first introduced. That includes 17 years doing show quality restoration of vintage/antique motorcycles for customers all over the U.S. & have never had a failure.
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