Does anyone have a specific suggestion on how to easily remove the bondo/body putty out of the holes that were filled on a slate table. I am breaking my table down to move it and the holes where the slate screws go in were filled by the mechanic who installed it. Digging it out is tedious and drilling it makes me nervous about damaging the top of the screw as I drill down. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!!
Help!! Bondo/Body Putty removal
- Thread starter billb
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might ask in the 'ask a mechanic' section for more action.
Pierre Shakes
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Use a slot screwdriver (or even a chisel you don't value highly) and give it a tap. Turns out the stuff just chips. Sometimes the whole thing pops out at once. It only needs to hold more filler so you needn't be too fussy.
Bondo beats water-putty 1983, which beat Plaster of Paris 1981. Forty years of having a poolhall with table sales with constantly changing tables brought me to Bondo. It doesn't break up at all.
I especially like it because if you leave a 1/16" gap between the slates and force some bondo in there it glues the slates together as well as smoothing the top of the slate at the joints. To disassemble, just hinge an end slate up and cut the joint with a knife.
I have changed the layout of my poolhall with 25 nine-foot tables embarrassingly often. We don't remove the cloth. We jack up one end and put modified car-tire dollys under two legs. Ditto other legs. Steer it where it needs to go and let it down. Re-level under the legs. Period.
The bondo keeps it together and the surface smooth. The sturdiness of the frames and the bondo-slate keep their settings. The Starett 12" level still reads zeros and maybe some ones with the cloth on.
Bondo beats water-putty 1983, which beat Plaster of Paris 1981. Forty years of having a poolhall with table sales with constantly changing tables brought me to Bondo. It doesn't break up at all.
I especially like it because if you leave a 1/16" gap between the slates and force some bondo in there it glues the slates together as well as smoothing the top of the slate at the joints. To disassemble, just hinge an end slate up and cut the joint with a knife.
I have changed the layout of my poolhall with 25 nine-foot tables embarrassingly often. We don't remove the cloth. We jack up one end and put modified car-tire dollys under two legs. Ditto other legs. Steer it where it needs to go and let it down. Re-level under the legs. Period.
The bondo keeps it together and the surface smooth. The sturdiness of the frames and the bondo-slate keep their settings. The Starett 12" level still reads zeros and maybe some ones with the cloth on.