The Knobs
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| posted on 3/11/14 at 09:38 PM |
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Filling holes in ally side panels, best way?
Removed the clamshell wings and have two rows of 6mm holes in the ally side panels. What is the easiest way to fill them to paint over? Can get to
most of the holes both sides fairly easily. Paint finish is not going to be like an Aston, just a quick blow over with a can as will be track car
mainly anyway.
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nick205
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| posted on 3/11/14 at 09:55 PM |
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If ultimate finish isn't important, I'd go for some large head Alloy rivets to fill the holes, then prime and paint. Once they're
all the same colour it should look OK.
The alternative is faffing around trying to stick something to the inside of the panel and the filling the recesses on the outside. More than likely
it will crack when the ally panel flexes anyway.
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James
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| posted on 4/11/14 at 12:01 AM |
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Rivets or make them bigger and fit mesh inside as air vents- functional and light weight! 
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theprisioner
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| posted on 4/11/14 at 11:30 AM |
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Another approach is to widen hole diameter (say 10mm) and get someone with a lathe to make you top hat alloy washers without the holes in the middle.
If you can get access from behind then you can glue them in place. The surface can then be sanded and polised or painted and at worse all you will see
is a slight circle where the hole was.
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Scuzzle
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| posted on 4/11/14 at 02:28 PM |
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Is the back of the panel seen?, if it's hidden I have filled small holes in the past by just Epoxy gluing on 2p pieces over the back of the hole
then filling, sanding and painting the visibile side.
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AndyW
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| posted on 4/11/14 at 06:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Scuzzle
Is the back of the panel seen?, if it's hidden I have filled small holes in the past by just Epoxy gluing on 2p pieces over the back of the hole
then filling, sanding and painting the visibile side.
Or the locost version and use 1p's
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