How Much Body Filler Hardener is Too Much?

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Summertime heat is a body filler nightmare that raises a hot-button question: What’s the best hardener mixing ratio in a high-heat environment? What about year-round repairs? Evercoat’s resident expert Tim Mckinney has sound advice. 

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Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
This Collision Quick Fix is sponsored by Evercoat.
Hi, Tim McKinney coming at youfrom Evercoat.
I want to talk a little bitabout proper catalyzation.
How do you know you're going toproperly catalyze a product?
Puddle size is going to beimportant.
So for the puddle we have here,it's roughly a four-inch puddle.
The reason I know that isbecause I have a four-inch
spreader.
The 105-24s, as well as a lot ofother general spreaders, are

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going to be four inches inwidth.
So four inch...
four inch for a four inch puddlewe want to put a bead of cream
hardener from edge to edge itcan even be a skinny bead so
long as it's going all the wayacross on tops of our cans We
even have a two-inch, afour-inch, and an eight-inch
puddle to show propercatalyzation.
So for four-inch puddles I havehere, a bead all the way across.

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A two-inch puddle is only goingto need a bead halfway across,
or one inch.
And an eight-inch puddle isgoing to require one full bead
all the way across, because I'vegot two four-inch puddles, and
an extra half a bead, becausethe amount of material on either
side of those puddles is goingto come up to roughly about the
size of one more puddle.
That's why we need an inch and ahalf.
So proper catalyzation is goingto be able to take care of

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making sure that you You're notundercatalyzing or potentially
overcatalyzing.
Hey,

SPEAKER_01 (01:10):
Auto Body Source fans.
We're excited to bring you ourCollision Quick Fix episodes for
a dose of collision repairadvice in under three minutes.
Designed for busy technicians,it offers fresh, digestible tips
and techniques to make yourday-to-day repairs a little
easier.
We hope you enjoy our contentand stay tuned for more.