Filing out the existing FDD opening is the only way to avoid painting the case.

Doing a perfect job of fusing is near impossible, even when the parts align just so.

A chemical weld, glue bond or a plastic welding bead still shows.

When you sand any of the parts off to equalize levels and contours of the surfaces the texture is removed from those surfaces.

There has been no successful texture renewal process documented to my knowledge.

BTW, Bondo for auto body work is a terrible choice, there are activated fillers with the sanding characteristics of construction materials that are far more suitable for working ABS case parts these days.

@ beachycove: I agree with you, he has a very good point . . . up to a point . . . he has gone far beyond that point . . .

We've been in touch in PM and in his thread, which was locked because he pushed it too far even there. I tried to leave it unlocked to preserve his bully pulpit, but it didn't work out that way. He can hound me all he wants in my threads, so long as he puts a friendly face on it, I've got a thick skin. However he's agreed to stop beating his drum in other hackers threads, that was the deal.

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The good natured kidding of, and about, O1M that has been taking place is beginning to feel a little less good natured, keep it civil gang.

Extremism from either side of this issue will not be tolerated.

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