Anybody still use BONDO?

[Analog]

I live in the rust belt, and when I was in highschool, everyone had a 'bondomobile'. One guy I knew had a '72 Camaro with so much bondo on it, the rusty metal between bondo patches was holding the body together. He had to get rid of the car when the suspension system popped through the floorboards in the back of the car due to rust!! His nickname was 'bill-bondo'

 

[Mr N8]

Its been a long time since I've used the stuff. I filled a big dent in my station wagon with if, from having some crackhead back a trailer up at a stop sign, right over the hood of my car. Neither of us were insured, then. I am now.

Paintless Dent Repair and shorter life span (actually being able to afford new cars) of cars has eliminated the need for bondo.

 

[SWScorch]

I had to Bondo up my dad's old Isuzu last year before he got rid of it. I'll probably fill in some rust holes in my car with the stuff pretty soon. When you have holes all the way through your passenger door, it's not a good thing.

 

[notfred]

Yes, people still use bondo and other bodyfillers.

 

[Fritzo]

Funny Bondo story:

In high school, a guy I knew bought a '78 Trans Am (yee-ha!), and it ran great, but it just had a lot of rust. He removed all the rust and filled it in with Bondo, then he was going to take it to Macco to have it painted. He didn't sand down any of the "peaks" when he smeared the Bondo on (if you've ever worked with the stuff, it's like working with sticky frosting when wet, and then it hardens rock hard). We asked him about it and he said "Aww...they'll sand in down before they paint it at Macco." Well, he got his car back two days later, and it had a nice shiney black paintjob, but they didn't sand down the Bondo! His car looked like a hedgehog with all these hard spikes sticking out of it. Heheheh...I still LMAO when I think about that! I wish I had pictures I wonder where that car is today.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Funny Bondo story:

In high school, a guy I knew bought a '78 Trans Am (yee-ha!), and it ran great, but it just had a lot of rust. He removed all the rust and filled it in with Bondo, then he was going to take it to Macco to have it painted. He didn't sand down any of the "peaks" when he smeared the Bondo on (if you've ever worked with the stuff, it's like working with sticky frosting when wet, and then it hardens rock hard). We asked him about it and he said "Aww...they'll sand in down before they paint it at Macco." Well, he got his car back two days later, and it had a nice shiney black paintjob, but they didn't sand down the Bondo! His car looked like a hedgehog with all these hard spikes sticking out of it. Heheheh...I still LMAO when I think about that! I wish I had pictures I wonder where that car is today.

Probably well into its next lifetime.. recycled and melted down, only to become a Honda engine block, a Toyota crankshaft, and a Nissan frame.

 

[Vette73]

I use Bondo fiber. A little harder to work with but much stronger, and I plan on keeping my 75 Monza for a long time.

 

[radioouman]

I used it on my 86 Plymouth Reliant, and my friend's 87 Dodge Dakota. The Reliant had a rusted out jack point in the right rear, so I filled it with bondo so it wouldn't leak. Hope no one needs to jack on the car there!

 

[HiTek21]

We use to use bondo for making model cars for a school project each year, Made some pretty nice models too. Just wish they had digital cameras back then to take pictures.