Instead of plastering body filler over minor door dings or a repair that you’ve metal finished, use glaze. If you apply it properly, it’ll have enough build to cover any low spots and will let you finish a repair with 1 skim. Finally, it’s pretty common for technicians to mix glaze with body filler. Doing this will make a deep-filling Bondo thinner and much easier to apply. Again, clean the panel after with a degreaser to remove the dust, dirt and debris before filling. The last thing you want is dirt in your filler, this is what leads to defects such as pinholes. Application Nowadays, glaze is used similarly to body filler and even in place of body filler. While they’re both technically body fillers, they do have different uses. It’s a 2 part system where you mix the glaze with a hardener normally 100 parts glaze & 2 parts hardener.

The maximum fill depth is 2mm. You’re not going to spend time rubbing 2mm of glaze with 180-240grit paper. One of the major benefits of products such as dolphin glaze is the fact that it can be applied over paint. It’s even recommended by U-Pol themselves! U-Pol recommend P80 paper to sand and prep bare steel but suggests using P180 for any other surface. If you’re applying to paint all that you need to do is key the surface with 180 paper or a sanding disc. If you’ve got as close as possible to a metal finish, a skim of dolphin on top could be enough to finish the repair.If you’ve used dolphin for a deeper fill, there’s no harm in working your way through the papers starting at 80. Just go slowly and pay attention otherwise you could cause bigger problems for yourself. Evercoat Metal Glaze Ultra Dolphin Glaze is a premium finishing glaze that’s designed to eliminate pinholes and other surface imperfections prior to painting.

Easy To Sand – Dolphin is designed to be rubbed with 120-320 grit sandpaper. So it has to be easy to sand, otherwise, it’d take forever. If you pull the metal out as much as possible, use a body filler, and then glaze it’ll last forever. For the initial rub it’s recommended that you use 180 paper before finishing off with 240. This is more than enough if you’ve done a light skim to fix imperfections.Ultimately, the repair is 99% there. However, it’s got pinholes, very minor scratches or even a slight paint edge. Dolphin Glaze is multifunctional and can be applied to bare steel, aluminum, galvanized steel, original paint, Body filler & GRP. This is huge for minor dent repairs and other auto body imperfections, meaning that a repair can be finished and into the paint shop in minutes. Mixing dolphin glaze into other fillers will help to thin out the filler and make it easier to spread.

After application, the glaze should turn to gel within 5-8 minutes and be ready to sand within 15-20.Self-leveling – Depending on how good you are at applying filler, this could be a very helpful feature. Obviously if your workplace or colleagues expect you to rub it in a higher grit do that. It’s not worth causing a stir at work just because the technical data sheet says otherwise! METAL GLAZE is a two-part polyester finishing and blending putty. Just like dolphin it can be mixed in with other body fillers to offer flexibility and completely change the products you’re working with. I’m most familiar with Dolphin glaze and use it all the time, that’s why I recommend that over any other. U-Pol Dolphin Glaze Once dry, rub the glaze with P180. You can go higher if you like, but there’s really no necessity to do so.

The technical data sheet for dolphin says that you should sand bare steel with P80 paper before applying glaze.Putting a final “skim coat” on top of your repair will completely change the quality of your repair. I’ve had painters thank me for this in some workplaces. As you play around and become more experienced with a product, you’ll know what’s needed for each fill. Mixing glaze with body filler The fact it’s self-leveling also helps a lot, as you’ll not have to spend time rubbing down high edges or lines. When To Use Dolphin Glaze Most of the “body fillers” are designed to fill big damage. Rage, easy sand, plastic, or aluminum filler all fill big dents. Dolphin glaze is “pinhole resistant” and will help to fill any pinholes and minor scratches before sending it to paint.