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Originally Posted by MP&C
Just like anything else, there is a place and time for it. You need to exercise caution using it in the middle of a panel, as the seam doesn't always play nice and may come back and wave at you... The adhesive requires a flanged seam, which gives you one thickness of metal next to two thicknesses. Two thicknesses will heat up and cool slower than the single thickness next to it. Given the differing expansion and contraction rates over long enough time, you will see the exact location of the seam, through filler and paint.
This is a tailgate on a wagon that had the lower skin fixed with a flanged seam. The ghost line just up from the bottom shows exactly where the repair was made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGhFEfVqxb0
So where the panel adhesive has it's uses, it should not be used anywhere on a panel if you expect an invisible repair. The factories use the stuff every day, but you don't see them using it down through the middle of a panel.. |
Thanks. Ive used it with floor patches so far and feel good about the durability. I may never use it on exterior panels that get painted...but that's great info to know.