Well, it is time to set those nightmares aside.Using body filler isn't as evil as you might think. Properly used, Bondo is a great thing (and usually mandatory) when finishing sheetmetal.

"Body filler—Bondo if you will—is not a bad thing ... so we are not stripping all the paint off the car. Rather, we're using what's there as a sort of a primer to block down and straighten ...

Bondo is actually a trade name for the first brand of polyester body filler, though it's now used generically as a verb to describe the use of body filler in a repair. Evercoat has led the way in ...