Best wat to remove old bondo - JeepForum.com
Search  
Sign Up   Today's Posts
User: Pass: Remember?
Advertise Here
Jeep Home Jeep Forum Jeep Classifieds Jeep Registry JeepSpace Jeep Reviews Jeep Gallery Jeep Clubs Jeep Groups Jeep Videos Jeep Events Jeep Articles
Go Back JeepForum.com > General Technical Discussions > Paint and Body > Best wat to remove old bondo

Memorial Day Weekend Sale Starts Friday-Tuesday 10% off + All Bilstein shocks & struts - Lowest Prices Ever and RuffStuff Memorial Day Sale!

Reply
Unread 04-30-2012, 09:04 PM   #1
mbeck94
Registered User
1977 CJ7 
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: minnesota
Posts: 488
Best wat to remove old bondo
Starting to refurb my tub and fenders, what's the best way to remove old bondo the po slapped on? Its covered in some rattle can. I was thinking just a 40 or so grit and sand it off. Anybody have a secret trick to doing this?

__________________
98 XJ-Gone
94 YJ-Gone
00 WJ- DD
77 CJ- project
mbeck94 is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 05-01-2012, 02:27 PM   #2
SchizophrenicMC
Registered User
1997 ZJ 
 
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Arlington, Texas
Posts: 887
To remove bondo, you'll have to sand the hell out of it. Use as low grit sandpaper as possible and just go to town. That's really the only way I know to remove bondo from anything.
__________________
It's called GRAND Cherokee for a reason.
SchizophrenicMC is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 05-01-2012, 02:27 PM   #3
Jeff88
Web Wheeler
1988 YJ Wrangler 
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,237
angle grinder
Jeff88 is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 05-01-2012, 08:12 PM   #4
wgirvine
Registered User
1992 XJ Cherokee 
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Rosamond, CA
Posts: 454
Angle grinder, 24-grit disc, and go to town on it. It's the only I know...

Oh, and wear a good dust mask.
__________________
The road goes on forever, the party never ends....
wgirvine is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 05-02-2012, 06:09 AM   #5
wrecks2riches
Registered User
1995 YJ Wrangler 
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Mansfield, Pennsylvania
Posts: 43
grinder is the only way, unless it looks like chunky peanut butter then a chisel might work!
wrecks2riches is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 05-02-2012, 08:47 PM   #6
rjbruzan
Moderator
2004 TJ Wrangler 
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Lake in the Hills, illinois
Posts: 1,360
Propane torch and a wood cheisel. Stinks and dont get it to hot.
Ron
rjbruzan is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 05-02-2012, 10:32 PM   #7
iflypa28
Registered User
1998 ZJ 
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 178
I read somewhere that paint stripper softens it but I haven't tried it.
iflypa28 is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 05-03-2012, 06:38 AM   #8
rjbruzan
Moderator
2004 TJ Wrangler 
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Lake in the Hills, illinois
Posts: 1,360
Paint stripper will also loosen it. Put as with any use of stripper it must be completely removed and neutralized or it will cause paint problems. Also its expensive.
Ron
rjbruzan is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 05-03-2012, 02:27 PM   #9
SchizophrenicMC
Registered User
1997 ZJ 
 
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Arlington, Texas
Posts: 887
I can't think of a stripper short of Aircraft Remover that'll take cured bondo off. That's solid polyurethane, with fiberglass shards mixed in. I know, back when I was making props, paint stripper didn't hurt bondo at all, even though it thoroughly stripped and dissolved paint. (And lungs. Except mine, because I had a respirator) Had to manually remove stray bondo.
__________________
It's called GRAND Cherokee for a reason.
SchizophrenicMC is offline   Reply With Quote




Jeep, Wrangler, Cherokee, Grand Cherokee, and other models are copyrighted and trademarked to Jeep/Chrysler Corporation. JeepForum.com is not in any way associated with Jeep or the Chrysler Corp.