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- Hey, this is Donny Smith,
and welcome to another Eastwood Video Series.
Why is this the Eastwood Video Series?
It's because we'll be using a lot of the Eastwood products,
and you can visit our friends
at Eastwood by clicking right here.
Now in the last video we showed you how to straighten metal
on this Mustang that we're working on.
Some students and myself were working on this Mustang
and we're showing you step by step,
the steps that we take from start to finish.
In this video we're gonna show you
how to apply some body filler.
Now, we're using Eastwood body filler
and I'm also gonna provide you
what I think about this body filler.
Now before we continue or get started with the video,
I would like to talk about body filler real fast.
I mean, it's been around for years.
Everybody knows what it is.
Probably the first brand was Bondo.
A lot of people refer to it as Bondo.
But there is a difference in some of these body fillers.
You have your regular body fillers
and you have premium body fillers.
Now in the newer cars they have
zinc coatings for corrosion protection,
and for warranty reasons,
if you're working on the newer cars
you need body filler that has zinc in it
as well for the corrosion protection.
So if you're working on older cars,
restoration, you'll probably get by with
just using some of the older body fillers.
But newer cars you really need to use a premium body filler.
In fact, the premium seems to spread smoother
and it sands easier, so, really,
I recommend using premium on everything.
So if you're looking for a body filler,
that's some things you may consider.
Alright, enough talk.
Let's get started.
Okay, with any brand or type of body filler,
it has a hardener,
and it comes in different colors,
but I think it's all basically the same thing.
But you wanna knead it.
You want to mix it up real good in the tube.
If not, it will separate
and a liquidy substance will come out
and it won't be real consistent.
Okay, now I've got the Eastwood body filler,
and this is a premium body filler that they have,
and this is actually my first time to ever try this.
And I use a paint stick to get it out of the can,
and apply the amount that I need on the mixing board.
Now it's important, you notice,
that I'm putting the lid back on it.
If you leave the lid off even for a short time
off the body filler, it's gonna get hard,
and it's not gonna spread right.
So always put the lid back on the body filler.
Now, I feel like I got a little bit
too much hardener there so I put some aside.
And usually you go from one side
to the other side with your hardener,
and that's gonna be the right amount.
And you don't wanna stir the body filler
or whip it, like with a paint stick.
You wanna kinda work the air bubbles out.
Because if you have air bubbles,
by mixing it, that's gonna create pinholes
whenever you sand it, so I'm kinda mixing this
in one direction trying not to stir it up.
'Cause anytime you stir something,
it's gonna create more air bubbles in the product.
Another thing, I should have done this first,
but I'm gonna put some tape on that edge real fast.
And that'll just eliminate body filler
wrapping around that edge there.
I don't need it there,
and that's just gonna be extra clean-up
and sanding and things like that.
So I'm gonna put some tape there just to keep it off.
Now I can apply all I want to,
and if it gets over on the tape, that's okay.
'Cause I'm gonna pull the tape here in a little bit.
Like with any of the body filler, same principle.
You push down hard with a tight coat
and then you follow a fill coat
where you allow it to build up some.
Now with a body line in the case of this Mustang,
you notice I'm working one side of the body line
and then the other trying to build
a sharper point for the body line.
Body lines can be difficult when straightening
or working your body filler,
but if you'll keep it separate,
that's what is gonna work out.
Not trying to do it all with one pass.
Before I pulled that tape,
I let it set up just a little bit
and then I pulled the tape.
Now I'm gonna talk more about block sanding,
but first, let's check in,
and I'll show you what the students
had been up to before this point.
To find the lows and highs,
you notice that we're blocking that.
You can see a student blocking that quarter panel back there
and that's where we find the lows and highs
that we've talked about in this video.
And you also see students on the roof panel
on different parts of the car.
And when we have a lot of people working on this,
you're doing a lot of things at one time,
so it's kinda hard to go step by step
because we're doing a lot of steps at one time.
But just kinda want to show you
a little progress that they're making.
And here's a close-up of them blocking.
Getting it ready to locate all the highs and lows.
He's masking off that back glass, the molding,
so that we don't scratch that when we're blocking.
And we're blocking the surfaces with some 320.
And that's gonna help us,
if there's any lows, stay glossy in that area.
Now he's masking the front window
so that we don't scratch that
when we're blocking that area.
And there's also some disassembly that
we're still doing at this point getting it ready.
So a lot of different things going on.
Staying busy.
Students stayed real busy.
You kinda see some of the progress that they're making.
Okay, now back to the block sanding,
and I talked about applying the body filler
one side of the body line at a time.
Well, when you're block sanding,
you wanna do the same thing.
You wanna sand one side of the body filler
and then the other side separately.
What I mean is that flat surface that I'm sanding right now,
I'm not sanding over that line.
So I wanna get that.
Now I'm on the top side,
and I'm sanding down to the body line.
So keep those sanding techniques separated.
Now I'm just gonna speed it up a bit
so I don't bore you with block sanding,
but I didn't wanna skip any of the steps either.
So I'm just continue block sanding.
I'm using 80 grit.
And it's a small area.
I didn't really wanna use 36.
Now, when I was block sanding,
I realize there's still a little bit of low area,
so I mixed up a little bit more body filler
and I'm gonna apply some more body filler on there.
I put the tape back on so that the body filler
doesn't wrap around the edge there.
And apply the filler.
And anytime you apply it,
be sure that you clean the surface.
Blow it off.
And mix it like we talked about earlier.
Okay, now that I have it mixed up and applied,
I'm gonna sand that using 80 grit, getting it sanded down.
Now, this body filler really sanded really good.
It really surprised me.
Had some students try it,
and they really liked it on some different projects,
and different spots on this car,
and they really liked it too.
And so, really impressed with the body filler.
It's real creamy, goes on smooth and sands easy.
Okay, I've got it almost right.
Not perfect yet.
You wanna leave a little bit for your final sanding here.
Before I switch to 150 grit,
I am going to apply some guide coat.
So I put the tape on to keep from
getting guide coat where I don't want it.
I'm just gonna put a little bit of guide coat in that area.
Now I'm gonna switch sandpapers from 80 to 150 grit.
And basically, the 150 gets rid of the 80 grit scratches.
Now I'm following the same technique.
You know, I'm cross-sanding like
I've talked about in a lot of the other videos,
and sanding one side of the body line at a time.
(murmuring) so I don't bore you with the sanding process.
It takes a little bit of time to get it right.
Okay, now the body liner was real sharp.
Now I'm slightly gonna go over the body line
just to make it the same roundness.
I mean, you don't want it so sharp you could shave with it.
You want it to match the existing body line.
So I had to slightly go over to give it the same shape
as the rest of the quarter panel there.
And got it to feeling good.
Got it sanded with 150,
and with this filler, don't even feel I need any putty.
Well, that wraps it up for this video.
And as far as the Eastwood body filler,
hey, I really like it.
I give it a thumbs up.
It spreads on really nice, it sands easy,
and we didn't even use any putty on this.
We got it finished out
and we're ready to prime.
Now in some of my videos I fixed one area
and show you how to prime that area,
but we're not gonna do that with this car.
We're gonna get all the bodywork done.
The students are working on
the other dents right now as we speak,
and once we get everything done,
we'll prime everything at the same time.
As always, I really appreciate you watching this video,
and if you liked it, be sure and give us a thumbs up.
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I hope you have a safe and productive week,
and we'll see you in the next video.
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