Rock chips, from the inside.
#111
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Re: Rock chips, from the inside.
"billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
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: They did... It was spotless.
:
: They also siphoned out the remaining gasoline. I made it about 100 yards
: downhill before the gas warning light started flashing and beeping, right
in
: front of a Shell Station..
:
:
LOL! Karma!
Dang, when I bought both of mine they filled them up for me!
#112
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Re: Rock chips, from the inside.
"billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
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: They did... It was spotless.
:
: They also siphoned out the remaining gasoline. I made it about 100 yards
: downhill before the gas warning light started flashing and beeping, right
in
: front of a Shell Station..
:
:
LOL! Karma!
Dang, when I bought both of mine they filled them up for me!
#113
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Re: Rock chips, from the inside.
Since the dimple is raised on the outside, it's fairly simple to tap
flush without mucking the paint (if it didn't raise enough to actually
crack the paint). If the surface is flat, put a 2x4 (or a GOOD dolly)
on the under side or shape a length of 2x4 to match the curve it's on.
Cover the top side with a thick leather piece - maybe an old 2 inch
wide belt about 1/6 - 3/16 inch thick or so. Use a flat faced hammer
and keep tapping fairly lightly (no muscle, just the weight of the
hammer). That usually brings the dimple out if you can reach both
sides and the leather will protect the paint - if you wash all the
dirt off first - but it will take a bunch of taps with the hammer good
and square.
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:07:25 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
> Steve G did pass the time by typing:
> > Kate, look for "Dent DR" in the phone book or at a body shop, they are the
> > ones doing the dry ice thing, no repaint needed either i believe.
>
> Dry ice only works with older thick metal. The newer thinner stuff deforms
> and that trick won't work. The modern dent folks generally use a suction gun
> style dent puller. For that type of dent you usually just smooth it down with
> some light hammer and dolly work.
>
> However, if your not familiar with body work don't do it yourself on anything
> other than ye-olde-rustbucket. It's very easy to mess up paint and make more
> dents. Best thing for learning is a mashed up fender from a junk yard.
>
> http://www.metalshapers.org
> has some good info.
>
> Reading material for any body shop
> http://www.i-car.com/pdf/upcr/procedures/st/st21a.pdf
>
>
>
--
Will Honea
flush without mucking the paint (if it didn't raise enough to actually
crack the paint). If the surface is flat, put a 2x4 (or a GOOD dolly)
on the under side or shape a length of 2x4 to match the curve it's on.
Cover the top side with a thick leather piece - maybe an old 2 inch
wide belt about 1/6 - 3/16 inch thick or so. Use a flat faced hammer
and keep tapping fairly lightly (no muscle, just the weight of the
hammer). That usually brings the dimple out if you can reach both
sides and the leather will protect the paint - if you wash all the
dirt off first - but it will take a bunch of taps with the hammer good
and square.
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:07:25 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
> Steve G did pass the time by typing:
> > Kate, look for "Dent DR" in the phone book or at a body shop, they are the
> > ones doing the dry ice thing, no repaint needed either i believe.
>
> Dry ice only works with older thick metal. The newer thinner stuff deforms
> and that trick won't work. The modern dent folks generally use a suction gun
> style dent puller. For that type of dent you usually just smooth it down with
> some light hammer and dolly work.
>
> However, if your not familiar with body work don't do it yourself on anything
> other than ye-olde-rustbucket. It's very easy to mess up paint and make more
> dents. Best thing for learning is a mashed up fender from a junk yard.
>
> http://www.metalshapers.org
> has some good info.
>
> Reading material for any body shop
> http://www.i-car.com/pdf/upcr/procedures/st/st21a.pdf
>
>
>
--
Will Honea
#114
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Posts: n/a
Re: Rock chips, from the inside.
Since the dimple is raised on the outside, it's fairly simple to tap
flush without mucking the paint (if it didn't raise enough to actually
crack the paint). If the surface is flat, put a 2x4 (or a GOOD dolly)
on the under side or shape a length of 2x4 to match the curve it's on.
Cover the top side with a thick leather piece - maybe an old 2 inch
wide belt about 1/6 - 3/16 inch thick or so. Use a flat faced hammer
and keep tapping fairly lightly (no muscle, just the weight of the
hammer). That usually brings the dimple out if you can reach both
sides and the leather will protect the paint - if you wash all the
dirt off first - but it will take a bunch of taps with the hammer good
and square.
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:07:25 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
> Steve G did pass the time by typing:
> > Kate, look for "Dent DR" in the phone book or at a body shop, they are the
> > ones doing the dry ice thing, no repaint needed either i believe.
>
> Dry ice only works with older thick metal. The newer thinner stuff deforms
> and that trick won't work. The modern dent folks generally use a suction gun
> style dent puller. For that type of dent you usually just smooth it down with
> some light hammer and dolly work.
>
> However, if your not familiar with body work don't do it yourself on anything
> other than ye-olde-rustbucket. It's very easy to mess up paint and make more
> dents. Best thing for learning is a mashed up fender from a junk yard.
>
> http://www.metalshapers.org
> has some good info.
>
> Reading material for any body shop
> http://www.i-car.com/pdf/upcr/procedures/st/st21a.pdf
>
>
>
--
Will Honea
flush without mucking the paint (if it didn't raise enough to actually
crack the paint). If the surface is flat, put a 2x4 (or a GOOD dolly)
on the under side or shape a length of 2x4 to match the curve it's on.
Cover the top side with a thick leather piece - maybe an old 2 inch
wide belt about 1/6 - 3/16 inch thick or so. Use a flat faced hammer
and keep tapping fairly lightly (no muscle, just the weight of the
hammer). That usually brings the dimple out if you can reach both
sides and the leather will protect the paint - if you wash all the
dirt off first - but it will take a bunch of taps with the hammer good
and square.
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:07:25 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
> Steve G did pass the time by typing:
> > Kate, look for "Dent DR" in the phone book or at a body shop, they are the
> > ones doing the dry ice thing, no repaint needed either i believe.
>
> Dry ice only works with older thick metal. The newer thinner stuff deforms
> and that trick won't work. The modern dent folks generally use a suction gun
> style dent puller. For that type of dent you usually just smooth it down with
> some light hammer and dolly work.
>
> However, if your not familiar with body work don't do it yourself on anything
> other than ye-olde-rustbucket. It's very easy to mess up paint and make more
> dents. Best thing for learning is a mashed up fender from a junk yard.
>
> http://www.metalshapers.org
> has some good info.
>
> Reading material for any body shop
> http://www.i-car.com/pdf/upcr/procedures/st/st21a.pdf
>
>
>
--
Will Honea
#115
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Re: Rock chips, from the inside.
Since the dimple is raised on the outside, it's fairly simple to tap
flush without mucking the paint (if it didn't raise enough to actually
crack the paint). If the surface is flat, put a 2x4 (or a GOOD dolly)
on the under side or shape a length of 2x4 to match the curve it's on.
Cover the top side with a thick leather piece - maybe an old 2 inch
wide belt about 1/6 - 3/16 inch thick or so. Use a flat faced hammer
and keep tapping fairly lightly (no muscle, just the weight of the
hammer). That usually brings the dimple out if you can reach both
sides and the leather will protect the paint - if you wash all the
dirt off first - but it will take a bunch of taps with the hammer good
and square.
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:07:25 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
> Steve G did pass the time by typing:
> > Kate, look for "Dent DR" in the phone book or at a body shop, they are the
> > ones doing the dry ice thing, no repaint needed either i believe.
>
> Dry ice only works with older thick metal. The newer thinner stuff deforms
> and that trick won't work. The modern dent folks generally use a suction gun
> style dent puller. For that type of dent you usually just smooth it down with
> some light hammer and dolly work.
>
> However, if your not familiar with body work don't do it yourself on anything
> other than ye-olde-rustbucket. It's very easy to mess up paint and make more
> dents. Best thing for learning is a mashed up fender from a junk yard.
>
> http://www.metalshapers.org
> has some good info.
>
> Reading material for any body shop
> http://www.i-car.com/pdf/upcr/procedures/st/st21a.pdf
>
>
>
--
Will Honea
flush without mucking the paint (if it didn't raise enough to actually
crack the paint). If the surface is flat, put a 2x4 (or a GOOD dolly)
on the under side or shape a length of 2x4 to match the curve it's on.
Cover the top side with a thick leather piece - maybe an old 2 inch
wide belt about 1/6 - 3/16 inch thick or so. Use a flat faced hammer
and keep tapping fairly lightly (no muscle, just the weight of the
hammer). That usually brings the dimple out if you can reach both
sides and the leather will protect the paint - if you wash all the
dirt off first - but it will take a bunch of taps with the hammer good
and square.
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:07:25 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
> Steve G did pass the time by typing:
> > Kate, look for "Dent DR" in the phone book or at a body shop, they are the
> > ones doing the dry ice thing, no repaint needed either i believe.
>
> Dry ice only works with older thick metal. The newer thinner stuff deforms
> and that trick won't work. The modern dent folks generally use a suction gun
> style dent puller. For that type of dent you usually just smooth it down with
> some light hammer and dolly work.
>
> However, if your not familiar with body work don't do it yourself on anything
> other than ye-olde-rustbucket. It's very easy to mess up paint and make more
> dents. Best thing for learning is a mashed up fender from a junk yard.
>
> http://www.metalshapers.org
> has some good info.
>
> Reading material for any body shop
> http://www.i-car.com/pdf/upcr/procedures/st/st21a.pdf
>
>
>
--
Will Honea
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Re: Rock chips, from the inside.
"Seahag" <Seahag@toadymail.net> wrote in message
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:
: "Kate" <Kate@dub.dub.dub.com (please ask)> wrote:
: >
: > "Steve G" <stevncin@charter.net> wrote:
: > : Kate, look for "Dent DR" in the phone book or at a body
: > shop, they are the
: > : ones doing the dry ice thing, no repaint needed either i
: > believe.
: > :
: > Great idea but the goddamn paint is cracked too.
: >
: > Hell it's a Jeep, I suppose I can get used to it.
: > But WHY so soon!!!!!
: >
: > Naw, I'll be ok.
:
: My husband is supremely grateful that I scratched Clemie
: first. I was washing and waxing, playing with her parts in
: general. When I opened the hood to poke around the engine I
: sorta forgot to fold the wipers back onto the windshield.
: Got two big 'V' shaped scratches on the hood...
:
: Seahag
:
Oh god! I did that with my Cobra, knocked a dime size chip out of the hood.
I knew then that my stupidity was confirmed.
Luckily I was able to repair it so that it was nearly invisible but I always
knew it was there.
I bet that you were just sick over it and probabaly still kick yourself.
#117
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Re: Rock chips, from the inside.
"Seahag" <Seahag@toadymail.net> wrote in message
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:
: "Kate" <Kate@dub.dub.dub.com (please ask)> wrote:
: >
: > "Steve G" <stevncin@charter.net> wrote:
: > : Kate, look for "Dent DR" in the phone book or at a body
: > shop, they are the
: > : ones doing the dry ice thing, no repaint needed either i
: > believe.
: > :
: > Great idea but the goddamn paint is cracked too.
: >
: > Hell it's a Jeep, I suppose I can get used to it.
: > But WHY so soon!!!!!
: >
: > Naw, I'll be ok.
:
: My husband is supremely grateful that I scratched Clemie
: first. I was washing and waxing, playing with her parts in
: general. When I opened the hood to poke around the engine I
: sorta forgot to fold the wipers back onto the windshield.
: Got two big 'V' shaped scratches on the hood...
:
: Seahag
:
Oh god! I did that with my Cobra, knocked a dime size chip out of the hood.
I knew then that my stupidity was confirmed.
Luckily I was able to repair it so that it was nearly invisible but I always
knew it was there.
I bet that you were just sick over it and probabaly still kick yourself.
#118
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Re: Rock chips, from the inside.
"Seahag" <Seahag@toadymail.net> wrote in message
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:
: "Kate" <Kate@dub.dub.dub.com (please ask)> wrote:
: >
: > "Steve G" <stevncin@charter.net> wrote:
: > : Kate, look for "Dent DR" in the phone book or at a body
: > shop, they are the
: > : ones doing the dry ice thing, no repaint needed either i
: > believe.
: > :
: > Great idea but the goddamn paint is cracked too.
: >
: > Hell it's a Jeep, I suppose I can get used to it.
: > But WHY so soon!!!!!
: >
: > Naw, I'll be ok.
:
: My husband is supremely grateful that I scratched Clemie
: first. I was washing and waxing, playing with her parts in
: general. When I opened the hood to poke around the engine I
: sorta forgot to fold the wipers back onto the windshield.
: Got two big 'V' shaped scratches on the hood...
:
: Seahag
:
Oh god! I did that with my Cobra, knocked a dime size chip out of the hood.
I knew then that my stupidity was confirmed.
Luckily I was able to repair it so that it was nearly invisible but I always
knew it was there.
I bet that you were just sick over it and probabaly still kick yourself.
#119
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Re: Rock chips, from the inside.
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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: Since the dimple is raised on the outside, it's fairly simple to tap
: flush without mucking the paint (if it didn't raise enough to actually
: crack the paint).
Thanks Will, it DID crack the paint.
not a lot but enough. I'm gonna scratch my head over this for awhile.
Kate
#120
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Re: Rock chips, from the inside.
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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: Since the dimple is raised on the outside, it's fairly simple to tap
: flush without mucking the paint (if it didn't raise enough to actually
: crack the paint).
Thanks Will, it DID crack the paint.
not a lot but enough. I'm gonna scratch my head over this for awhile.
Kate