While at Pate yesterday I saw a man selling lead shot in a thick leather bag
(about a 10 lb. bag, I would guess). As a scuba diver I know that leather is
not suitable for underwater use and so my curitosity got the best of me and
I asked. He says that he uses it and a mallet for body work, it is more
forgiving than a dolly and often times won't crack off the paint on your
smaller dings. Anyone ever heard of this type of bodywork device?
Frank Clarici wrote:
> Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
> I'd like to give him the instructions he needs to bang
> > it out. (We have a BFH.)
>
> BFH and a dolly to bang it out. Bondo, sandpaper, bondo, sandpaper,
> primer, sandpaper, spot putty, sandpaper, probably more bondo, much more
> sandpaper, more spot putty, more sandpaper, prime it again, spray it
> with a spray bomb and block sand it to check for highs and lows, if it's
> OK, paint it, BUT, you will probably have to repeat all of the above.
>
> Oh yeah, a body hammer and dolly work much better then a BF hammer. A
> folded towel on the dent helps too. Also look into those top quality
> replacement fenders, my kid buys one a week for his VW because it's
> cheaper then all the sandpaper. $29.95 for a fender. And if he keeps
> insisting on using the taiwan lugs on his wheels, he will keep stripping
> out hubs and loosing wheels and crashing down on his fenders.
> 3rd time in a month now!!!
> But now he knows what is causing it.
> Please DO NOT USE ASIAN CRAP WHERE SAFTY IS CONCERNED. Cheap hardware
> caused my kids wheels to fall off 3 times this month, today when he lost
> his wheel (and trashed another fender) he almost got creamed by the semi
> truck behind him.
> Not only are the wheel lugs inferior but they stripped out his hubs (3
> of them now too. (2 were new 2 weeks ago) VW uses a bolt not a nut to
> hold on the wheel.
> Fancy chrome taiwan wheel bolts may look pretty but they can cause death
> or serious injury.
> Donkey dong forged steel just doesn't cut it.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> Down to only 3 Sprites, 1 Midget and an A40 Farina
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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