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mr48chev · 07-09-2018, 10:30 AM

You Might try taking a cup brush on an angle grinder and knocking the rust down in the areas you want to do the metal work so you can work on the dents and most of the dings and after you have it pretty close sand or media blast it to get it down to nice bare metal to finish it up.
Some guys might have it sandblasted or metal stripped first and then do the metal work and prime it but they probably work faster than most of us do.
I looked at a car the other day that a guy had had sandblasted a couple of years ago and let sit in bare metal in his garage ever since and it looks almost as bad as that fender does now. Whole thing has to be redone again.

07-09-2018, 10:30 AM	#5
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,306	Re: Fender straightening You Might try taking a cup brush on an angle grinder and knocking the rust down in the areas you want to do the metal work so you can work on the dents and most of the dings and after you have it pretty close sand or media blast it to get it down to nice bare metal to finish it up. Some guys might have it sandblasted or metal stripped first and then do the metal work and prime it but they probably work faster than most of us do. I looked at a car the other day that a guy had had sandblasted a couple of years ago and let sit in bare metal in his garage ever since and it looks almost as bad as that fender does now. Whole thing has to be redone again. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.