This Camaro quarter was hit right where the bumper is attached. This was a previously repainted quarter panel so it limited what we would have wanted to do with glue PDR so this one was moulded from behind with a pick. A special pick design with a dolly at the end. This is done little by little to reshape the panel back to good contours again. We do this without any repainting.
In this video we will be surveying the dent, showing how we get tools inside to the backside, show what I did for leverage, and we show what main tool I used to do the pushing.
The Stanliner Universal Large Fender tool was in there for most of this repair.
We show a simple trick to make the dolly even softer in order to make the sheetmetal move without putting sharp push marks on the panel. Adding hot glue on the dolly end is a convenient trick. A more advance technique is tapping or blending with this tool without glue on the dolly.
I touch on why I blend from the inside. If you believe that steel panels have a memory, then the samurai technique of internal blending helps activate that memory.
This was not a fast repair but one that took alot of small movement. The damaged area of this panel is concave and you'll see the panels tendency to bounce back in. It is a shape that is pretty resistant to being formed which I found needed a technique like the samurai to to let the metal back to support itself.
I did use other techniques that I didn't capture in this video, but for sure rolling the metal with this tool near the edge was possible. In the initial stages while I was exploring with other tools, started pushing with a 1" rubber ball and regretted using it, although satisfying, I believe it caused some extra stretch in the panel. This extra stretch in the concave area cause some oil can problems, but in the end it was stabilized.
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Tools used:
Stanliner Universal Large Fender tool: www.stanlinert...
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4 окт 2024
