Re: [AMC-list] Fun with dent puller. hammer and dolly

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Bruce. If those a aluminum panels you need to follow a little different prep and filler from steel. 
   I'd offer advice, but mu knowledge on that is I'm sure considered ancient by todays standards. 
   With the way most of those small trailers are constructed and trimmed out they make great "learning" tools. You can tape off one panels at the trim. Spray it and learn proper technique as you go. 
   By the time you work around the trailer you should get a pretty good feel for how it works. 
   A small compressor and touch up gun will be ideal. Low buck pieces should do fine. 

    Don't forget to enjoy it and not get in a hurry. Even coats and proper tack time are the key. Start your spry pattern off the end on the panel and spray past the other end. Starting a pass in the middle of the panel almost guarantees runs.   

   Should be lots of how-tos online.  



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-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 12:06:05 
To: AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family<Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AMC-list] Fun with dent puller. hammer and dolly

I decided to spend a little time pulling some dents out of my popup
camper. It's a small, light camper with aluminum sides. I invested a
whole $305 dollars into it, then another $400 or so to get the canvas
fixed. So - I'm not too afraid of making mistakes!

Used a small hammer and dolly set to pop out some small dents. I
couldn't get behind a few, due to the structure - and didn't want to
remove the body from the plywood floor - so picked up a dent puller.
I've never messed with one before - but it was fun drilling a series
of holes and working some creased dents out of the back. (hmmmmm,
maybe a bumper is in order one of these days!).

I didn't get the metal worked as nicely as I'd like (thought I did,
but now I think I should have gone along the horizontal crease and
then run some more holes vertically to get the dent closer to where it
should be).

I cleaned the metal off with a TSP substitute, and sanded areas that
need a little more work. Now I'm messing with NAPA's version of
polyester body filler. Built some sections up a little, used the
cheese grater, let it dry, built it up some more. Might take a while
to get the body smooth enough - but it is fun.

Still haven't decided on paint - but noticed Home Depot rents
compressors - so might rent a compressor and spray it in the garage. I
know lacquer paints don't hold up nearly as well as a good urethane -
but I might go that route anyway for a first project. Anyway, I have
some time to think about it. Got plenty of work to do to get the dings
out and sand it smooth.
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