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metal repair of hood, question for those who know about bodywork |
914 RZ-1 |
May 17 2017, 10:15 AM
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Porsche Padawan Group: Members Posts: 683 Joined: 17-December 14 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 18,230 Region Association: Southern California |
I was using a DA sander on my hood. Lots of layers! Wondering if anyone can tell me if the hood was repaired correctly. It looks pretty good, but I'm wondering what the green area in the photo is? Bondo? Primer? Another color hood? There is also what appears to be filled cracks at lower right. I'm wondering if these are dents/creases that were repaired and bondo'd over.
I'd like to paint the car and want to make sure the paint will look good; the paint over the area over the cracks was a little cracked, which is why I sanded it down. BTW, the car was originally silver and is currently white. |
burton73 |
May 18 2017, 10:44 PM
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burton73 Group: Members Posts: 3,555 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California |
Jeff,
You are not going to shave down any metal. It would take silicone carbide paper or a grinder and it is very hard to damage the panel if you do not overheat it. One way of thinking is you have to build up the bondo or new primer and then sand it level. The trick is to know where the low spots are. Look at the Utube videos to learn how to find out where that is by a light spray of primer just small dots’ and then block sand a little and see what primer is removed and those are the high spots. Videos will show you. I did not know how to sweat water copper pipes and after a plumber gave me a quote 15 years ago that seemed like a lot I looked it up on Utube and did it my self. I went fearless into it and it came out great and I saved $500. For a 13 ft. section. Bob B |
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