I did a search and did not find a thread that addressed this question directly.
I am not a big fan of filler, 95% of the filler I put on ends up on the floor. So the other day my neighbor was over and I was blocking down the skim coat on the rear quarter of the RR and he was giving me a hard time (in fun) on how much filler I was blocking off. Like myself he always seems to have a hobby car in the garage and I have seen his work which looks pretty good. What ensued was a conversation on max filler depth and how you see the guys on TV slather on 1/2" of filler. I was taught never go over 1/8". After he left I looked it up on the web and found a video by a 3M "application engineer" that said 1/4" for 3M filler was acceptable, 1/4 inch would keep me up at night......
What is the rule of thumb most of you guys use on thickness of filler????
I am not a big fan of filler, 95% of the filler I put on ends up on the floor. So the other day my neighbor was over and I was blocking down the skim coat on the rear quarter of the RR and he was giving me a hard time (in fun) on how much filler I was blocking off. Like myself he always seems to have a hobby car in the garage and I have seen his work which looks pretty good. What ensued was a conversation on max filler depth and how you see the guys on TV slather on 1/2" of filler. I was taught never go over 1/8". After he left I looked it up on the web and found a video by a 3M "application engineer" that said 1/4" for 3M filler was acceptable, 1/4 inch would keep me up at night......
What is the rule of thumb most of you guys use on thickness of filler????