Holy cow! Eurosoft glazing putty got EXPENSIVE!

[LDO]

It’s been several years since I bought any. I took down my model workbench when my two brothers needed a place to stay and save money. Anyway- I have a couple of projects underway so I went to local store to order some Evercoat Eurosoft putty. It was $105 for a 20oz can. I do like to buy local, but in this case I got online and found the prices all over the place. Summit Racing has it for $79.99. Other places have it for a few dollars less, but it’s places I have never heard of. 
 

I think that I should only open it when I have several projects that need it, then seal the can in a Seal-a-Meal bag. 

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

It's great stuff, but IMHO it's way overkill for model projects because of the price and the relatively huge amount of the stuff left over...usually...unless you work in a body shop and can get it free from almost empty containers.

Again IMHO, Bondo 801 "professional" catalyzed glazing putty works just dandy, and comes in modeler-friendly 3 ounce packaging for about $15, including a tube of color-change catalyst.

It's now my usual go-to for heavy sculptural fills on models...though not in the big ol' package shown here.

Edited March 5, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy

[Mark]

Agreed, the Bondo product is just as good as Evercoat for what we are doing.  I have used both, and one works as well as the other.

[Brian Austin]

20 years ago Eurosoft was everybody's favorite putty, but I just never got along with it so I hadn't tried it since.

[peteski]

On 3/5/2023 at 4:21 PM, LDO said:

I think that I should only open it when I have several projects that need it, then seal the can in a Seal-a-Meal bag.

If you mean one of those Ziploc bags, they might not work.   they are not even truly hermetically sealed, and some solvents can permiate through the plastic those bags are made of.  Better would be an empty metal paint can, or a pickle jar.

[LDO]

I was thinking of the bags for vacuum sealing food.

[peteski]

4 hours ago, LDO said:

I was thinking of the bags for vacuum sealing food.

Those do seal tightly. I guess that is worth a try to keep it fresh longer.

[Mr. Metallic]

I haven't bought a tube in about 5 years, but Dolphin Glaze (weird name, I know) is just as good as evercoat, and comes in a better container for hobby use. Back then it was about $25 including shipping on eBay. It's probably 3 times as large as the tube of Bondo pictured above, and is a true 2 part automotive grade filler. But the tube allows you to use small amounts at a time and doesn't expose the rest of the contents to air like the evercoat products do, which keeps it viable for much longer. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

20 hours ago, Mr. Metallic said:

I haven't bought a tube in about 5 years, but Dolphin Glaze (weird name, I know) is just as good as evercoat, and comes in a better container for hobby use...

Yup, it's a very fine grained product too, great for models.

As it's quite thin, to be "self leveling", thick fills for heavy custom work may require multiple applications.

The 'pouch' it comes in is, I believe, 'aluminized' Mylar, and seems to be impervious to air, solvent evaporation, and allows small amounts to be dispensed easily...and the contents can be kneaded easily too.

EDIT: The 440 ml (about 15 fluid ounces) 'pouch' is currently about $30 at parts stores.

           3 ounces of the Bondo 801 catalyzed product, in the metal tube, is roughly $15.

 

Edited March 9, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy

[Mr. Metallic]

The Dolphin Glaze I have is the first one pictured which I don't believe is self leveling. It is thick and spreadable while still maintaining it's shape, about the consistency of peanut butter. Because it doesn't shrink it usually only takes one application followed by an application of Tamiya grey to fill any minor imperfections caused by sanding, unless it is some heavy customizing.

Thanks for researching the current price, glad it's still affordable.

[wrenchr]

I just use the bondo stuff, works great for what I do. 

[Ralphie]

Bondo 801 "professional" catalyzed glazing putty has been discontiued !

[Redisetta]

Bondo glazing putty has been around forever,and readily available in my area, not sure where you are but I don’t think it’s been discontinued 

[peteski]

4 hours ago, Redisetta said:

Bondo glazing putty has been around forever,and readily available in my area, not sure where you are but I don’t think it’s been discontinued 

You might be thinking about the Bondo 1-part glazing putty which shrinks as it hardens (the solvent evaporates).  "Catalyzed" is the key word. Catalyzed putty is a 2-part polyester putty which hardens by chemical reaction (not evaporation - no shrinkage).

[oldcarfan]

I'm surprised some company hasn't repackaged a two part putty into smaller containers for hobby use. It would sure be nice!

[Mothersworry]

5 hours ago, oldcarfan said:

I'm surprised some company hasn't repackaged a two part putty into smaller containers for hobby use. It would sure be nice!

Tamiya two part Polyester putty...about $10.00 +/-.

 

 

Edited Friday at 01:08 AM by Mothersworry

[Ace-Garageguy]

Though Amazon shows the Bondo 2-part polyester 801 putty to be unavailable, NAPA still shows stock.

This may or may not be true because...internet.

I'll check my local NAPA tomorrow.

In the meantime, the above mentioned Dolphin Glaze is an excellent product and has become the go-to for the high-end bodyshop I work with.

The package "pouch" is a kind of plasticized metal foil, and keeps the product fresh longer than other 2-part polyester glazing putties in plastic tubes.

BEWARE: SEVERAL ONLINE SELLERS ARE LYING AND LISTING THE BONDO #907 ONE-PART PUTTY AS "PROFESSIONAL" (WHICH IS THE 2-PART #801) AT STUPIDLY INFLATED PRICES.  PAY ATTENTION.

ALSO BEWARE:  THE DOLPHIN GLAZE PACKAGING HAS CHANGED. ANYTHING IN THIS PACKAGE IS OLD

Edited Friday at 01:57 AM by Ace-Garageguy

[RSchnell]

That damn one part putty is BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH. Those of us who worked in body shops back in the day will recall it's equally BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH sibling. 

 

 

[Mark]

The old, red, single-stage glazing putty, and old lacquer primers ALWAYS shrank.  The putty is, at its essence, extremely unthinned lacquer primer.

It was either Von Dutch, or probably Dean Jeffries, who started doing their stylized pinstriping in areas where the car had been "nosed" and "decked" (scripts and emblems removed from hood and deck lid).  The pinstriping was done in part to help hide grinder marks in those areas, that flared up later after the primer and putty shrank under the lacquer paint applied over the work.

[Mark]

Too, with any of the two-part stuff, bagging the putty once opened is a great idea.  Even better is to bag the putty and catalyst separately and don't store them right next to each other.

I don't have experience with the U-POL product pictured, but other products of theirs are quite good.  I'm seeing their stuff in auto parts stores (O'Reilly recently moved into my area after Pep Boys exited the parts business to concentrate on the repair shops).

Excepting the U-POL which I don't know about, the other putties use the same catalyst as other two-part fillers.  Those tubes separate, dry out, and crack open over time.  You can get those catalyst tubes separately at Home Depot, Lowe's, what have you.  Don't toss the big tube when the little one goes bad.

[oldcarfan]

On 6/26/2025 at 7:53 PM, Mothersworry said:

Tamiya two part Polyester putty...about $10.00 +/-.

 

 

I'll be on the lookout for this!