Your not really a body man, your information and skills are limited. I've never loaded on the hardner to the body filler, all this will do is make your filler brittle.
I was in Vietnam in 1969, my uncle wrote me about an old truck near his house for 400 dollars. In 1971 we decommissioned lst 1082 in Bremerton ,WA. Flew to l a drove the 1936 Chevy pu to Washington, then in September 71 I drove it home to PA. Just sold it a few years ago. Now it's in Vegas. Your doing good 👍 work.
Adding all these alternative repair options sure brings the smart guys out of the woodwork sure makes for some fun comment reading! 😆 Thanks for the great repairs as per usual. 😎👍
After Scott mentioned about your channel,when I was looking for something to watch,your channel was in my youtube recomendations, so I tried it, and I liked it.Good show old boy!
Really nice work man! Had me in stitches with the filler and tape, and "always use cardboard to get those oils into the filler to help paint adhesion" hahahahahah awesome!
@@CarterAutoRestyling what’s even more hilarious is that anyone took that part serious. Really awesome work and it takes a ton of patience and time to work a panel to that level.
glad i looked back on this video,awesome work on that cracked fender and some humor as well . i have some fender doglegs to repair on. my 1960 f100 and all i have is a mig welder and grinder so i will be watching your other videos as a "rough guide" good to see someone else with a burned up flannel work shirt seems like i have several.
You got me with the filler! I was confused thinking this was going to be it, which didn’t seem to be your skill level, but more like my skill level. Happily, your quirky sense of humour got me! Love it! Glad you did weld some metal in place! The repair is amazing! Love seeing repairs that require little to no filler! Impressive and entertaining, Kyle.
Came over here at the recommendation of Cold War Motors. Love the content and the conviction displayed, especially the dedication to fibreglass repair methods...
Hi Jay. Thanks for the support! I wouldn't reccomend wasting your time watching the earlier stuff haha. The production quality is non existant. I got a new camera recently and am trying to get better at editing, but it's a steep learning curve haha!
You are a hoot! If Scott says watch I know it's got to be good. 👍 Fiberglass fenders on order? Ya, right! Looking forward to repair using MIG, that's all I have in my (crummy) welding bag of tricks.😢
First time channel viewer here, the tube recommended channel thingy sent me here. I shook my head a few times, sputtered to myself "what the hell is he thinking" out loud...you had me going., I give to that...I stuck around for the sweet weld repair,👍👍 I just subscribed, may as well hang in and have a look at what else you can do.
Another informative video with awesome results . Would like to hang with you for a day just to watch you work . The more I see of your videos the more this old dog learns . Again thank you for the awesome and informative videos !!!
Kyle - that was so much fun. The repair is beautiful. Scott sent me here, and I'm hooked. Thanks for the awesome editing and filming and thanks for helping Scott out earlier this year. Keep the videos coming - I'll be watching. Chuck in NE Kansas ps - the fibreglass repair skit was epic! 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it! I wasn't wanting a shout out, my videos are extremely crude. It's a bit embarrassing and overwhelming to suddenly have people watching this stuff!
Good point about the hardener. As a rule of thumb, I'll take the label's recommended ratio and reverse it as a starting point. I usually go with as much hardener as possible, with as little filler as possible. For those fancier jobs that demand only the best, I'll use only hardener and no filler so I can say with all honesty that I didnt use any filler at all. My instructors at the Bondo Reformatory for Boys always taught that you fill with hardener, you don't harden with filler. 😂 People who don't watch the whole video won't get your humor and will miss the fact you're a master metal fabricator and finisher.
Carter three seconds in and I was hooked. I find your level of artistic car repair fascinating. Your hard work and great sense of humour are a winning combination. 'Cracking' good show!
I knew this was going to be an involved process, plenty of shaping and care, or in simple terms skill is needed. I thought you sold yourself short at times. Though I have not done any metal work for maybe 60 years, I enjoyed watching you turn a wreaked item back into a smooth, flowing shape once more. Thank you for a walks down memory lane in more ways than one.
Made me remember the elaborate and preposterous fiberglass and bondo repair Scott did on a pickup about two years ago. He started by kicking an enormous dent in the center leaving a cavernous rust hole.
The king of dry humor! I have not yet seen a metal worker with this style of humor! I am watching you put in that resin, and I am thinking -- 'What the Hell? What is he doing? He doesn't do this! But then -- ah. More dry humor. Gotta get ready for this guy! So you are in the same group with RAC Garage and Trev's Blog -- high end metal only to a pretty smooth finish, with little filler required.
Great channel kyle. Mr. Newstead sent me here and im glad I followed his advise. Hope to see more comic relief as well as incredible repairs like that fender . As a fellow canuck I will spread the word on your channel as well. Take care. J.
I can't guarantee the incredible repairs, my skills are extremely limited at best! It will most likely be horrific failures with occasional comic relief thrown in for good measure! Thanks for watching!
That is one very fine repair! I love your humorous fiberglass repair test. Scott at Cold War Motors recommends your channel. I agree, subscribed and I'm glad I have.
Thank you. Haha yes it seems a lot of people fell for it and quit watching as soon as the bondo came out! I suspect Scott is catching some flak from angry people and is now regretting trying to plug my channel hahah! Thanks for sticking it out and watching to the end, I appreciate your support!
Kyle what a talent, so well explained too. Scott suggested that you weren’t to be missed, one can see why as well! All power to your tapping wrist, I’ll be back for more, thank you.
Haha it scared off a few for sure, I thought showing the finished product at the start of the video would make it obvious! Oh well, as they say, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Thanks for watching!
Very nice work, it reminds me of an old neighbour 40 years ago who showed me how hammer and dolly work went. Takes a lot of time and practice. At the end of the video, you show the even reflection with a light. Body shops in new car factories (yes, they do body work on new cars if they have too) use what is called zebra boards (alternate black and white stripes) to check for flaws in their work.
Greetings Kyle...Yet another shining example of your most excellent repair work. When you get a chance I was wondering where you studied. Thanks for caring and sharing. The best of the season to you and yours. Cheers, Kelly
Thanks Kelly. I took the Siast Autobody program here in Saskatchewan Canada and eventually became a red seal journeyman in the trade. Learning to work on the old stuff, tig welding and metalshaping was just a lot of trial and error.
Found your channel by accident! I'm doing some body repair and replacement panels on a '38 Austin. The old girls been in a shed for 25 years so you can guess the rest 😂😂 just wanted to say thanks for these great videos and for the tips and fantastic way that you get around real life body panel issues! Thanks my friend! More of the same please ( never lose that sense of humour! It kills me everytime) 👍👍👍
His "not getting too fancy at this's stage" would be considered a finished repair to most body men. Real craftsmanship. Thank you Scott from Cold War Motors for recommending this channel
Came over from Coldwarmotors and dutifully subscribed like I was ordered to. This was interesting. You have a very dry sense of humor. You had me going on that first filler repair. Keep up the good work!
Bravo, More More, gimmie More! No waving hands fanatically or goofy stress inducing music whoo who. I wish you had filmed bringing the 32's rear end from the dead, what a piece of work.
Waving hands fanatically and goofy stress inducing music...you just described my next video, now I'll have to start over haha! I'm hoping this larger audience will allow me to dedicate more time to filming projects as I work on them. The videos usually end up taking longer to make than the repairs!
@@CarterAutoRestyling Don't tell me you caught yourself on fire again? lol. I think "allergic to bondo" might be a good name for a vid. Do you even have a can of it around? lol
Always a treat to watch a craftsman. One point...using silicon bronze elevated my panel repair to the next level. Also, a mini belt sander is infinitely more controllable for not hitting the parent metal when grinding. Further, the bronze can be leveled effortlessly with a vixen file, and tig brazing puts much less heat in the panel. It would be about impossible to give you any suggestions, given your ability, but an old guy turned me on to tigging bronze and it's been a game changer for me. Thanks for an entertaining video.
I occasionally use silicone bronze for cosmetic repairs, but never for patch panels or anything structural. Years ago a certified welder showed me the strength difference, he butt welded two pieces of sheetmetal together with silicone bronze, the welds were beautiful. He ground and planished them smooth, then grabbed the two pieces and snapped them back in two with his bare hands. I wasn't satisfied so I tried the same thing myself several times with different heat settings and techniques, each test resulted in a weld that broke with minimal effort. I'm sure there is some way to make it work, but as a rule I try to do everything the hard way because it keeps me honest haha. Thank you for the tips and thanks for watching!
@@CarterAutoRestyling I asked Scott @ Cold War Motors for tips on body working. In the end, he is giving some lessons on Patreon (I am a patron 8-) but the best thing he's done is send me to your channel! 8-)) I can decide when it's ok to add bondo and what I am calling "filler primer" or not! Wanna make a video with you smashing a fender repaired with thin bondo and thick primer? I bet any sort of accident would expose bondo repairs, while little or nothing would expose the metal repairs you do. 8-)
@@BobPegram Thanks Bob! That's very kind of you to say. Modern fillers actually have quite a bit of flexibility. I've seen them withstand some hard hits, however your suggestion has me thinking, as I do enjoy smashing stuff with a hammer haha!
@@CarterAutoRestyling I thought the same thing, but several bend tests later, bronze is several times stronger than the parent metal, more than enough for patch panels. I wouldn't brag, but the Brits welded entire cars with the stuff. Whatever works for you. Best of luck.
PS I forgot to add yesterday that I view RU-vid from France a good portion of the year as I'm retired and only spend Spring & Summer in the states. My grandson and his buddies in France, tune in also on occasion to listen to English being spoken and to ask what certain technical or mechanical words mean when translated. Most of these boys are now in their first years of college but the second grandson is still in High school and he wants to learn English too. I always promoted watching technical programs because watching what is happening helps define the language.
@@CarterAutoRestyling Believe me it's better that they hear a Canadian accent rather than a British one. The English that come down from GB for various reasons (mostly soccer games) have such diverse ways of pronouncing their words according from what parts of London or Birmingham or Nottingham or Newcastle that even I have problems understanding them at times (let's not even talk about the Scots). The Canadian accent sounds pretty close to the Northern states of the US and that's where they'll ultimately be visiting later on in their lives.
Love your channel, you did an awesome job on that fender! 👍 When you started with the lip of that fender and did that so well I knew you weren't going to fiberglass the rest of the repair, thought maybe when you applied the tape on the underside you were making a pattern of needed patch somehow 🤪 anyway, enough of my long-winded comment, best to you man!
Beautiful repair. Thanks for detailed explanations. I thought at first the gorilla tape was a template. But backer for filler was brilliant...although, you forgot the maple syrup. On the rounded corners vs square, I've heard it explained that you can control the heat better around a rounded rather than square. More chance of a blowout with square.
