More body issues

[Montecarlo79]

More bondo found at both driver and passenger corner, not a shocker, should I put more on?

 

[spongbob]

View attachment 255301More bondo found at both driver and passenger corner, not a shocker, should I put more on?

If I would I would use less hardner so that it remained semi hard kind of gummie

 

[Montecarlo79]

If I would I would use less hardner so that it remained semi hard kind of gummie

I picked at it more and it is gummie, I’ll try that just making it look neat and not crap

 

[WanaBa442]

Putting more Bondo on that is like putting a Bandaid on a melanoma. It'll cover it up and make it look better, but the cancer underneath will still grow....
Depends on your end goal I guess.

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

Bondo absorbs moisture like a sponge and rots metal faster.

 

[Montecarlo79]

Bondo absorbs moisture like a sponge and rots metal faster.

What’s left is thin metal covered in about 1/4” of bondo so does that mean that the original just rotted away so much that whoever “repaired it” put that much, I want to know what the original looks like so I can know if I need to weld in something new or just cover it?

 

[jcelk]

the factory globed on seam sealer there i bet that is what you are seeing

 

[Montecarlo79]

the factory globed on seam sealer there i bet that is what you are seeing

Ok, I will strip it because it’s rusty, wire wheel it a bit and then out rust converter+seam sealer

 

[-dw-]

the factory globed on seam sealer there i bet that is what you are seeing

Over 20yrs ago the floors on my 84 soaked went the car got wet. The factory sealer cracked allowing water in. I picked out all the old sealer and used silicon to seal it back up.

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

The best seam sealer is two part, 2k epoxy sealer. It's best to paint the area with 2 part epoxy primer, then seal with epoxy seam sealer, then recoat with more epoxy primer, then topcoat with 2 part urethane.