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🧑‍⚖️ A surname 🚗 Car body filler 👩‍🦱 Initiation group 🗺️ A place name
Bondo

Bondo

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A material you press into car dents before painting
  • noun
  • /ˈbɒndoʊ/
translation icon : masilla para carrocería
  • The mechanic used Bondo to fill in the scratches and dents on the car's surface.

One owner, old old restoration, lots of bondo, lots of that.

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Examples

  • To repair the dent on the car, I applied Bondo before repainting it.

  • I could I could coat it in bondo and I have in the past.

  • One owner, old old restoration, lots of bondo, lots of that.

    Gas Monkey Garage

  • Yeah, Bondo, I'd, I'd use a lot of Bondo.

  • Well, I found out what bondo was; the car was full of it (as was the seller).

    Blog text (7)

  • Kent was out in his driveway with his head under the hood of his Camaro, which was about 80 percent unpainted bondo.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • After sanding the area, he spread Bondo to create a smooth finish for the paint job.

Surface Forms

Bondo singular
Bondo plural

Etymology

Bondo is a brand name for the car putty used to fill dents and damage before painting. A helpful way to remember it is to think of bond because the putty 'joins' or fills damaged metal, so people use the brand name for this kind of filler.