The Autobody Source Podcast
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The Autobody Source Podcast
How Much Body Filler Hardener is Too Much?
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Summertime heat is a body filler nightmare that raises a hot-button question: What’s the best hardener mixing ratio in a high-heat environment? What about year-round repairs? Evercoat’s resident expert Tim Mckinney has sound advice.
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This Collision Quick Fix is sponsored by Evercoat. Hi, Tim McKinney coming at you from Evercoat. I want to talk a little bit about proper catalyzation. How do you know you're going to properly catalyze a product? Puddle size is going to be important. So for the puddle we have here, it's roughly a four-inch puddle. The reason I know that is because I have a four-inch spreader. The 105-24s, as well as a lot of other general spreaders, are going to be four inches in width. So four inch... four inch for a four inch puddle we want to put a bead of cream hardener from edge to edge it can even be a skinny bead so long as it's going all the way across on tops of our cans We even have a two-inch, a four-inch, and an eight-inch puddle to show proper catalyzation. So for four-inch puddles I have here, a bead all the way across. A two-inch puddle is only going to need a bead halfway across, or one inch. And an eight-inch puddle is going to require one full bead all the way across, because I've got two four-inch puddles, and an extra half a bead, because the amount of material on either side of those puddles is going to come up to roughly about the size of one more puddle. That's why we need an inch and a half. So proper catalyzation is going to be able to take care of making sure that you You're not undercatalyzing or potentially overcatalyzing. Hey,
SPEAKER_01Auto Body Source fans. We're excited to bring you our Collision Quick Fix episodes for a dose of collision repair advice in under three minutes. Designed for busy technicians, it offers fresh, digestible tips and techniques to make your day-to-day repairs a little easier. We hope you enjoy our content and stay tuned for more.