How to Lead loading
Is this traditional bodywork skill a dark art or something you can have a go at yourself? We find out with a handy kit.
Body filler is now so good, it’s easy to forget the traditional techniques that are in danger of dying out — some of which you just can’t beat. In certain areas, for example, there really is no substitute for good oldfashioned lead-loading. This was the medium that customisers such as George and Sam Barris used to blend in serious body mods back in the 1950s era of Kustomising. This to the term Lead-Sled, which was actually meant to be derogatory by the hot rodders who merely wanted to go fast at all costs — and lead was theopposite of what you needed... But it’s the
