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Rough Shaping with a Wood Rasp

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Learning Old School NASCAR Bodywork: My First Time Using Bondo With Lessons From an "Old Timer"

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What happens here

The professional introduces an old-school technique using a wood rasp (cheese grater-like tool) to quickly remove excess body filler. This tool is effective for leveling large high spots before the filler fully hardens, which saves sandpaper and reduces fatigue. The method involves letting the body filler guide the rasp, shaving off material until the desired contour is achieved. This leaves a rough but level surface that will be refined in later sanding stages.

Goal: Quickly remove bulk body filler and shape contours.

Tools and materials

  • Gloves — Protecting hands
  • Rag — Wiping off debris
  • Wood Rasp — Rough shaping and removal of excess body filler

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hard huh yeah if you got a nasty fit that's a good way of doing that so you like the cheese grater method over using one of these yeah you can just let it ride along and put the sauce off of the high spot and you keep doing this and not even use any sandpaper until the very last and you have to be scraped again but

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