douglassmt
Well Known Member
So I'm done with the metal work and putzing along on fiberglass. I notice a few small dings and dents on the skins. I have a friend who makes a living removing dents from cars - after hailstorms and the like - all over the world. He's in town so I called him and asked him if he thought he could get rid of these. He's never done a plane but the hoods on some trucks are aluminum so he's familiar with how it works. Long story short, he comes by the shop, gets out a yellow light and goes to work. Voila, no more dents. I only had about 5-6 but he made most of them disappear. Not even a bump in most places. There are some things he can't fix, but in that case you can revert to the "push it in, putty over it and sand it level" method. But for those little "outies" where I dropped the bucking bar or who knows what - it worked great. Like watching an artist work. He can even work on dings after it's painted, but won't work on painted surfaces until it is a year old or so and cured well. I'll be calling him to give it a good looking over again before I go to paint.