Easiest cheapest way to fix dent

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TrailBeast said:
I wonder if that's how the door dent got there in the first place.
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Looks like that thing will adhere to any slick vertical surface, could be she twerked it a bit to hard and had to un-twerk it ;)
 
The stuff in the aerosol cans from Rustoleum is good for what IT IS..... but not even close to quality of product from the real auto paint stores. It is very durable BUT it will not stand UV rays well at all. FADES They have a "primer-sealer" that is pretty decent. They have a self etch primer for bare metal, I have used it over old primers, and acrylic urethane topcoat. Results will vary and they do not recommend the self etch for anything but on bare metal.
Old way is filler over bare metal, but NOW best to use epoxy primer over the bare metal and filler over that, BUT I do not know a source for the epoxy in an aerosol can. Self etch has acid that can be a problem with filler. You need to apply filler over a LARGER area than the ding, and be able to block it all level, and YOU need a sanding primer for this, and correct paper, and block.
I respect your tenacity. Learn by doing, study the techniques that are all over the net, and realize all mistakes in bodywork can be corrected some easier than other!!!
Like you said, you will do it your way. Results and happiness will vary!!! Give er Hell
 
I'd be dealing with any reliability and safety issues before tiny dings in 50 yo metal. Just an old dead guy rolling around mumbling.:lol:
Paint looks intact.
Try paintless dent repair, the home version. Less destructive. Much simpler.
I bet an ambitious guy like you could figure it out.:thumbsup:
 
You probably should just sell the car to one of us!

any pictures of more than the dents?

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BrianT said:
I've been with Dent Wizard for 24 years this summer. The process that we use is not conducive to older cars with thick sheet metal. I've been able to fix a few dents here and there over the years, but for the most part my tools bend before the dent does. If you don't believe me come on over and I'll let you look at the dings on my Dart that have been there since I bought it 12 years ago.
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Hey BrianT I use to work in Fife Washington on the new cars that came in from over seas and learned to do PDR work back in the mid 80's Never bought a tool but made my own and still make my own tools today. never been to school for it and watched a few guys do it back in the 90's.
I just turned 62 a few months ago and still do PDR work here in North Dakota but loosing my eye for it.
Last summer we had a bad hail storm with tennis ball size hail and was able to get most of it to come out but it sure kicked my butt.
I agree hard to get a dent out of an old car without using bondo and a dent dog or a good hammer.
Glad to see another PDR guy on the site.
 
@Fred Scigliano I turned 56 in August and am looking for a landing place for my PDR career. I'm getting too old to spend my summers and winters rolling around on an asphalt parking lot. Tennis ball sized hail? Leave that for the young bucks that think they have something to prove. I've always said slow and steady wins the race. I've made a good life for my family one door ding at a time!
 
BrianT said:
@Fred Scigliano I turned 56 in August and am looking for a landing place for my PDR career. I'm getting too old to spend my summers and winters rolling around on an asphalt parking lot. Tennis ball sized hail? Leave that for the young bucks that think they have something to prove. I've always said slow and steady wins the race. I've made a good life for my family one door ding at a time!
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I just retired In Sept. but still doing side work. Been doing body and paint all my life and now i'ts time to restore my own car for the first time in my life. Good talking to you Brian.
 
Dents build character. I had a superb paint job and decided I liked driving my car better than looking at it in the garage. I have door dings a creeper fell of the wall and scratched/dent. Floor jack handle hit the door. 2x4 hit roof. Shopping cart hit other door chipped paint. I will drive it for another ten years before I fix it. But waiting to do it right. Spend the time now to do it right. And rattle can paint can come out nice if you take your time.
 
I understand the budget thing I'm in the same position. I have very little funds to do the best that I can with. To fix small dents like the one pictured bondo will do fine just rough it up really good like mentioned before. I sanded mine to the bare metal and roughed up the metal with 40 grit. It has held up for 15 years. I'm in the process of repainting it now tho cause my paint didnt hold up as well as my bodywork lol. As far as the paint goes do you have any access to a compressor at all? Even a small one? If you do check this out its probably cheaper than rattle cans in the long run. You can get a gal kit of single stage enamel for 72 bucks. Rattle cans run about 5-8 bucks and will probably take about 15-20 cans do the math. You can get a harbor freight hvlp for 10 bucks!! If you don't have access to a air compressor then yea i understand rattle cans would cheaper than buying an air compressor lol but here is the website for some cheap auto paint. I'm using their primer and bc/cc.
Www.paintforcars.com
 
Oh I forgot to mention I used this rustoleum paint for my kframe and suspension/brake parts its super cheap and looks great. Idk how it will last yet tho I just sprayed it. I wouldn't be afraid to spray a whole car with it. I sprayed my quarter just to clean out the gun and it looks pretty darn good lol

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I sure hate to see you guys using a cheap way to get your cars looking good it just rubs me the wrong way. But I can understand not having the funds to get it fixed the right way and like dartfreak75 said do the best you can with what you have.
Sure better to see the old cars on the road than sitting in a junk pile.
If we all lived a little closer I would enjoy helping you guys and enjoy your help as well.
 
Fred Scigliano said:
I sure hate to see you guys using a cheap way to get your cars looking good it just rubs me the wrong way. But I can understand not having the funds to get it fixed the right way and like dartfreak75 said do the best you can with what you have.
Sure better to see the old cars on the road than sitting in a junk pile.
If we all lived a little closer I would enjoy helping you guys and enjoy your help as well.
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I wish I had more money to put into too. But yes regardless of how much someone puts into the looks of the car as long as it is safe and drivable all that matters is it's not rotting in a field or getting crushed for 150 bucks.
 
dartfreak75 said:
I wish I had more money to put into too. But yes regardless of how much someone puts into the looks of the car as long as it is safe and drivable all that matters is it's not rotting in a field or getting crushed for 150 bucks.
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Not a lot of money here I raised 8 kids as a single parent and just got back into my old cars a few years ago. I have 6 boys that are helping me restore my car and if it was just me I couldn't do it.
Like you said do the best you can with what you got and use your imagination.
 
Fred Scigliano said:
Not a lot of money here I raised 8 kids as a single parent and just got back into my old cars a few years ago. I have 6 boys that are helping me restore my car and if it was just me I couldn't do it.
Like you said do the best you can with what you got and use your imagination.
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Wow 8 kids that is awesome. I always said I wanted 9 so we could have a baseball team lol but Unfortunately we where forced to stop at 3. I'm very thankful and bless for the 3 I have.
 
dartfreak75 said:
Wow 8 kids that is awesome. I always said I wanted 9 so we could have a baseball team lol but Unfortunately we where forced to stop at 3. I'm very thankful and bless for the 3 I have.
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My friends use to call me Ready Freddy and my wife Fertile Mertile. lol
I now have 15 grand kids and not much time to work on my car but sure enjoy being with my family in my old age.
3 is a good # be hard on them and spoil the grand kids.
 
Chryslerkid said:
I am trying to fix a small dent... well multiple small dents on the cheap. Example below. My plan is to use the original faded paint on the barracuda as the primer coat sand with some fine grit and do some minor bondo work on door dings ect. Then I plan on spray painting with rattle cans with a 2X rustoleum paint primer and paint included. I am choosing a brighter color close to a B3 blue. My question is what are some simple steps to make sure bondo sticks.

Earl Scheib.

If you are going to scratch the car later anyway, why worry about the dings unless you want to protect them from rusting through? Which would be a good thing for doing it right later.

The car has years of oxidation and needs complete hand sanding at least.

For the time (of which you have little) and even the cost of the cans, bondo sandpaper, cleaner, tackclothes and etc (lots enough o money).

I hate to say let a fast cheapo outfit do it.

They have the material and equipment on hand and it will give you one solid color.

No runs
No drips
No errors
Only 39 99 no ups no extras

Might just be a bit more though now

These cheap jobs are just like the paint you have on the car now. Don't let them up sell you on anything like base coat clear coat and you should get out of there with your shirt on for less than 500 bucks. Watch for sales and get done for 300.

Remember it won't be a great job but it will be better than anything you do in your garage. No one has yet warned you about cats eye or dust in the from your floor and outside crapping up your job and looking gritty. Even if you do beautiful spraying and bondo there is plenty to goof up a garage spray job.

Best wishes. Anything can be fixed again. No worries, but praying is a good thing too.
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Get some dry ice and hang a chunk on that dent and let it melt. It may shrink the metal enough to pop it out. Cost you about $3 to try.
 
Might as well give this a try if you have one laying around...

 
Buy this book, read it several times and you should be able to do what you are after. It makes sense of hammers, dolleys and how to go about banging them out the proper way. I wish I would have read it prior to my initial attempt to hammer out a ding from shipping my amd quarter. Don’t worry though, cause it will teach you how to fix that too! Haha. It’s like 15$ from summit
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Update on first panel painted. Hood has been sanded at 220, 320 epoxy primered rattle can, wet sanded 400 then Rust-Oleum blues two coats, then 3 coats of rattle can 2k clear coat. Thoughts everyone? Should I continue with the rest of the car?

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Is it perfect? No. Are here tiger stripes? Yes. Did bugs get in it because I painted outside? Yes.

BUT I tried my best. My first time painting. I took my time. I think it came out okay. Maybe ten footer....
 
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