Hello 405th, I have been poking around all the posts and trying to look at some other projects other members have done and more specifically there Bondo/Detail process.
Currently I am on the Bondo stage and I just had a few questions that maybe I get could some input on with my Mark VI Helmet. I have watched all the videos and tutorials and seen different steps used and different methods. Right now I have been putting Bondo on the areas that really need to be smoothed out, such as the back of the Helmet and the Brim/Visor and I was curious would it be better to keep the layers of bondo light? and not glop it on there and sand the crud out of it? I have been sanding things by hand and was originally going to Wet-Sand but ended up using dry method and started off with 80 grit. I have been sanding for a while with the 80, when should I move on to the 320? then when will I know to move onto the 600-800 grit? I have bondo spot putty, should I be using that after I finish sanding with the 80? then bondo spot putty then go over with 320? I have areas right now that dont seem to be curving or smoothing the way I want them to. My dad said I should be using a mouse sander to speed up the sanding, which sounds like a good idea and then a dremel tool for getting little nicks and crannies for detail in the helmet.
Also I did use the Mud Glassing method (resin+bondo) for the inside of the helmet, and I thought I read somewhere that since I did that I wouldnt need to really bondo anything cuz if I sanded thru the paper it would be smooth when i reached the Rondo?
Thanks 405th for your help, this community rocks!
Currently I am on the Bondo stage and I just had a few questions that maybe I get could some input on with my Mark VI Helmet. I have watched all the videos and tutorials and seen different steps used and different methods. Right now I have been putting Bondo on the areas that really need to be smoothed out, such as the back of the Helmet and the Brim/Visor and I was curious would it be better to keep the layers of bondo light? and not glop it on there and sand the crud out of it? I have been sanding things by hand and was originally going to Wet-Sand but ended up using dry method and started off with 80 grit. I have been sanding for a while with the 80, when should I move on to the 320? then when will I know to move onto the 600-800 grit? I have bondo spot putty, should I be using that after I finish sanding with the 80? then bondo spot putty then go over with 320? I have areas right now that dont seem to be curving or smoothing the way I want them to. My dad said I should be using a mouse sander to speed up the sanding, which sounds like a good idea and then a dremel tool for getting little nicks and crannies for detail in the helmet.
Also I did use the Mud Glassing method (resin+bondo) for the inside of the helmet, and I thought I read somewhere that since I did that I wouldnt need to really bondo anything cuz if I sanded thru the paper it would be smooth when i reached the Rondo?
Thanks 405th for your help, this community rocks!