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Originally Posted by jjeffries
I still say lead (or however it's made now) offers a level of durability in something like the door edge situation Jim is tackling than a plastic filler could. It seems like the best shops still do that. For regular panel surfacing, plastic. That said, I am kind of talking out of my posterior, being more of an observer than doer. As per usual!
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Weld steel where strength is needed and fill the minor details. He already welded in the gaps with steel. What does lead offer at this point? If you want something stronger than normal filler then use marglass. I’ve never worked on an old car that didn’t have cracking joints and paint over where lead was used. It was easy and it was fast but it doesn’t last. Factories used lead over large joints and troughs where panels joined. They often times spot welded the panels in these joints and slathered the lead over them. As a restorer you can take the time to properly weld things up so lead is no longer necessary.