Car body filler

[jpt]

HI

To fill large cracks etc in a piece I usually use resin mixed with acrylic to give me the colour I want but for the piece I am working on this is not working due to the shape of it.

I need a paste for this piece, in the past I have used car body filler but the only ones I have seen dry either grey, pink or white and I need black.

So does anyone know of a filler that dries black or one I can add acrylic paint or some other colouring to please.

john

 

[jasonB]

You can buy fillers to add to resins to make them into thicker pastes for filleting etc as well as black pigment.

West Systems do fillers, have a look at East Cost for supplies

http://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk/c ... wders.aspx

Jason

 

[jumps]

you can get pigments from a GRP retailer that will be suited to epoxy or grp based fillers - used to pigment gel coats to most colours (nowadays they really do use some extreme coloured gel coats on boats!). The car body fillers are only resin pre mixed with filler or stand.

 

[PsyMan]

I used to work for a GRP company, all of the stuff we made were determined by the pigments in the gel coats (which were also simple resins) so I guess its all about pigments/dyes. Resin is resin I suppose. (Admittadly I just trimmed the stuff with a diamond cutter and never actually made anything), many years ago though.

 

[tekno.mage]

Black car body filler did exist. I saw it used by a demonstrator (can't remember who) at one of our turning club meetings about 18 months ago. I can't remember what make it was, but I do remember it came in a yellow tub and the demonstrator said he'd bought it in Halfords.

 

[jpt]

Thanks for all the replies I will have a look around.

john

 

[TEP]

What your looking for is either Plastic Padding Chemical Metal, or Leak Fix, can't remember which is the black one. Once you find the right one it hardens to a dirty grey. Changes to black when a finish is applied.

 

[como]

I've recently been watching a couple of Mick Hanbury's dvd's and he uses 'Leak Fix' filler because it dries black.

I think this maybe what Kym is referring to as it is in yellow packaging and available from Halfords. http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_223933_langId_-1_categoryId_165691

Hope this helps

 

[tekno.mage]

Ah yes - that explains it - I saw it at Mick Hanbury's demo

 

[jpt]

Thank you off to Halfords, after qualifying.

john