nasty dent, fixed now!

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nasty dent, fixed now!

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Just a small how to on how I fixed a nasty dent I gave the van last friday.

Try to park in our driveway, backed up but forgot to look a the neighbour his concrete chicken fence, concrete won...
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mad myself a cheap (as in free) sliding hammer
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and try to get as much of the dent out:
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slowly getting there
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first blasted the welded area's and then put some debrasel metal filler on it
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then some regular filler and a bit of "putty" for a few holes
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primed
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and wet sanded the primer
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and out came the paint and spraygun
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first coat:
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and after 3 coats and a few hours of drying
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like nothing ever happened :lol:

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Tidy! Good work that and good to see how it's done.
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Ouch! Nice fix tho :ok
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great post

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Come on be honest. You've done that before haven't you? ;-)
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Great work :ok
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thx guys ;)

72BUG wrote:Come on be honest. You've done that before haven't you? ;-)

yep, restored the van earlier this year ;)

I do it as a hobby, my first car was (and still is) a 77 opel Kadett which I restored, done a few T3's in the meantime and now working on another opel Kadett.

But I haven't learned this, just started doing it, and reading loads on the internet ;)

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Got 5 opel alloys here.If you ever want any.
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Great job :ok
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Really nice job - are you in later today? We've got a ding in the rear corner that could do with TLC of that quality! <grin>
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Well done!! 8)

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AdrianC wrote:Really nice job - are you in later today? We've got a ding in the rear corner that could do with TLC of that quality! <grin>

no problem, but does my work justify you coming over to belgium to fix a dent :lol:

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