Panel Beating Aluminium Sheet

Any way this can be done to in effect shrink the dented part back to the original size.

Panel beating aluminium sheet.

Beating dents out of aluminium sheet. Stretching hot shrinking annealing. Made of high quality 5 to 6 oz leather. Aluminum must be annealed to move it very far.

Bag has 1 1 2 hole on one side with extra wide hook loop for filling and refilling. With a cold rag or sponge put it straight on the dent a lot of times it will shrink and pop back don t put the heat in one place for to long or you will melt the aluminium. When working with aluminium it must be remembered that it is a much softer material than steel and less force is therefore required to manipulate it. Planishing is the traditional term used for the process of smoothing a rough panel.

The two magic tools for shrinking are practice and careful observation. At that point the temperature is somewhere around 650f. You may have to do it a few time depending how bad the dent is. Straightening tempered aluminum sheets key words.

Double stitched with heavy duty thread and seam covered with nylon binding to prevent leaks. Some prefer to heat with the neutral torch flame and rub the panel with either a bar of soap or a stick of soft pine waiting for the material to char. If it is just a dent you are trying to get rid of you can spray washing detergent on the dent heat the dent slowly until the detergent dries up and hit it with the cold water should have told you this first have a bucket of ice cold water ready. Form and shape sheet metal panels easily with these amazing leather beater bags.

Richard s datsunz lappin. First i coated it with soot. All the panel beaters i know won t touch alloy there are only a few that will and apparently they charge for the skill.