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baconsdozen
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 Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 8:33 am Post subject: Car filler,sell by dates etc. |
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Couple of questions.
I've been offered a load of unopened tins of filler.Most are by Upol (I might have remembered the name wrong) and are from a place that closed down around six years ago.
Are they likely to be still usable ?.
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Phil - Nottingham
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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Depends how it been stored - if too warm then it will thicken up. Otherwise easily good for 10 years + as UPOL is 1st quality
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baconsdozen
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 11:15 am Post subject: |
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I've put in an offer for the lot,just have to see if it's accepted.
Thanks for the answer Phil,I've never used Upol but apparently is a pretty good filler.
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Julian
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 11:22 am Post subject: |
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Upol lasts for years. It's just resin with filler powder stirred in.
I've had some for about 5 years and all that happens over a very long time is that the heavier filler material gravitates to the bottom and you get a thinner 'mix' towards the top.
Sometimes I find the less viscous stuff better for small pin-holes etc, otherwise I just stir it up a bit.
If you have thick stuff at the bottom that's a little too firm to work nicely then a few spoonfuls of fibreglass resin stirred in restores it perfectly!
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welshrover
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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ive just repaired the bonnet on the wifes hillman yesterday. the filler i used is about 15 years old, its called stevens proffesional filler .i just poured some linseed oil in it and give it a good stir. good as new. bonnet fixed and primed, just waiting for top coat  |
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Julian
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| welshrover wrote: | | .i just poured some linseed oil in it o |
I reckon that will end in tears. I can't see how linseed oil will react with the hardener catalyst (cyanacylate?) and go solid. It will be there beneath the paint and will bleed through (probably in about 6 months time) and mark the paint finish.
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welshrover
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| not a problem at all,i did the same thing years ago actually it was the same tub of filler ,one of those big 3.5 litre jobs ,when i repaired a door on my old dears car, a white mk 2 fiesta, repainted it and the door was still white 5 years later when she sold it. i was told this trick by a mate of my late grandfathers who was a painter on the potteries motor transport division in stoke.ps it has got to be boiled linseed oil. |
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Julian
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 7:47 am Post subject: |
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| welshrover wrote: | | not a problem at all,i did the same thing years ago actually it was the same tub of filler ,one of those big 3.5 litre jobs ,when i repaired a door on my old dears car, a white mk 2 fiesta, repainted it and the door was still white 5 years later when she sold it. i was told this trick by a mate of my late grandfathers who was a painter on the potteries motor transport division in stoke.ps it has got to be boiled linseed oil. |
I think I can say a little more here. As I understand it, before 'modern' fillers they used boiled linseed and whiting to make a putty to do the job - hence, I expect, the relevance of your late grandfather. Modern filler is polyester resin based and needs a catalyst (hardener) to cure. Mixing the two liquids, I would say, is daft. I guess you've got away with it so far, but paint is a funny stuff and it wouldn't surprise me if you started to get little pinholes or imperfections in the paint in years to come as the volatile components of the linseed try to escape.
I suspect polyester resin is cheaper than linseed anyway!
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baconsdozen
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I remember a mate filling a rotten wing on an A40 with plaster of paris and painting it with emulsion.He spent hours doing it but it fell out after a few days.
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| baconsdozen wrote: | | I remember a mate filling a rotten wing on an A40 with plaster of paris and painting it with emulsion.He spent hours doing it but it fell out after a few days. |
I've seen paper mache used!
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dingal2000
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| U-POL is one of the worlds leading makers of fillers etc, and have an extensive range. if you are wondering how long a product will last , drop them a email from there site http://www.u-pol.com/ they will answer but might take a few days. friendly customer services |
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ukdave2002
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:29 am Post subject: |
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If its Upol "Easy" I'd think it would be fine, Upol "Top Stop Gold" tends to drag a tad when its old (by old I mean a tin that had been previously opened & 6 months old) , which you don't want when applying thin skims.
I have a tin of easy that was first opened 2 years ago and its still fine.
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