Has anybody here heard of (or used) a sprayable filler called Z-Chrome made by Clausen? I friend of mine has highly recommended it but the local auto paint stores don't seem to carry it and I haven't had much luck finding a source on the Internet. I found a couple web sites where people mention using it and how good it was, but that's about it. I'm getting ready to start blocking out my truck in preparation for paint and would like to try this stuff out.

ill check my ppg rep, and my dupont rep. and some other stores my shop uses and ill get back to ya!
later
chris

Yes I have used it. They have it at Warehouse paints in Springfield MO It sprayed good and really filled nice. The can indicates it is about the best thing going but I dont know. They claim it is water proof and fights against rust. I put down epoxy, did my body work and used this as my first primer to block with.
Dave

Cool. I need to get my hands on some of that stuff. My buddy Dave said it works great. I want to get my truck perfectly straight before I shoot the color. Chris, let me know what you find out.

Here is what one guy said about it on a site I found:

This is the third time I've used the polyester primer/surface and I can't say enough about this stuff. This is sprayable gold (in color and worth.) I'm using a gallon of product called Z-chrome Rust Defender. This stuff is amazing in what it can fill, in that it does not shrink, and it will spray over anything without lifting the substrate and it sticks. A couple warnings, spray it with a cheap gun, you need at LEAST a .070 tip, and you may want to thin it a bit with acetone. Doing this, it will go on heavy and smooth with no appreciable orange peel. I use it between two coats of DP40. It says to use it directly on bare metal, but I'm unsure since I trust the PPG epoxy beyond belief.

The Z-chrome is a savior for scratches, pinholes--all the stuff you would have used spot putty or a heavy laquer based surfacer for. You'll never worry that it will shrink back into sanding scratches. I did a large panel of the '90 a year ago with it, it is still perfect today. I pushed it to the limit: leaving bondo at 80-100 grit scratches beneath this, Z-chrome, then taking it directly to 220 dry, the second DP40 coat, and a 320 scuffing then topcoat. This stuff can save you so much time it is amazing. It's worth twice the $40 I paid for the gallon.

Use it and swear by it daily. Great hi build and blocks great. You will not be disappointed.

ttt

We use that stuff everday at our shop....I work on choppers and i think it's the greatest stuff on earth.....it gets rid of all the minor imperfections and is verry forgiving if your bodywork wasn't all that good....i highly recomend this product to everyone...

oh yeah...we use the USC product, i think it's called quick sand or slick sand...you will need a gun that can spray extremely heavy paint cause that is some think sh!t... and it's extremely easy to spray....good luck

Does Dupont or PPG make a similar product that might be more readily available? I've checked with a couple local paint shops and they don't carry Z-Chrome.

i love it, but its only my seccond time using it............-kyle

hey jason,

i found out that duponts equal is called feather fill, well atleast that is what the rep told me, but ive used the feather fill and its nice as long as you dont dry spray it. let me know if you need to order some and we can get it ordered, also the ppg guy hasnt called me back yet, but if it were me i would use ppg i like them better. let me know what you want to do.
chris

I finally found an Online supplier of Z-Chrome, which is actually called "Rust Defender".

Link (http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/rustdefender.php)

For those that have used this product, can it be applied over a urethane filler primer such as DuPont's Uro? Or is it best to be applied over bare metal??? I assume it'd be okay since it can be applied over "bare metal, body filler plastic, wood, aluminum, or fiberglass".

Jason I am no expert but I only applied it over my epoxy primer. I was leary to spray it over the urthane primer filler. I used the urethane filler over this. Again this is just what I thought was best.