ok i am restoring my ERST,., got a deep dent in the wing but about the size of a 5p piece,
was thinking of body soldering it insted of filling..

 

do nether mate beat it back to shape or you can heat it up and then beat it straight ether way youse as little filler as pos and dont use lead solder cos its just old technowlegy

 

how do you get the solder to stay in the dent without it running down before it cools?

 

Is actually lead, called lead loading way better than filler as does not shrink or react with anything.
It cools so quick when it hits cold metal(body) it does not run, then is filed to shape, VERY VERY expensive way to do it.
tabetha

 

get a rent-a-dent fella round to push it out

 

u have to cover ther area with tin before you add the lead. this process is called tinning. lead filling is a dying trade thou. its not very safe and its not really used within the body repair trade anymore

 

I only know as that was what was done on mine, as bodyman refuses to use "shiller" as he calls "shitty filler".
He will not even have it in his workshop!!
tabetha

 

lead loading is more aplicable to older cars, but if you can get someone to do it, it's really good at filling seams and stuff

and you can paint over it and file it down and it's all still metal so non of this "stick a magnet to the bodywork" for dent checking either

but it's much easier and quicker and cheaper to get the dent sorted and then a small skim of filler to clear it up afterwards

 

and it don't rust either

 

Your Right....It is a dying art, but still used by many of the hand built car companies rather than Filler.

And it dosen't shrink like most of the fillers.

But as everyone says, there are easier ways to remove the dent if it's not too bad, check out some of the recomended Dent Master guys (If the paint hasn't been cracked or broken.

 

dont matter if the paint was cracked really, as its getting a full respray..

 

just let them sort out the dents then