Several years ago, a repair guy took care of a small area of rotted wood on
an exterior window sill by gouging out the rotted area and filling with some
sort of bondo-like wood filler. It seems to have held up pretty well. Any
idea what the stuff is called and where it is available?

Thanks in advance . . .

On Jan 15, 9:13*am, "Gypsy Moth" wrote:
Several years ago, a repair guy took care of a small area of rotted wood on
an exterior window sill by gouging out the rotted area and filling with some
sort of bondo-like wood filler. *It seems to have held up pretty well. * Any
idea what the stuff is called and where it is available?

Thanks in advance . . .

It may have been.

Several package it marketed for wood w/ tan/brown catalyst instead of
the typical blue/green for automotive -- Minwax brand is one usually
readily available. (It doesn't indicate what it is on the label, but
when I last checked it shared MSDS data w/ the Bondo-products which is
pretty much a clue... ).

If you do use an automotive filler (much cheaper, generally), choose
one w/o the fiberglass as it may tend to "fluff" more and leave a
raised grain effect that's more effort to eliminate.

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"Gypsy Moth" wrote in message
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Several years ago, a repair guy took care of a small area of rotted wood
on an exterior window sill by gouging out the rotted area and filling with
some sort of bondo-like wood filler. It seems to have held up pretty
well. Any idea what the stuff is called and where it is available?

Thanks in advance . . .


Bondo. Same as used on cars.

On Jan 15, 9:13*am, "Gypsy Moth" wrote:
Several years ago, a repair guy took care of a small area of rotted wood on
an exterior window sill by gouging out the rotted area and filling with some
sort of bondo-like wood filler. *It seems to have held up pretty well. * Any
idea what the stuff is called and where it is available?

Thanks in advance . . .

Most box stores have the MinWax kits. They consist of a penetrating
'hardener' which is simply a high solids lacquer, and ordinary Bondo.
For small jobs, it is pricey but effective and in my experience,
pretty durable. You could probably the get same results with an oil
base polyurethane varnish allowed to soak well into the wood and
allowed to cure, then built up with standard Bondo. Use whatever
filler hardener seems appropriate, red, white, or clear. Best
selection will be found at auto body supply stores, Farm and Fleet,
and similar outlets. Study up a bit on autobody filler tools and
techniques if you have any large fussy detailed areas to repair.

Joe

"Gypsy Moth" wrote in message
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Several years ago, a repair guy took care of a small area of rotted wood
on
an exterior window sill by gouging out the rotted area and filling with
some
sort of bondo-like wood filler. It seems to have held up pretty well.
Any
idea what the stuff is called and where it is available?

Thanks in advance . . .



I've used regular Bondo on wood many times. As long as your are going to
paint it the color shouldn't matter too much.

On Jan 15, 7:13*am, "Gypsy Moth" wrote:
Several years ago, a repair guy took care of a small area of rotted wood on
an exterior window sill by gouging out the rotted area and filling with some
sort of bondo-like wood filler. *It seems to have held up pretty well. * Any
idea what the stuff is called and where it is available?

Thanks in advance . . .

As everyone has mentioned......Bondo can be used successfully for wood
repair.

BUT I used a Bondo on exterior redwood sills ~20 years ago and it
FAILED in less than a year! I used Bondo instead of an epxoy based
wood filler (Bondo was about 1/3 or 1/4 the price of the epoxy
product"


I called Bondo tech support & asked them about this.......the tech rep
said "we do not recommend Bondo for the repair of redwood in exterior
situtations".


To which I replied "I guess I missed that warning on the label".


I switched to www.Abatron.com products; Liquid Wood & Wood Epox.
Expensive stuff but bullet proof. Needs to be painted to protect from
UV but I have some 20year+ WoodEpox that I shoved into holes in a
sttuco'd wall that get morning sun for about 2 hours. The stuff has
been unpainted & has held up very well.

The Abatron products that I have used have excellent
performance......I used then 20 years ago & again 2 years ago (to do
some addtional work, not re-work).

I wood use Bondo for interior work without a second thought BUT I
would never use it again on exterior work. YMMV.

The stuff is a lot more $'s than Bondo.

cheers
Bob

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"Gypsy Moth" wrote:

Several years ago, a repair guy took care of a small area of rotted wood on
an exterior window sill by gouging out the rotted area and filling with some
sort of bondo-like wood filler. It seems to have held up pretty well. Any
idea what the stuff is called and where it is available?

Thanks in advance . . .

We always called it "wood dough" but the can says "plastic wood."

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