My Milkshake...
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As I am (finally) nearing completion of my kickpanel enclosures I had finally reached the point where the basic structure was pretty much finished and I just needed to correct minor surface imperfections. That said, I decided to try making what's known as a milkshake. You make a milkshake by mixing body filler and fiberglass resin. I made a batch yesterday and I as amazed at how smooth it went on due to it's self-leveling characteristics but I made it with too little hardener so this morning it was still not dry. I decided a second coat with more hardener (almost too much) would do the trick. The second coat is nearly dry and it's looking great. I figure I should be able to sand off any drips (it was a thin milkshake and I hung them to dry) this weekend. Now all I need to do is to find vinyl that matches. If anyone knows a match let me know. A local bodyshop says they can custom mix some vinyl dye for me but I bet that's pricey. Here's some pics:
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Mark
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Mark
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Originally Posted by cherryBox
i wish i knew more about fabbing those sorts of things, but looks like it's gonna be a biscuit to sand.
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Originally Posted by mfenske
I am using the Evercoat Liteweight body filler.
Originally Posted by mfenske
Bondo, that stuff sucks. Mark
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Nice work, mfenske!
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i have to interject in this bondo discussion. if you know how to use bondo, for example me who works with it every day at my job, then it is an amazing thing. but if you dont knwo how to use it...run....run far far away.
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The point of making a milkshake is so you can sand it in the "green stage" meaning when the milkshake is close to being cured you start sanding it and it should sand off like parmisian cheese taking off all of the high spots on your kicks. If you let that thing fully cure then you will have a much harder time sanding it down than if you used just body filler. I'm not an expert but I think thats how it's supposed to be done.
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Originally Posted by xBOOGIE
The point of making a milkshake is so you can sand it in the "green stage" meaning when the milkshake is close to being cured you start sanding it and it should sand off like parmisian cheese taking off all of the high spots on your kicks. If you let that thing fully cure then you will have a much harder time sanding it down than if you used just body filler. I'm not an expert but I think thats how it's supposed to be done.