A better, chesper, alternative for smoothing or feeling in props such as iron man.

[COSM1C R0AR]

Upon research, and low funds I searched the stores looking for a cheaper substance than bondo , I discovered Elmer's wood filler and it works a lot better and sanding is extra easy, and it does not dry too fast unless your using a dry blower which takes about 3 minutes , so if there is any questions about this product I will be more then happy to answer our questions, and also an Important tip; Secure the prop from the inside to be nonflexible to prevent it from cracking or you can use fiberglass resin also. and excuse my spelling error.

 

[kenlandrum]

Re: A better, chesper, alternative for smoothing or feeling in props such as iron man

Upon research, and low funds I searched the stores looking for a cheaper substance than bondo , I discovered Elmer's wood filler and it works a lot better and sanding is extra easy, and it does not dry too fast unless your using a dry blower which takes about 3 minutes , so if there is any questions about this product I will be more then happy to answer our questions, and also an Important tip; Secure the prop from the inside to be nonflexible to prevent it from cracking or you can use fiberglass resin also. and excuse my spelling error.View attachment 407575

I've heard of some folks using this stuff. It's about $12 a quart locally.... I use this and it binds really well to the plastic... and its $5. I'll bet you get less smell with the elmers.

...wait a minute, are we talking about pepakura or 3D prints??

 

[COSM1C R0AR]

Re: A better, chesper, alternative for smoothing or feeling in props such as iron man

Yes it also does not cause a chemical warfare lol, and I only attempted it on cardboard so far but thanks for the info on plastic which I plan to use when making copys of helmets with my own templates using the vacuum form, and I also found an all purpose filler with 42 lbs of it at the walmart supercenter for about $14 believe it or not lol, and it also saves a lot of time and more profit in your pocket instead of buying bondo body filler.

 

[Kevin Gossett]

Re: A better, chesper, alternative for smoothing or feeling in props such as iron man

Yeah, a lot of us have been using wood filler for a while.

 

[meowz0r]

Re: A better, chesper, alternative for smoothing or feeling in props such as iron man

Drywall filler also works pretty well. Very easy to sand. The dust it makes is the only negative for using it.