lightweight body filler question..

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tigerf18@aol.com's avatar
lightweight body filler question..
tiger's avatar
tiger
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Workin on the '66 I'm using some new lightweight body filler, "Ultra-Lite Plastic Filler" I think...when sanding, it is getting really, REALLY hot...too hot to touch almost....is this normal? The regular body filler I've used doesn't get that hot....I can't even hand sand this stuff.
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daweezi
+1y
maybe you sand hella fast and produce a lot of friction just a thought but probably wont help lol
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bodydropped85
+1y
ur puttin to much hardener in it sounds like. light weight filler doesnt take much harder. gota think tis a chemical reaciton when u mix the 2 parts together.
baha's avatar
baha
+1y
damn i heard about putting to much hardner in making it realy hot but not when sanding, are you using a power sander?
tiger's avatar
tiger
+1y
This was getting hot after it was cured and I was sanding...I did put a lil' too much in and it set-up on me faster then I wanted, but not enough to make it hot while putting it on.

Baha-
I was using a pneumatic DA and a hand flex-board, both got it really hot. I'll try again tomorrow after it has cured overnite to see if it still gets hot or not.
baha's avatar
baha
+1y
yea thats what it is man, like james said its a chemical reaction sometimes it just reacts out of no where, I was showing my roommate how to fiberglass and he didn't know about using to much hardner haha it was funny so he starts glassing and all of a sudden you hear AAAH AAAAH AAAH it burned his hand it got so hot.
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daweezi
+1y
haha i know i shouldnt laugh but that sounds funny as hell
tiger's avatar
tiger
+1y
I mean, it cooled down after I stopped sanding, I'd sand again and it'd get hot again. Maybe it is just a chemical reaction...i'll see how it behaves tomorrow.
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bodydropped85
+1y
thats called fricition big guy ur puttin to much pressure on it.
tiger's avatar
tiger
+1y
yeah, i failed physics...well, i never took it actually

I sanded on it yesterday, it still got hotter then the other stuff, but not nearly as hot as it was. Maybe I"m stronger then I think...lots of practice with the motion I guess.