The valance cleaned up nicely, but had too much bondo, so I tossed it. As you can imagine, the longer this stuff sits around, the weaker it gets. I have a 5 gallon bucket of it that has been sitting for several months now. I put a few tools in it recently, for 2 weeks, they came out fine. If you're in a hurry, then it plan on it working for just a few times.