PTG - How to check for Bondo or Body Filler

[Mike Phillips]

PTG - How to check for Bondo or Body Filler


I was doing some testing on the fresh paint on the hood of a 1949 Chevy 5-Window Pickup Streetrod and here's what I found...



In the front part of the hood the paint thickness is all over the place. There is likely some repair work here and body filler under the paint.











When I checked the paint thickness closer to the windshield the paint thickness became more uniform in thickness...














Handy and very accurate the Defelsko PTG made in America

Defelsko Paint Thickness Gauge

[hernandez.art13]

Thank you, cos I know my front end has been repaired

[erichaley]

Mike,

I read, what is a record to me, 44 mils on the AMX!!

[57BORNTORUN]

When I used to buy and sell classic cars we always took a weak refridg. magnet and see where it stuck and where it fell.Then they came up with "ALL METAL" filler and it ruined that theory.