Classic Car Restoration: Body Work : How to Mix Body Filler for Car Restoration

Learn how to mix regular body filler when doing body work and restoring a car in this free DIY car-restoration video from our expert mechanic and body shop owner.

Expert: Doug Jenkins
Bio: Doug, of Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods, not only servers the entire nation, but even customers outside the U.S have found the shop's services indispensable.
Filmmaker: Ross Safronoff

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• repair
• body
• shop
• hot
• car
• automotive
• classic
• restore
• restoration
• rod

[spytech911]

nice comments with little thought. Maybe the guy wanted a hot mix due to colder weather conditions or many other reasons. Don't be so quick to judge just because it's not the way you do it.

[JonDeth]

By slow, he means fast lol

That guys hand was literally whipping around to mix it.

Slow would be about 1/4 that speed, duh!

[demencialchico]

@spytech911 Maybe! he know what he is doing but still even if its cold thats why theres heat lamps! but in this case it doesnt look like he puts exaggerated amounts though!

[TheCobraUK]

Why can't Youtube removes these stupid 1min 30 vids?

they are pretty useless most times anyway!

[FordGtman333]

u guys obviously havent worked with body filler. More hardener means it will actually harden slower and not set correctly.

[sidv313]

lol he used far too much hardener here, surprised it didnt set when he was mixing it lol

[airmaxonezzzz]

1 to 5% hardener haha nice move there Doug..+ to much hardener can also cause the filler not to harder at all!

[AliAbraham51]

great video, but too much hardener really just makes it harden superfast. it also makes the hardened glob get super hot, like it was in an oven.

[spytech911]

Yea I would have used less, but for the video demonstration i guess they felt a larger quantity would be a better visual representation. Would be nice for the original poster to say something about it.

[acdcpeon]

i can see youre point, but the guy here did use way too much hardner. but it would be stupid if he wanted it to dry quickly when he has a pound of filler there that he cant get spread out in time before it dries. wasteful...