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Had a veteran bodyman tell me I was burning through filler too fast
Old timer at the shop I sub for pulled me aside last Tuesday and said I was laying filler way too thick on the first pass. He showed me how to do two thin passes instead of one fat one, and it cut my sanding time by almost half on a quarter panel I was doing on a 2017 F-150. Anyone else pick up a dumb habit that took a seasoned guy pointing it out to fix?
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samk771mo ago
Picked up the same habit when I started out. I used to lay it on thick thinking it would save time, but it just meant more sanding and a lot of wasted material. After a buddy showed me to feather it out in thin layers, I stopped fighting with low spots and the finish came out way cleaner. What kind of filler were you using before you switched up your technique?
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grant4781mo ago
My buddy Mike used to do the same thing on his old Dodge Charger, laying filler on like peanut butter on a sandwich. Took him forever to sand it down until another guy at the shop showed him the thin coat trick.
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