single wall bed bodywork

[sick620]

Whats the best way to fix dings in a single wall bed? you know the type from something sliding around inside the bed that create an outword dent? Hammer and dolly then filler?

[sick620]

:blink: and if you can give me a step by step I would be a happy camper :) but remember im a nube...

[Skib]

i want to double wall mine

[ggzilla]

hammer & shrinking hammer & dolly -- and no filler. Well maybe a very light bit o filler. Do the majority of work in the metal

 

An old man showed me how it is done, but I can never do it right.

[DanielC]

The problem is that the metal is stretched at the impact point. Basically what you do is called a hammer off technique. Place a large dolly inside the bed, right next to the dent, and on the outside gently hammer on the high spot. Do not strike directly on the dolly, this stretches the metal even more.

 

Here, this explains it better:

http://www.bodyautorepair.org/dent-removal-using-hammer-dolly

 

I just used "hammer off metal finishing" in Google

[deadmonkey]

you can sometimes get away with pulling larger dents out with a suction cup or by heating another area to stretch the metal enough to pop it back into place. Dents with out creases may be heated, then cooled around the dent with a wet cloth, or some people use canned air upside down. I've never really done this, but the metal does have memory and will try to go back to where it started as long as there isn't a crease or a smaller radius dent or dimple.

 

My dad is a journeyman tinsmith and is magic with metal, he never really did much body work but I've seen him straiten things I didn't think he could