Originally Posted by
gugie
Bondo won't stop a crack from propagating, but it will stop water and sweat intrusion. That's an area that gets a heavy dose of dripping sweat, so cleaning and filling or covering it makes sense to me as a minimum.
I don't disagree. Where we probably differ is on the strength of a brass filler. While stronger than bondo, it is still extremely soft when compared to steel and I don't think it will do much to stop a crack from propagating.