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Starfire Dent Pulling

kmakar

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Here are some pics of before and after pulling out a pretty good double gouge dent and pulling the jam out. Some of the new tools I bought in the last week. Had considered the glue tabs, but the dents (gouges) were pretty severe.

Looks a little wavy but I'll work it a bit more to get it as smooth as possible. If a rear quarter would have been available, it would have been better, but I had no choice. She'll get a super light skin of filler just to smooth her over.

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Awesome. What system are you using? I almost bought one when I was pulling dents on the wagon, but I wound up just using my dad's stud gun.
 
Awesome. What system are you using? I almost bought one when I was pulling dents on the wagon, but I wound up just using my dad's stud gun.

Just individual pieces I bought. I liked the idea of using the bridge and it definitely did a much better job and you could do it gradually vs hard pulls.

Here's what I bought:



 
Wow. Nice work.
That equipment looks like pretty serious stuff. Surprised how inexpensive it is from your links.
 
Wow. Nice work.
That equipment looks like pretty serious stuff. Surprised how inexpensive it is from your links.

I knew what I wanted, but some of the kits were in the 1k to 2k range and I wasn't willing to pay for an entire kit, just the pieces I know I'd use all the time, and it worked out perfectly, and the cost was very reasonable.
 
My body shop teacher back in 1973 always told us, there is no panel that cannot be metal finished to perfection and you know what when he should the guys what he could do out in the body shop he was spot on with his metal repairs. Hardly no mud in his panels. This is a very cool product though.
 
I'm doing good to get the surface within 1/8".
As a carpenter once said "putty and paint will make ya what ya ain't"
 
What did you use to pull on that wavy wire welded vertically near the door jam? Seems like that would take some brute force to move that.
 
What did you use to pull on that wavy wire welded vertically near the door jam? Seems like that would take some brute force to move that.

It was a large slide hammer with the same type puller as the bridge (but much larger), and yes, brute force pulls.

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In fact I pulled it so hard on the last 2 pulls the wavy wire came off, but it was right where it needed to be, so that was done.

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Last night I was fine tuning the ripples and got it very close. It'll use a very thin coat of mud, in fact I'd say almost paper thin.
 
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Looks great, Kevin. You're so close, you might be able to fill that with some heavy coats of blocking primer.

When you do get to that point, I like the UPOL 2253 urethane primer. It's as thick as poly primer, if not thicker, but you can reduce it to whatever your needs are. The less reducer you use, the thicker you can lay it on, but unlike poly primer, I never see pin holes. You could actually squeegee it on in spots if you wanted, and it sands like chalk. Plus you can also use it as a sealer when your happy with your blocking . It's very reasonably priced for such a high quality product.
 
Looks great, Kevin. You're so close, you might be able to fill that with some heavy coats of blocking primer.

When you do get to that point, I like the UPOL 2253 urethane primer. It's as thick as poly primer, if not thicker, but you can reduce it to whatever your needs are. The less reducer you use, the thicker you can lay it on, but unlike poly primer, I never see pin holes. You could actually squeegee it on in spots if you wanted, and it sands like chalk. Plus you can also use it as a sealer when your happy with your blocking . It's very reasonably priced for such a high quality product.

Yeah, I have it really close now after working it a little more last night. I'm going to surface primer it first and do a light block sand to see how close it is. My intent was to use as little filler as possible.
 
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