A small Blog about Bog

As some of you know upwards of 40% of my front bumper is bog as a result of one of my "How hard can it be?", "that seems like a good idea" and "I'll learn as i go" moments. For once, even in hindsight, it was a good idea, however there were some decisions made due to both lack of experience and haste which may have resulted in about 2kg of both fiberglass reinforced and regular bog being applied to the now gaping holes in my bumper. While i still classed this small LARGE project as a win, at the time of completion, its true value was yet to be exposed. 

 Before

What Have I Done? 

 Bog Applied to Fiberglass Matting

 Fiberglass Matting 

 Before

Starting to wonder if this was the right decision 

  Looking much better after many layers of Primer Filler 

End result, please excuse the paint colour, one day i will colour match it correctly... or just sell it.. 

During the hours, probably 40+ of bogging, sanding, priming i am not ashamed to say that i became a master in the art of applying, sanding and shaping bog. Well, maybe master is a little to far, but i became better than most... well actually i was just better than when i started. Today however, it was good to finally see that after considerably shortening my life, through ingestion of an unsafe level of tiny, sharp airborne fiberglass particles my new found skills would not go unused. 


So, long story short while sanding the fragile end posts of my desk one decided to jump out of my usually safe hands and as a result, one piece quickly became three. I did not take any pictures of it in this sad state, most probably because it was a memory i did not want to preserve in digital form. I wish i had now though, as the offending pieces sit before me on my desk, reunited in one glorious piece. 


On to the images....... 

 While the Bog was drying, next to my old buddy, 3M Primer Filler 

 Sorry about the poor quality pictures but for those of you who saw it this afternoon you can appreciate how far it has come. Anyone else, just take my word for it, it was in a very bad way.

I also bogged the printer part of this one as it will be the passport reader and needs not slots

Well, that got out of hand fast, thanks for reading if you got this far. Lets hope i can put these skills away on the shelf, at least until this model is long finished and have another "how hard can it be" moment.