Body Work

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by NOVA1958

I agree with getting the metal as straight as possibly but when I keep tapping seems as if I create more issue like the spots gets flexibly then I have to fix that and believe me I'm no body man.I have issues when to stretch and when to shrink those soft spots.Can some please tell me how to determine what to do when it comes to that and how you do it (what tools etc.)

Thanks for the help.

This is not going to be very nice to say -- and I don't want to come across as being an ass... so please don't take it that way... but it's impossible for anyone to teach bodywork over the internet. Working metal is something that takes experience and somebody right there showing you all the nuances. Basics such as "that's not a dent - it's stretched metal"... that's easy - but how to work the metal from one area (the high spot) back to the low spot (the stretch) = dude that takes a bunch of skills....

Are you anywhere near a Community college that has an auto body class at night or weekends? Or maybe go around to the body shops in your area and see if you can't trade out some manual labor for some help? I used to stack bumpers and sweep the floors and straighten up -- and chip bondo off the floors etc years ago... and the guys taught me how to do a bunch of stuff just because they knew I was interested. So just thinking out loud here... that maybe just asking around there?

[Bryan O]

^^What Greg said.

[dhutton]

There are some good videos on youtube that might be worth taking a look at.

Don

[NOVA1958]

Well I just couldn't stand it and went out and tried out my metal shaping skills.I got the 2 big dents out and some more but as I thought now I have high spots that I can't figure out now to take care of.This was alot of hammer dollying and alot of pecking.Can somebody give me some advise on how to fix these high spots.

Thanks