Two Part Body Filler Available In Smaller Quantities?

[oldcarfan]

I prefer using EverCoat or Bondo two part fillers over lacquer based tube putties, but I don't use enough to make it worth buying a whole can. For some reason I remember there being a two part filler that came in a tube kind of like Tamiya putty but with a smaller tube of activator. No idea of what brand it could have been. I can't find mention of it anywhere, so am I just imagining it?

[OldNYJim]

Bondo sells a smaller tube of their two-part stuff, with an even smaller tube of activator right in the box…that’s the one I like.  AutoZone or places like that usually carry it…

[gman]

Tamiya also offers a 2 part polyester putty with hardener. 

https://www.tamiya.com/english/products/87097putty/index.htm

The last time I bought some EverCoat Eurosoft, I got the smallest can on the store shelves (which is good for many years of model building if the can is sealed up properly and the product is mixed after settling/separating). 

[ColonelKrypton]

6 hours ago, gman said:

Tamiya also offers a 2 part polyester putty with hardener.

Good stuff but (here in Canada at least) this small 40g tube is about 2/3'rds the price of a small ( 397g ) can of Bondo 2 part putty ( the last one I bought ). With care I can use the same can of Bondo for about a year before it thickens and separates to the point that I feel the need to replace it and I will have used about 1/4 to 1/2 of the can by then.

Tamiya also has a UV light cure putty. A bit pricey. I haven't tried it yet but I have used Solarez UV cure polyester resin and it works well. UV cure resins are popular for use with artificial finger nails and such.

cheers, Graham

 

[ColonelKrypton]

Meant to post some links:

Tamiya UV curing putty:

https://www.sunwardhobbies.ca/tamiya-light-curing-putty-34g-87076/

and, it seems that Mr Hobby has their similar product:

https://www.sunwardhobbies.ca/mr-uv-curing-clear-putty-p130/

cheers, Graham

 

[Mike 1017]

Auto parts stores and Wal-Mart sell 3.oz tubes of Bondo and hardener. Sometimes separately or in one package

[ctruss53]

Bondo works great and they sell a smaller spot filler putty. But it has a strong odor.

I started a thread about finding the right putty and got some unexpected results.

First, I also do not like the lacquer-based putties that are sold by Tamiya and Mr Hobby. They are great because you can buy them in small portions, but they have a strong odor, and they shrink really bad. And they are not suitable for creating new material, like extending a part. They are weak.

My first discovery was a 2 part epoxy putty I saw someone use on youtube. They used the Tamiya two part epoxy putty. I couldn't find any locally. Even Amazon sellers were in China, so I looked for something else.  I ended up buying something from Green Stuff World, but it cured flexible. And it didn't bond to the plastic.

In the thread I created people told me to use CA glue and micro bubbles as a filler. Micro bubbles are hard to buy in small quantities, so I looked for other options.

On Amazon you can buy nail sculpting and filling powder. This is a fine powder that you mix into a thick CA glue. It thickens the CA glue so you can build with it.

I used this nail powder in slow curing CA glue with success.  I was able to do some sculpting with the mix. It sands and shapes well. And you can scribe panel lines in it.

Another product I found that I like is Apoxie Sculpt. It is a two part epoxy putty that has a 1-3 hour working time, cures in a day, and is a little easier to sand and shape after it is cured than the CA and powder mix.

 

Hope this helps.

[oldcarfan]

Thanks, guys, I was pretty sure I'd seen something like that, but the local Walmart didn't have it. Now I know where to look!

Before I forget, a side bar. If you're using lacquer based putty and have to strip the body, Purple Cleaner and all those will also strip the putty so if you've done a lot of body work with that, be aware.

[Bainford]

3 hours ago, oldcarfan said:

 

Before I forget, a side bar. If you're using lacquer based putty and have to strip the body, Purple Cleaner and all those will also strip the putty so if you've done a lot of body work with that, be aware.

True that. I don't mind stripping paint and starting over, but I hate it when there is body work involved. I haven't yet used epoxy putty yet, though I have recently bought some from Tamiya. Are the epoxy puttys not bothered by paint stripper? I suppose it depends it all depends on the type of stripper.

[ctruss53]

5 minutes ago, Bainford said:

True that. I don't mind stripping paint and starting over, but I hate it when there is body work involved. I haven't yet used epoxy putty yet, though I have recently bought some from Tamiya. Are the epoxy puttys not bothered by paint stripper? I suppose it depends it all depends on the type of stripper.

My guess is that epoxy putty's should not be effected by paint strippers. They are an epoxy, not a lacquer or acrylic-based material.

But testing would be best.

[Mark]

I would expect to lose at least some of the epoxy or two-part putty when stripping the paint.  The stripper might not remove the putty, but at the very least will be absorbed into the surface.  Trying to prime and paint over that will become a cluster. 

I would try first to remove paint by sanding.  Next up would be stripping, with the proviso that the topmost putty will need to be sanded or ground off and redone.

[ctruss53]

Good point.  It might not remove the epoxy putty, but it could be absorbed. I didn't think of that.

[bobss396]

I have been using Bondo 1-part filler from Ace Hardware. I use so little that most sands off after it cures.

[Lone Wolf]

As mentioned previously, Bondo/3M has a 3oz or 3.5oz tube of 2-part glazing putty (complete w/smaller tube of catalyst/hardener). You can find it by Googling "bondo 801". I believe they also have another one under #807, possibly #907? But I don't know the differences between them?

[oldcarfan]

Thanks people for the replies. My local stores don't carry the small tubes of 2-part, so I've ordered some online. Appreciate the help.