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Jan 13, 2013 22:50:41 GMT
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Doing a bit of filler work, thing is when I mix some up, I always find it a bit dry, so it wants to drag, and when I only want to put a thin skim, it's not soft enough to give a smooth skim, So I have searched for body filler thinners, the only thing that looks like its for the purpose is from America, that kinda figures as when you see the shows on discovery they use filler that's much more fluid than we get here, what can I use to thin it down? I am not looking to have it runny, just a bit easier to skim a couple of mm, this is the American stuff www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUTO-PAINT-PLASTIC-HONEY-THINNER-FOR-BODY-FILLER-/390361640503?pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&hash=item5ae35dee37 |
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Last Edit: Jan 13, 2013 22:51:29 GMT by ianboyd
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RobinJI
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Jan 13, 2013 22:57:30 GMT
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Styrene's the stuff to use. Works really well to thin filler, or recover filler that's getting a bit old. This is the stuff I've always used: www.cfsnet.co.uk/acatalog/CFS_Catalogue__Styrene_279.htmlYou don't need a huge amount of it, just splash a little in a mix it in well, it works perfectly as it's essentially what they use to do it in the factory. |
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Last Edit: Jan 13, 2013 23:00:15 GMT by RobinJI
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Jan 13, 2013 22:58:04 GMT
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Upol's new fantastic is just that! Fantastic
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rodney
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top stop iseasy to apply if your doing smaller dents etc, or your just not mixing it right, or using old filler,.
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Ive added fibreglass resin before to make it runnier.
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For very thin applications and the finishing layer on normal filler i use Dolphin glaze,
They call it a Finishing Putty but its very runny filler. Infact looks very like what they use in america on those programs.
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Ive added fibreglass resin before to make it runnier. I might try that, as I already have some!  |
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RobinJI
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Jan 14, 2013 19:03:09 GMT
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Fibreglass resin will make it thinner, but also harder to sand. Filler is polyester resin based anyway, so it's already basically just fibreglass resin with a load of additives to bulk it out, make it stickier and make it easy to sand.
As I said, Styrene is the proper thinner to use with it, it's what's used by the manufacturers to thin it from new, and it's far from expensive. Try other stuff by all means if you've got it kicking about though.
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Jan 14, 2013 19:40:05 GMT
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Styrene's the stuff to use. Works really well to thin filler, or recover filler that's getting a bit old. This is the stuff I've always used: www.cfsnet.co.uk/acatalog/CFS_Catalogue__Styrene_279.htmlYou don't need a huge amount of it, just splash a little in a mix it in well, it works perfectly as it's essentially what they use to do it in the factory. I have ordered some of this! |
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