I'm wondering how smooth do you guys like to have your body panels before spraying or spreading anything on it? How much putty is acceptable in your point of view? 1/16" ? 1/8"? ........none at all? High build primer at the most?
The reason i am wondering is that i'm tackling on my first complete bodywork project. I've never done extensive bodywork, however i have the basic knowledge and tools. So this week i started massaging the wheel wells for my truck box. To date, I probably have 6 hours into my first wheel well and only smoothed out only a few dents. It's not that i don't have the patience to do it...just that i want to be able to drive the truck one day lol . And yes i know that speed will come with practice.
How much time would you say it would take you guys to smooth this out? Sorry if the pictures are a bit blurry. But you can see a bit of dents and rusted out metal. :drunk: I also suppose that those 2 pieces might take me more time than the rest of the bodywork because they are of heavier gauge metal and are quite banged up compared to a fender etc...
Mikey
The reason i am wondering is that i'm tackling on my first complete bodywork project. I've never done extensive bodywork, however i have the basic knowledge and tools. So this week i started massaging the wheel wells for my truck box. To date, I probably have 6 hours into my first wheel well and only smoothed out only a few dents. It's not that i don't have the patience to do it...just that i want to be able to drive the truck one day lol . And yes i know that speed will come with practice.
How much time would you say it would take you guys to smooth this out? Sorry if the pictures are a bit blurry. But you can see a bit of dents and rusted out metal. :drunk: I also suppose that those 2 pieces might take me more time than the rest of the bodywork because they are of heavier gauge metal and are quite banged up compared to a fender etc...
Mikey