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| Product type | Automotive body filler |
|---|---|
| Produced by | 3M |
| Introduced | 1955 |
Bondo is a polyester putty product originally marketed as an automotive body filler. Nowadays the brand name is used by 3M for a line of American-made products for automotive, marine and household repairs.[1][2] The term Bondo is trademarked by 3M, but is commonly used to refer to any brand of automotive repair putty due to its popularity.[3][4] It is also used by sculptors.[5]
- ^ DePass, Dee (28 June 2015). "Innovation Manufacturing; 3M Offers Easier Way to Bring the Shine Back to Headlights; the Kit Is Made for Do-It-Yourselfers to Use on Any Car. No Tools Needed". Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN). Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
3M is well known for ... Its abrasives and metal-smoothing Bondo putties are standard in wreck repair shops nationwide.
- ^ "Bondo finds second life in NASCAR garages". Autoweek. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Breitenstein, Jeff. Ultimate Hot Rod Dictionary: A-Bombs to Zoomies. MotorBooks International. p. 30. ISBN 9781610592352. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
Bondo (BON-doe) n. Any polyester-based auto body filler. The extreme popularity of the Bondo brand has led to its name being used in a generic manner.
- ^ "Bondo". directory.designnews.com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Bronze Studio Thrives."[dead link] The Register Guard (Eugene, OR). McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. 2009. 14 September 2018. ("In 1992, when he was working at an auto body repair shop, he began sculpting with Bondo, the putty used to fill in dents, He entered an early sculpture into the Lane County Fair, where it took first place.")