Post up photos of spots you have made

[krusher]

No pics it didn't happen.

[bailgun]

five. bucks.

[Long Way Home]

Finally finished the spot in front of my house up, Bondo'd the approach a couple nights ago. It's a fun little ledge now. If I could just get the city to fix the 4 inch deep potholes all over my street I'll be in good shape.

[Long Way Home]

Note my upstairs neighbor's stoop sitting chairs... that's how you know it's springtime.

[krusher]

^Put some primer on it and it will age better. Now that I can see that stoop you should just put angle iron on the whole thing and slop on some pour stone on the ruff stuff

five. bucks.

That offer was for the new guy not some old DIY veteran.

I use to be the manager of a fiberglass shop for a custom yacht builder. I've used all types and brands of plastic filler. Yet in my life as a builder of all sorts of stuff I've found new ways of doing things from people who have learned how to do those things on their own. Most of the time they're doing it wrong or the hard way but sometimes you find some true genius and I tend to find that a lot in the skate world. Bondo is a simple mix but I'm always looking for new ideas

[Long Way Home]

I thought about painting the bondo, just finding some sort of gray close to the color of the concrete and just spray painting over the bright pink. I do kinda like the idea of it saying "SKATE HERE!" to the local neighborhood kids, but I think the landlord will be like "what's up with the pink shit all over the sidewalk?"

I assumed you know how to bondo, I figured it was more about having the "how-to" made. I don't know if I do anything differently than anyone else, no one ever really showed me how to do it. I saw some stuff in a crack at the skatepark, and asked someone what he thought the stuff was. He was like "It's bondo, they use it for cars, but we use it for cracks." So I bought some, and a putty knife and tried it out. The only thing I might do differently is I find as much stuff to jam in the crack as possible before I bondo it to get more use out of one can. I also figured out this technique of throwing fine sand or dirt over the top of it right after you run the putty knife over it to hide it a little bit, so it's not so obvious that you did anything to the site, sometimes it works ok, sometimes it doesn't. I have a couple other little tricks for fixing ledges that involve makeshift molds and pam cooking spray. Next time I get a chance to bondo something I'll take pictures and try and document it, and hopefully add a little more info than the basic "mix red stuff with gray stuff, fix crack" kinda thing.

[krusher]

With all polyester resins like bondo it will diminish with time, especially with regards to the amount of sunlight it receives. Any top coat you give to bondo will ensure a longer life. I wasn't talking in terms of disguise when it came to applying primer I was speaking in terms of longevity. If you put a top coat on bondo it will last longer. Primer is all you really need in terms of skating on top of bondo

Plus if you use white catalyst your bondo mix will come out gray

[cody]

[bailgun]

why so mellow?

[krusher]

I need to see some more pics of that spot before I start to judge. At first glance it looks like an abomination... Sorry? It's hard trying to be nice.

[oldmanskater]

Yeah, kinda defeat the purpose of a barrier if you build a 1/4 pipe all the way to the top.

this one is a bit more proper:

[cody]

[krusher]

So what you're saying is that spot has tons of potential. It's good to see your town doesn't mind you guys building stuff. Time for a fundraiser and thinking BIG.

[pat]

finished! now filled with water to let the plaster cure. the water has to be in there for thirty days.

[pat]