Using Bondo
11-26-07, 01:58 AM
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Using Bondo
I'm planning on getting an old frame powdercoated. It has some pretty serious chainsuck (no rupture of the tube though) and a tiny little ding on the top tube. Would bondo be the best way to go for something like this? Would it hold-up to the baking process in a powdercoat? A tube replacement seems overkill.
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No. The frame needs to be completely bare. It sucks I know. I have an aluminum frame with a pretty serious garage door dent on the top tube but after all was said and done it didn't come out to bad.
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I could be completely wrong on this, but I've heard that this stuff called "Lab Metal" will work for powder coating.
Check it: https://www.lab-metal.com/
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Check it: https://www.lab-metal.com/
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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" Lab Metal" or" Pyro Putty" are the same thing and both do work for powder coating
I used Pyro Putty to make filets on a Shifter kart aluminum seat before powder coating. expensive stuff though. a pint can was $35 4 years ago
Another fabricator I know swears that Permatex muffler putty works just as well.
I used Pyro Putty to make filets on a Shifter kart aluminum seat before powder coating. expensive stuff though. a pint can was $35 4 years ago
Another fabricator I know swears that Permatex muffler putty works just as well.
12-03-07, 04:14 PM
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I'm going to proclaim my ignorance on the subject of powder coating, but if temperature is an issue, JB Weld (all purpose epoxy mix) can withstand temps up to 500F. Once hardened, you can sand it down flush.
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Old body work used to be done with lead solder filler, low enough temp to not affect the metal structure. Easily workable. I would consider that. Propane torch, lead & flux for a good fill. (steel frame of course)
Would that work for powder coat?
Would that work for powder coat?
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FWIW, a couple of days ago I ended up with a dent in the frame I'm currently building. (So much for the experimental chainstay indenting system 
) So I took my own advice and filled the dent with silver, and then filed it into shape. Took probably ten minutes, and the dent is not detectable with eyes or touch. I can't imagine bothering with anything else, Bondo included.
) So I took my own advice and filled the dent with silver, and then filed it into shape. Took probably ten minutes, and the dent is not detectable with eyes or touch. I can't imagine bothering with anything else, Bondo included.
