2 Putty Questions?!?!

[fullbloodchop01]

first question:
1) how do you guys apply your putty to large/small areas?
2) Bondo Spot and Glazing putty seems to be very liquidy and runny, and hard to appply to small areas, how can i prevent this?

[daggerlee]

1.) Large areas, use a worn out X-acto blade as a trowel. Small areas, with tooth pics or the tip of the blade.

2.) Get some model putty, the tube kind. It's a paste that isn't runny at all.

[fullbloodchop01]

Originally posted by daggerlee
2.) Get some model putty, the tube kind. It's a paste that isn't runny at all.

i do have some model putty, but the bondo sems reall good to fil the pin holes left from when the model putyy has evaportated

[TheSyndicate]

also, tongue depressors work nicely on large areas.

[freakray]

If the putty is leaving pin holes as it dries, you are applying it too thick so the gasses from the solvent evaporating are causing bubbles.
You can smooth putty easier with a wet finger as the wetness stops the putty sticking to it.

Ray

[Murco]

Originally posted by fullbloodchop01
Bondo Spot and Glazing putty seems to be very liquidy and runny, and hard to appply to small areas, how can i prevent this?

You may want to avoid Bondo products on models, they won't sand finely enough to blend with surrounding plastic and they are of different hardness than styrene, also causing blending problems.
I've never had a tube putty that didn't shrink after time or "ghost" my final topcoats. Not even the much vaunted Milliput and Tamiya puttys are immune from these problems.
Since 1998 I have used Evercoat Euro Soft exclusively and NEVER had any problems with it. It's a 2-part polyester filler that has plenty of working time, spreads incredibly smoothly, and the $15 quart size it comes in lasts forever! I'd used my last can for 6 years!!