Project Vitamin C-10

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by 66ChevyMax

Sorry to hear that Alan.

Thanks Brother!!

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

man, that dont sound good! sorry to hear about the hood alan, are you going to try to fix it or look for another hood??

Oh, I will fix and learn something along the way. It's just gonna add more time than I expected to get the hood done.

Originally Posted by 198plus

You want have any problem fixing That

Originally Posted by flips72

i agree with ronnie, you can do it, no problem.

Thanks for the vote of confidence guys!!

Based on the info at the time I thought it would be a good idea to get a good metal guy (old school) to repair it. He came highly recommended and no doubt has some good skills. He was very confident when he said he could fix it. Today I show up and could tell right off the bat it wasn't right. He told me yesterday that it was ready and he fixed some other areas as well that weren't related. I told him from the start to not worry about anything else but the ridges. I'm guessing he felt guilty because he knew he didn't fix the problem so he buttered it up by doing the other old damage. He even admitted today he was scared to do anything else where the ridges were. He worked with me on it while I was there and got a little more out. He was too busy trying to show a 69 Camaro to my coworker (it was nice). I grabbed the slapping file and did some by myself. He was cringing while I was doing it. He couldn't even watch. After it was all said and done he rubbed his hand on it and said that particular area feels better. Huhm.......I'm a green horn. I've got a lot to learn in this technique, but i will get it.

The other thing that I didn't understand was why did he run a 36 grit disc over it. The only thing I use 36 grit on is filler. Plus it makes it hard to feel the metal. I ran over the 36 scratches with a 8" bondo eater with 80 grit to smooth everything out. I would have left the dp90 alone so i could see and feel everything. I know I would eventually have to sand on it, but I would have used 80 grit.

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