A few years ago, when I started my project, I bought a quart of USC All Metal from Eastwood. Yesterday I cut out some small rust areas in the rear of the trunk frame and welded in new metal. I thought it was a good time to try out the All Metal to finish up the repair. Well, I knew this quart sat on a shelf for a long time, so I shouldn't have been surprised to find it mostly dried up. There was some fresher material just under the can lid that I took a chance on and activated. What little of this stuff that was still good went on great, dried fast and sanded nicely by hand. It took Eastwood self etching primer very well and the can states that it can be covered well with automotive paint. It impressed me enough to order a new quart tonight as I'm now getting into repairs where I could use quite a bit of this product before this quart goes bad. I do have 1 question for those experienced with this product----from the product info stating, that it will accept primer/paint well, can this actually be used as a final filler before actual paint or should I leave some room for a skim coat of Bondo filler? Thanks
Wow, I had a can of that stuff in my hand yesterday at the swap meet in Ohio, but I figured I didn't need it yet, so I didn't buy it....
Here are 2 photos of my repair. The right side repair went much smoother. These photos are from the left side repair. I already had welded in a patch that you can still see under the right side hole but I burned through while welding it in which explains the "new" hole. The upper hole was caused by me getting too close to good metal with my 4 inch sander disc After welding in 2 new plugs and using the Eastwood primer, the second photo shows the final repair using All Metal.
It is a body filler made with aluminum as it's base Here is a link to some info I found: http://www.uschem.com/index.cfm?page=productDetail&id=54&pid=1
I paid 37 and some change for my quart from Eastwood - around 10 bucks for shipping and some tax added in for a total just over 52 bucks :16suspect After I put in my Eastwood order and was already confirmed for shipping, I found many other sources by doing a Yahoo search and found it at 27.00 with the same 10 bucks to ship for something around 38 dollars at an auto body supply house (not sure of the name as I am at work right now) - not real happy with Eastwood's price right now but I should have did some shopping first
Bob; If you come across it, send it my way or post up here. Sounds like what I need to fix the same holes in the trunk dropoffs you have. Also, a little boo-boo in the tail panel. Thanks, Earl
Seems to be the way of the internet, but I'm sure if you contacted Eastwood, they would replace the one you bought, where as some place that just sells over the internet without a storefront, may not. It wasn't much cheaper at the swap meet. I like the "Evercoat" brand, metal to metal is what they call it, the only place I've used it was to replace a lead seam.
Her you go Earl http://www.autobodytoolmart.com/usc-all-metal-premium-aluminum-filled-auto-body-filler-p-14787.aspx
I didn't think to approch Eastwood about the contents hardening because I knew the can was years old before I got to a point where I actually needed to use it. I had an age problem with a can of Rust Bullet in the past and Rust Bullet knew how old the can was because they sold it to me. They told me that I was lucky it lasted as long as it did. I bought too many body repair supplies when the build began never thinking about shelf life. Now I buy only what I need, when I need it and in smaller quanties.
I didn't like Eastwood's prices, or anyone else's, for All Metal when I was going to buy some last year. Then I found this: http://www.pepboys.com/product/details/199698/16/ Made by the same company, sounds like the same stuff, and only $20 at the local Pep Boys. You can even drill and tap this stuff!
