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12-13-2006 10:31 AM #1
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Pave& Cave ????
If you lower the contour of the metal by beating it down with a haMMER wont you have high spots to deal with? Basically a dent is not just a "LOW" spot but a low spot surrounded by a circular "HIGH" spot like a ring because the metal that was displaced by the hammer has to go somewhere right?So if you smash down an area to fill with bondo you still have to get rid of the high spot.. Right? I recently witnessed a guy bring his 55 ford sunliner conv to have some "BUBBLING" around the rear wheel wells taken care off. This car was beautiful salmon& white two-tone. Well after grinding down the "bubbling" paint we found the previous repairman( I use the term loosely) filled the qtrs with bondo 1 inch thick.ONE INCH. They must have used 5 gallons one the whole car.The owner was devastated! He decided to have the whole car undergo a frame-off to do it right. What a shame! MIKE
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12-13-2006 11:54 AM #2
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there is a special place in hell for that mudslinger..
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12-13-2006 03:32 PM #3
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Sheet metal is a funny thing, moves around in many strange and mysterious ways. Sometimes there's a high spot, sometimes there's not. Sometimes the dent has stretched the metal enough that the dent has to be shrunk before it is filled or the previous low spot becomes a high spot.....
As for the bondo job, unfortunately there are lots of cars just like that running around looking shiny.....til the bubles show up and the truth is exposed....Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
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12-13-2006 05:28 PM #4
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The rear of the car probably went up a few inches.Charlie
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12-13-2006 05:51 PM #5
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Oh the lost art of beating metal
there is nothing like the un match hi quality OF that body man in a can.
think i may do a post on fixing the ford 1/4 that i made the headers for
will be making some parts and butt welding them in
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