The Secret to Getting Body Filler | Bondo Straight - Fast, Easy, Consistent 

Jerry you are the clearest, best body repair teacher out there. I have memory fog at 73yrs old and I go back for refreshers every time before I decide to work on my old truck. THANK YOU!

I don't think I've ever learned this much in 8 minutes! Thank you for the clear, concise education

I don't understand why 13 people disliked this video. It's free education and provides information to beginner and expert alike. I've just started a job where I use filler and I have learned a lot already watching these .

Bro 😎 I know nothin on doing body work, but inherited a 1969 Chevy impala and did the metal work to replace the rust, but your knowledge is worth millions for me as I am now doing the bondo and thanks 🙏 for sharing your experience it help me a lot!!!!!!

Great video. Been a few years since I used filler. Starting a new project. This is a great reminder.

EXCELLENT VISUAL . THANK YOU JERRY. The cheese grater tip you taught me has been invaluable.

I’m attempting to fill a fend on my car and this video helped a lot not just with knowledge but to cherish your old folks dads and gramps they have knowledge. I wish my dad was still around so I can sit and watch him work one more time.

I always learn a thing or two whenever I watch your videos, Thanks Jerry! BA

Well explained and illustrated. Your techniques and examples are practical and extremely useful. Thank you.

Awesome job. I learn so much from you. Thank you for making these videos.

Very well presented, showing the concept in an easy to understand manner, then taking that concept and showing real example. Thank you.

Hi Jerry, I think your just great. Learning and practicing and getting better each day! Thanks for sharing all your experience. Your Chanel’s production is really about perfect. Your friendly and I learn better because you stay on topic. Thanks so much !

This is exactly the advice I needed, thanks!!!

Great quick videos- excellent work- i love your channel ! im able to do body work finally thanks to you. You get right to the point which i love.

Your illustration ,was the best I've seen explained in 50 yrs working on cars. GREAT !

You're the first to alert me about using too fine of paper in a prior video and how it will skip over working the filler down. Even though i had that very problem doing filler, I didn't realize too fine of paper would get you. I thought it just may take longer. Fallowing your advice I'm not having those issues anymore. Thanks so much for these videos. They've made my life so much easier when doing filler.

Great explanation on how to do the feathering. Thanks Jerry. Have a good week AL

My new favorite channel.

Thank you I appreciate your lessons very much 😊 you explain things very well and make it easy to understand 😊

Probably one of the best autobody channels on youtube. learned more in several videos than in autobody class.

I've always had issues thinking i was done sanding ready for primer or didn't use enough filler then starting sanding and had to start over. Thanks Jerry always informative

Still learning excellent.Thanks

Recently discovered your channel......plz keep doing these short steps vids, I learn something new every time.

So that's how it's done ! Thank you again, have a great weekend ..

I watch every one of your video's and keep learning from you. This video was so simple but covered really important steps when using and sanding filler. Absolutely excellent tutorial Thankyou for sharing

I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

Good tips on taking down Bondo. Much appreciated!!!

Good advice. At the shop we refer to 40 and 80 as cheese graters

A great demonstration. I need to buy a better file after watching this. I have the same red sanding block. I've used it for about 40 years. Thanks for a good video.

Thanks, great simple advice.

Best video I’ve seen on this thanks you.

Thats great guidance Jerry ….. Cheers

Outstanding explanation !!

By the way thanks for everything you do and you are the reason that I am even going to even try to do this I have learned so much from you thank you for all your videos

Wow i love your teaching skills. This channel is my autobody school 👨‍🎓👍

Excellent presentation skills. I mean that, very well done.

thanks, really helps.

Excellent clear explanation

Have a great weekend Jerry!

Like a school but better explained. Thanks for these videos. I'll be doing my 03 Ram ,totally body restoration and I'm going in with nothing but YT videos and the will complete this. I follow lots of your videos.

Best video on RU-vid, good job sir

Great video. I have just learnt something from you. Cheers

Good videos. I Learned many new technics watching your videos✌✌💪💪

Good demo....that was my problem when I first started... Not starting off rough enough.....

Thanks for the pointers! Remembering to stay ON TOP of the filler and not forcing the feathering. That's the part I have the hardest time with.

Seriously thank you, a few videos and i was able to fix someones car i tapped the other day. Bought them a new tail some compound polish and a dime size area of filler is the only thing that was scaring me but your videos made me feel very confident.

Well explained always love these short videos I think you should do more of these video you explained well on the flat serfice now I would not mind seeing the Same video but on a curved panal thank you for the video jery always looking out for you

You can’t go wrong, following that advice! 👍

Good job 👍🏾

Great job. Those rasp files save heaps of time. A nice sharp one. Best also used before the filler hardens off fully. Common mistake also is people tend to use too much hardeners in the bondo mix. Makes it hard to sand. Also best to sand before it hardens off fully.

Really really really nice videos..thank you very much for all the knowledge you give to the people. Greetings from sunny Greece :)

You are a great teacher Jerry. Clear and to the point. This is one I will watch several times! Do you have a spot putty that you recommend that has minimal shrinkage for filling deep scratches and small imperfections? Thanks Tom

Great video 👍

Great advice Jerry, by the way love the intro music 🎶👍🏻

Excellent video and thx

Hired a guy once,a greenhorn.I left to get paint.And when I got back he used up three boxes of my 3000 trizact trying to flatten body filler.Poor guy had to let him go,just wasn't following directions.But He sure left that body filler glossy as hell.🤭🤭🤭

That was an awesome visual learning tool. I had never realized that using too fine sandpaper when blocking would leave the hump of filler. The way you presented it makes perfect sense!

Fantastic info

One of the best in the business…another great video Jerry!

Awesome job, as always! If you need some panels to work on. My 2007 silverado needs rockers. Lol

Thanks for the tip 👍

best filler video on you tube

good lesson,I'd like to think auto body instructors would recommend things like this to students,all I had were the older guys to teach me in the 80's and 90's

Block sanded the dry erase board! Awesome demo there, guy at the bar was laughing when I said I made the mistake of block sanding drywall mud work like a car haha 😆 I got some USC brand filler all grip 47, stuff really sands well and made feathering make more sense to me, it was like $35 gallon 🤘🏽

I appreciate you grinding your metal instead of putting filler over paint

All these years I have been sanding and sanding and sanding some more. I do use that Sureform rasp but I never thought about doing it to get the majority of the filler down. Jerry your videos are short and right to the point. And I can tell that you do the work cuz your hands are all dirty and cut. Thanks for the video

Good work. You make it look easier then it really is lol

Thank you for sharing this secret I’ve been struggling with body filler adding and removing, vicious cycle, no one and I mean no one on RU-vid has ever explained it well like you have. You’ve saved me a lot of work. By the way what body filler do you recommend? I usually by the can that says Bondo on it, bit not sure if that’s a good one, someone told me that one shrinks. Thanks again!

Good stuff !

Another excellent video......

Thanks so much for this video. I’ve been having so many problems getting my bondo flat. I was making a million mistakes. Makes me feel so much more confident about it.

Great👍👍👍👍👍👍 explain sir ur no 1

Do you have a part number for the body file that you're always using in your videos? Love your work, I've learned so much.

you should have been a instructor you are awesome my friend keep it up we love it.

Short but sweet!

Ok thanks, I think the angle grinder and flap disc was my issue. I need to use blocks and be patient. Thank you for responding

Great video. Please what is address of your auto body shop

When I hear your intro music I feel like I am watching a Wayne and Garth intro but I you do have great videos

Love your videos! Curious what filler you use?

I use a paintstick cause someone keeps stealing my blocks. can you make a tutorial on how to hide your sanding blocks and or retrieving a missing block without the use of throwing wrenches?

Very good! That's how you do it and make money. You can leave the block out of it and use 36 grit on a mud hog first (after the file). Prime it and block with 80 grit. then prime it again and block with 180. Prime again and sand with 320 then paint.

Working on my 99 Dakota what grit of sandpaper did you use with DA SANDER and final sanding before base coat thanks for all your videos

Oh man, I'm doing a fiberglass kit and one corner looks nothing like the other corner. I've had some luck with a couple of contour gauges and cardboard templates to get the basic shape. It was so bad I didn't know what to do,so I taped graph paper on it and plotted it out basically. Yeesh! Anyway, I've been using resin and microbaloons,or milled glass fibers for real thick fill areas. I'm sure I'm not the first to do this ,but it's really helped me a lot ,and that's putting tape on top of the filler. It seems like I can stretch it around a corner when the filler is wet and get a better corner and less sanding. Haha I'm just hoping to learn enough to save a lot of money before this thing gets painted. I've got the beginning of the project on my channel, but TBH it's been such an overwhelming project I've got the last 2yrs of it filmed ,but no time to edit and upload, hah I need a producer 😂

He's like Bob Ross when he explains how to do the work

How about the air bubble holes??? B4 you applied the primer and after your sanding? What to use..

oh my god! i had to use filler when i am repainting my guitar, and i though that i had to use very fine sand paper so i wouldnt sand too much. I used 600 grit paper for hours, finally got the patch straight just to notice it had eaten up the wood next to it. So i had to fill those too. This saved my day.

60% of the time I get it right every time. Watching these videos I get it right 100% of the time the first time

Awesome video. I have one question, at the end of the video you said Im gonna hit this with the D.A and then prime the panel. Did you go over the entire repair with the DA or just the edges? And what grit sand paper was used?

Do you have a recommendation for the long board with the wood handle that you use in the video? Thanks Tom

You should show how to use guide coat , guide coat the dented area to show the exact damage and how large of an area you need to grind clean, then feather the paint edges, then Bondo and more guide coat , no guess work that way and you can see perfectly how straight and sanded correctly no guessing , that helps the diy guys a bunch

What if you're working on a curved surface? Do you still use the flat block? Are the flexible blocks just for finish work?

He just showed us how to skip on using guide coat what a boss always good video and tips

So does size matter ? lol Like use a long block where you can to keep it straighter than a shot block like you use in video? Great stuff !

Great Video regarding the right Paper. Why wouldn’t you use a Long Board as the surrounding area is flat and wouldn’t allow you to take too much off. Also why wouldn’t you use a Straight Edge to check for highs or lows?….and no guide coat.

Great point about the fine paper. I have definitely been there. Making a hump smooth but the hump is still there lol. So true. I have never used the cheese grader. I may try it. Great vid as always Jerry!

Excellent video thanks. I have a bad habit of getting impatient and feathering edges too soon, see the error of my ways now. Did lots of Internet research and many advocate epoxy primer to encapsulate rust. However, I want to be able to put body fill over primer to fix low spots. A Urethane primer surfacer may be a better choice, am I correct?

What grade paper did you use with your DA sander? The 80 grit left scratches in the metal. Do you address that with the DA sander? How did you address the scratches in the metal? Is it necessary to wet sand the primer paint? Thanks!! Also, did you have to sand the painted areas before applying the primer?

Is rustolium automotive spray can primer ok to use.

👍🏻great video! To bad you have to waste time and material on junk parts, but that’s where a beginner should be starting. Have a great weekend and can’t wait for the next lesson.

What do you call that first tool that you used to shave off the gummy filler?