cracks.jpg
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This is the problem. The bondo Centurion put on to cover the roof seam has begun to crack allowing w...

crack close.jpg
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Close up shot of one of the cracks.

crack close2.jpg
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Yet another crack.

bare metal spot.jpg
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Broke through the bondo down to the bare metal.

bondo depth.jpg
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Even though it's kinda blurry you get an idea as to how thick the bondo layer really was.

bare metal progress.jpg
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Making some progress.

1st day end.jpg
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The end of the first day's worth of grinding away bondo.

antenna holes.jpg
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Holes in the roof from various antennas. These are on the list to fix too.

bare metal .jpg
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Some more of the bare metal, note the dents from what I'm guessing is a hammer.

bare metal large spot.jpg
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More metal being exposed.

antenna holes2.jpg
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All 3 sets of holes. Front to back, TV boomerang, Centruion's CB antenna, Random hole I found cove...

bare metal done.jpg
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This is the end result after all the grinding. To the front edge of all of the bondo, feathered the ...

dust on side.jpg
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Dust accumulation from the bondo.

fiberglass bondo.jpg
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The new fiberglass bondo. Layer 1.

fiberglass bondo4.jpg
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Another shot of the fiberglass bondo.

mildew.jpg
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I must have had the bondo loving new guy because I had a strip of bondo running up the edge of every...

rain gutter crack.jpg
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My rain gutters also were beginning to crack because they were filled with bondo. Notice the crack a...

rain gutter depth.jpg
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Take a look at how deep the bondo is in the rain gutter.

gutter bead2.jpg
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Bead of cold weld to cover crack between roof and gutter.

pass gutter hole.jpg
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Do ya think this might be a problem??

rain gutter metal.jpg
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Take a look at all the metal from the roof seam that filled in the gutter, it'll be ground down to a...

pass rain gutter.jpg
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Note the bubbling paint, tells me there's rust underneath and needs investigating.

sanded 1st coat bondo.jpg
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The first coat of fiberglass bondo sanded down, just need to clean and put down another coat to fill...

blue bondo1a.jpg
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The first batch of the skim coat of bondo.

blue bondo.jpg
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Another shot of the blue bondo.

blue bondo2.jpg
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The pretty blue bondo covering the whole width of the truck.

paint store presents.jpg
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The results from the trip to the paint store, From Left to Right, Hardner, Color paint, Primer, Redu...

taping off .jpg
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The beginning of the taping process to cover the rest of the truck that I don't want to paint.

all covered.jpg
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The truck covered w/ paper near the paint surfaces and further away with some thin plastic.

primer coat.jpg
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The primer sprayed and ready to be sanded before spraying the color.

Painted holes.jpg
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Here's the holes in the roof, after the paint.

painted roof2.jpg
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The roof with the final coat of paint sprayed. Now all that is left is to blend the edges where the...