Loehle Wonder Fil review

[Brantel]

Wonderfill works as advertised if you follow the directions. It will only fill pinholes and will not work on larger holes.

Originally Posted by David-aviator

My experience with pin hole "fillers" is they don't fill, they just coat over. Sand a little too much and the holes reappear.

[rv6ejguy]

Originally Posted by longranger

I've never used it myself, a fellow Chapter 1000 member had a very good experience applying SmoothPrime with a foam roller.

http://www.eaa1000.av.org/technicl/pinhole.htm

I've tried thinned urethane high build primers applied with foam roller on the cabin top. Result- 7 coats later and about 60 hours of sanding, I have 98% of the pinholes filled. Not doing that any more.

The pinholes on my RV10 glass are a lot worse than on my -6.

[Scott Hersha]

I also had terrible service from Loehle about 2 years ago. I ordered the complete kit, including 'wonderfil', tools, instruction manual, etc, and my card was charged right then. Problem is, only part of the kit came - some of the primer, some tools, but no wonderfil, which is supposed to be the first step. After a few calls with promises from Loehle, I decided to send what I had back and go another route. It took months to get my money back, even after talking to them on the phone more than once. I was told they couldn't afford to pay me right then and would issue the refund on Friday.... she didn't tell me what Friday though. I eventually got my refund, but there are other products out there that work well and you shouldn't have to put up with that kind of customer service - ever.... Their other products must be keeping them in business because this product couldn't. I doubt that they check this website.

[N427EF]

Ross,
Give Wonderfill a try.
As has been said, many ways to take care of pinholes but this is about as easy and effective as it gets. I also love the primer!
I have ordered several times from Loehle and never had a problem.
I very recently placed a call to Sandy who was busy but promptly returned my call.
I am getting ready to paint my RV-10 with their paint.
As a small business owner I like to deal with people like the Loehle's and Stein
and many others whom I have never met but know they will do their level best to please their customers.
Although I used Du Pont paint before I don't know Mr Du Pont, you get the idea.
Someone with your unshakable persistence ought to take the negatives with a grain of salt.

[Brantel]

Weird how there can be such a difference of opinion on a vendor and their customer service...seems to happen allot in this business???

[rv6ejguy]

It just is not hard to treat everyone well and there are just too many posts here where people got really crappy service. I personally don't want to bother taking the risk so I'll get the AKZO stuff here in Canada.

I order stuff from many US companies in my business and generally get very good service. If I don't and have choices, the bad companies lose my business. Simple as that.