Classic Car Restoration: Body Work : How to Mix Body Filler for Car Restoration


Learn how to mix regular body filler when doing body work and restoring a car in this free DIY car-restoration video from our expert mechanic and body shop owner. Expert: Doug Jenkins Bio: Doug, of Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods, not only servers the entire nation, but even customers outside the US have found the shop's services indispensable. Filmmaker: Ross Safronoff

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12 Responses

  1. thats not top of the range filler either , you see how runny it is ... he must of blasted that with the air gun to get that fucker to dry lol evern with all that hardner .

  2. u guys obviously havent worked with body filler. More hardener means it will actually harden slower and not set correctly.

  3. lol he used far too much hardener here, surprised it didnt set when he was mixing it lol

  4. 1 to 5% hardener haha nice move there Doug..+ to much hardener can also cause the filler not to harder at all!

  5. great video, but too much hardener really just makes it harden superfast. it also makes the hardened glob get super hot, like it was in an oven.

  6. Yea I would have used less, but for the video demonstration i guess they felt a larger quantity would be a better visual representation. Would be nice for the original poster to say something about it.

  7. i can see youre point, but the guy here did use way too much hardner. but it would be stupid if he wanted it to dry quickly when he has a pound of filler there that he cant get spread out in time before it dries. wasteful...

  8. nice comments with little thought. Maybe the guy wanted a hot mix due to colder weather conditions or many other reasons. Don't be so quick to judge just because it's not the way you do it.

  9. i thought it was gonna show the guy applying the filler. I need to see the shit being done..

  10. Way too much hardener. And the mixing of it would of made pin holes. I never use that much hardener or mix my filler that way.

  11. and who the fuck r u looks like this guy nose car restoration

  12. dude u guys used way too much hardener when u mixed this and u arent supposed to fold it over itself because wen u stick it on the car it will cause air bubbles
    duh!!!!!!!!!!