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Rustyj14
07-21-2006 17:31:27
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Re: Tips On Bodywork in reply to souNdguy, 07-10-2006 04:43:03
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It only took me 5 years of training to learn how to straighten sheet metal, so don't think it can be done using a red brick and a stick! you'll never get it completely straight. you have to rough it out, to some semblance of the original form, then grind the remaining paint and metal surface, and using plastic filler, apply that and carefully sand it down, using #40 sand-paper on a flat board, then applying more, and sanding that off, until you get the panel back to the original shape! A training deal on your part would be to go to the local auto body shop and ask them for a bent fender, that you could practice on. Try to get it back to some semblance of the original shape, then do the rest of the work on it. much of this work is hand work, but you will need a grinding disc arbor to use in your electric drill, to get the sheet metal roughened up for the plastic to stick. If and when you get everything finished to your satisfaction, then go try what you have learned on your tractor part, but DO NOT just go and beat on your part, because you'll end up pitching it and buying a new part, if available! Ask me how i know! Rustyj
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