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Best way to fill in deep scratches?

68kMLA Software 5 posts Sep 12, 2014 to Sep 12, 2014
I have an Apple IIe I'm prepping to sell.  It has the failed Retr0Brite on it, so I'm going to go ahead and prime it, then give it a light paint of Pantone 453.  Should look good as new.

However, before I do that, the top of the case has a pretty bad gash.  It was like that when I got it, looks like something metal and heavy was scrapped on it, left a nasty gorge.

Anyway, I want to fill in the gash before I paint.  I was thinking of using Bondo.  Would that work?  I'd then follow it by usin some modeling clay, press it firmly against the textured surface, then press it agains the filler.  That way the filled gash will have have the texture of the rest of the case.  Hopefully when I'm done painting, it'll be seamless.

Hi All,
I recently aquired a few iMac G3 233's and have 3 left over. 1 has a totally dead PAV board, one has a PAV that's on its way out (it makes frequent 'ticking' sounds) and a third one whose PAV seems fine but it has a scratched screen Sad I was going to make a runner out of two of these, but can't be bothered. They all have 64 Mb Ram and are all rev B models.

These are free to anyone who wants them, but would have to be collected from Chester, UK.

I also have a brand new PAV board but it's for a rev A iMac 233. I bought this on ebay by mistake. I'd like £20 UKP for this + P&P.
Grey or Plumber's Epoxy - the type you mix up by folding it over and over with your fingers, should best before you prime and paint it You should also sand the case a bit for the primer to catch to the plastic.

Bondo will def. work on a Mac. I've tried it before. Getting the texture right can be a pain in the ass.

I hated working with Bondo on a car, let a along on plastic for a computer case!

Yeah, it is not something I would want to do again, unless it was absolutely necessary.

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