Remember when we used to fill rust holes with newspaper and bondo?

Back in the late 90s I was at a shop in Phoenix and that's what the old guy taught me. Stuff newspaper in the hole, slather bondo over it, sand and paint. Lasted maybe 6 months before it bubbled. Now I cut out the rot entirely and weld in a patch panel every time. Took me until about 2015 to finally stop cutting corners on rust repair. You guys still see guys doing the newspaper trick or did that die out?

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nathang6711d ago

Read this morning that some guys still use mesh tape and filler over rust.

fiona_nelson5111d ago

Well ain't that a blast from the past, haven't seen newspaper bondo in years thank goodness.