I just cant seem to get it to match the contour of its surrounding area.

 

hmm interesting but what surroundings are we talking about, have some experience with filling, just look at me project, "here we go.."

 

i have done some filling well me and my bro smoothed front and bak bumper. always fill it higher than you need to and use a flat sanding block with ruff paper to start . thats the only tip i can give you. hope it helps

 

Just re read my posting.

 

RST_lee, soz m8, no clues except "contours", "surroundings", try and solve the riddle
or it might me being slow at English or to dumb in catching the clue soz

 

Actually all my fault. Being perverse and mis read your post.
Just looking at your thread now. Apologies. English is fine it was me

 

RST_lee, thx Ben

 

the haynes manual has a quick easy and details pic process of filling a dent or bridging a hole

 

get ya self a good rubbing down block and its a case of trial and error mate ,fill rub refill rub more etc

good tip is to spray over the repair with a different colour , then rub down if ya need more filler in the different colour paint will be left in dents etc repeat rinse and u should have it some where near sorted.

 

this is called spotting when you spray the filler with paint as it shows the high and low parts of the filler but once you have think you have finshed filling your repair there is another product which is like a putty and it fills up the little pinholes that your eyes won't really pick up

 

if your fillering onto metal then make sure you scratch the surface up with some ruff sandpaper, it'l help the filler stick and make it easyer to feather the edges out. And buy some bigger spreaders, use the small one you get with the filler to mix it, then use the bigger ones to spread it, that way you don't get filler all over the spreader and your hands

 

Cheers guys.

 

Anyone know what this product is ?

 

Haynes call it stopper paste

 

Personal preferance, but I like Plastic Padding rather than anything else.

My old man used it exclusivly in his bodyshop even though it was dear, best stuff he recons.

Always remove the paint from the fillered areas or you'll get a 'shadow' in the paint.

Filler should be used to finish the surface, not build it up.

Put several thin skims on, rather than one thick one.

Once filled, we used to brush paint primer onto the filled areas to get a high build, then wet flat it off, found it filled any scratches well. Then primed over the top again with the spray.

 

Craig,

where do you get this plastic padding from ?

 

its also called celulose putty or ya can buy filler primer too thats yellowy

 

you can also get some regular filler and "water" it down using mineral spirits to get a thin paste to fill thes tiny holes. it sets just as hard as filler.

 

personally i swear by UPOL easy sand filler and the stuff you want for filling really tiny holes, pin pricks etc is Holts cataloy knifing putty. Its available from halfords in a small tube for about 4 quid.

 

Dunno if its been said, but always use more filler than you need. For instance if you got a dink in a panel that is about 1/2 an inch wide, then fill 4-5 inches around it and blend it in, that way you get a nice finish and don't have to fuck about too much.