Post by redhed83402 on Oct 13, 2015 5:44:22 GMT -8
And i now have a serious appreciation for what you folks are about here. It is an entire pdf on how to bondo & silicone & paint a trailer back to looking good, but not actually being good. I think this must be why you all are so against paint & goop. I have to admit it, i was sort of annoyed about the whole goop free thing, ~ especially if it looks like it will work for several years, but what i wasn't understanding is that there are some seriously unscrupulous folks using all manner of goop & paint to pawn off a perfectly rotted rat trap on the unsuspecting buyer, making it look like it was rebuilt, when in fact, it was just re-bondo'ed.
I'm not against bondo in a certain situations (like my door knob striker plate thing that needed a little piece filled in), but this guy was promoting it to fix an ENTIRE ROOF SEAM AREA. It seems to me like the rot would still be there ~ am i wrong?t That would still compromise the safety of the trailer, wouldn't it? I mean, is bondo structurally sound? That seems like crazy talk....
This pdf also showed how to actually paint away the rot, rather than fix it! It showed using paints to basically color over the rot spots....
I may not want to or be able to do a full frame off restoration of my trailers, but i sure the heck would NEVER dream of pawning off rot & bondo as a safe vintage camping trailer. That is some scary stuff. And now i see thw push behind documentation, as well ~ you can totally prove that you put the CORRECT effort into whatever you CAN do.
So, thanks again, folks, i appreciate the honesty & integrity you all are promoting & enabling!
~Carol~
I'm not against bondo in a certain situations (like my door knob striker plate thing that needed a little piece filled in), but this guy was promoting it to fix an ENTIRE ROOF SEAM AREA. It seems to me like the rot would still be there ~ am i wrong?t That would still compromise the safety of the trailer, wouldn't it? I mean, is bondo structurally sound? That seems like crazy talk....
This pdf also showed how to actually paint away the rot, rather than fix it! It showed using paints to basically color over the rot spots....
I may not want to or be able to do a full frame off restoration of my trailers, but i sure the heck would NEVER dream of pawning off rot & bondo as a safe vintage camping trailer. That is some scary stuff. And now i see thw push behind documentation, as well ~ you can totally prove that you put the CORRECT effort into whatever you CAN do.
So, thanks again, folks, i appreciate the honesty & integrity you all are promoting & enabling!
~Carol~
