Thread: Bare metal spots after blocking-What next?

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[QUOTE=Chad1376]Arrgh - I know you guys are right, I'm just being lazy. I can't feel the high spots with my fingers, so I was thinking It's good to go. I'll let another guide coat show me what's really happening here. I think I'm close, so hopefully another batch of 2k will be good.[QUOTE] you have the guide coat now the primer . they are hi just tap them down then guide coat to check there down so your not wasting your primer .when you tap then down make sure the hammer face is very smooth i lock the D.A sander hub and work over the hammer face with 320 or abit more like 220 so you are marking up the steel

Thanks for the advice. I'll try to give the high spots a little "bump" as suggested. I'm not too skilled with beating on metal, and sometimes make things worse for my efforts. Ya only learn by doing though.

I plan on "rhino-lining" the inside of the bed, so if I turn these "outies" into "innies", it's no big deal.

I think the bare metal around the outside edge of the panel stamping is because the middle of the panel has a slight inward dish. I'm not to worried if that dish remains, as long as the paint is ultimately smooth and ripple free.

I'll be back with lots of questions about my fenders. They are a mess, with old hammer marks from a previous repair, my own hammer marks from gross re-shaping of dents and lots of general unsmoothness. I'll need to get some advise on shrinking and other more sophisticated metal working.

Thanks again for the help.

Dont use your fingers to feel the spots use your hand held flat and rub it back and forth across the spot you are working that way you will feel the imperfections.(be sure there are no sharp edges they cut) Good luck with your project.Francis