Could I bake a molded piece of bodo on the lowest oven setting in hopes that it would flatten out?

The heat has apparently warped a custom fit dash molding I have and I just want to make sure that I won't fuck it up. I've never actually done any work with bondo so I'm not sure what you can do with it after it's dry.

thx

on second thought, is it semi-pliable at room temperature or will it snap?

7/2/2008 9:28:28 PM

my limited bondo experience tells me it's pretty much not going to bend after it hardens no matter what. it's pretty brittle

7/2/2008 9:32:32 PM

why don't you just sand it flat?

7/2/2008 10:19:34 PM

it's painted and matched to s4/a6 interior and i want to sell it.




[Edited on July 2, 2008 at 10:46 PM. Reason : d]

7/2/2008 10:35:09 PM

depends how thin it is... and lowest setting probably wont do it. (unless its like 250degrees).

if its thin, put it in oven and gradually turn the heat up. and place something on top of it so it flattens out

7/2/2008 10:48:41 PM

Yeah it's thin. I mean it had to have warped in the heat of the car interior. I just dunno how hot that actually was. I wonder if boiling water would be better.

it worked.

dumb thread. thanks

[Edited on July 2, 2008 at 11:02 PM. Reason : .]

7/2/2008 10:53:55 PM

Quote :

"it's painted and matched to s4/a6 interior and i want to sell it"

good luck explaining why it will be back to ^ shape first time the new owner will leave it out in NC parking lot during the day. better ship it to Canada via ebay

7/2/2008 11:24:15 PM

^haha, yep. that or tell them to put some 3m window weld on that thing and not ever want it off. though, it has been ridiculously hot here for an extended amount of time so far this summer. it might be fine if it stays "normal" or the buyer is north/west.

sounds like it'd be best used as a mold/template for a decent 'glass piece now.

7/2/2008 11:38:55 PM

Lol

7/3/2008 3:24:52 PM

wanting to sell something you know is defective gets you added to my unethical shitlist.

And Bondo is brittle as fuck, and it doesnt work like playdoh, you have to apply it in thin layers.

7/3/2008 4:53:11 PM

I didn't consider it defective. and if it is, then I bought it defective.

7/3/2008 5:18:38 PM

who makes a fuckin dash trim piece out of bondo to start with? much less buy one, you people are flaming for the wrong damn thing here

7/3/2008 5:23:15 PM

^^^you mean my past inquiries involving pvc, teslin, holograms and topsites with 0day photoshops didn't tip you off?



In all seriousness, I'm not the type to do what you're accusing me of. I feel duped myself seeing this warp in my car regardless of how hot it was.

^i paid for a xenarc tsv, power inverter and ground loop isolater. The dash mold was more or less included. And who knows if it's bondo that's just what my limited knowlege led me to believe.

[Edited on July 3, 2008 at 6:19 PM. Reason : ,]

7/3/2008 6:18:11 PM

i doubt it's bondo

7/3/2008 6:24:42 PM

it's probably a fiberglass base I guess, with some bondo applied to it to add a more precise shape and a smooth texture for the paint to stick, who knows.

7/3/2008 6:45:06 PM

they could just use fiberglass resin and sand it down.. no reason to use bondo

and paint sticks to either fine

7/3/2008 6:50:10 PM

^^^^Illegal not unethical. Screwing another person intentionally is whack man. Don't resell it, just man up and realize you got a shitty part or take it up with the original seller

7/4/2008 1:25:23 PM

yeah, if you're going to sell it, you at least need to disclose that it warped and you heated it to flatten it back out.

7/4/2008 4:33:05 PM