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On Nov 17, 7:33*am, wrote:
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:26:24 -0800 (PST), ransley





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On Nov 17, 7:13*am, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
"hr(bob) " wrote:


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Bondo as used in auto body repair works quite well and is commonly
available. *


Before you do that- take some yellow pine, weigh it, take a chunk of
bondo and weigh it. *Put both in water for a while & see how much more
water the bondo holds than the wood.


Auto-body bondo is not for wood. *Bondo *does* make *a wood repair
product though. *I've never used it- but note that the directions say
"For Rotted Wood Problems, Use After Applying Rotted Wood Stabilizer."


Jim


Bondo doesnt absorbe water its plastic, their 'wood' line is just
bondo, I used it this summer and compared it to regular bondo which is
alot cheaper.


Bondo absorbs moisture very easily. It is like a hard, open cell,
sponge. Very porous.- Hide quoted text -

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Bondo is solid, hard as a rock with no cells visable, if it absorbed
moisture it would rot your cars steel from holding moisture, you must
be thinking of something else like foam.