Matt's Pinch Weld "How To"

[Matt]

These two pics work well as a before/after:

[sean112280]

great write up Matt. It came out really good too.

[Matt]

Thanks!

I just added a bit more info and pics that should help.

[DetroitMarauder]

Great thread. Much more clear than a couple others I have seen.

After you hammered down the pinch weld you said to clean it up before painting. What did you use to do that? What kind of paint did you use?

[Matt]

To clean it up I just used a 3M surface prep disc for my air tool.... any sand paper will do. Basically you want to clean off any cracked paint since those are areas that will still peel away after you repaint. You don't have to bring it down to the bare metal everywhere, you just need smooth transitions so the paint holds.

For paint i just used rustoleum rust preventing primer primer.

[Sal-XK]

I copied the technical parts to the How to thread and left this one so people can still have a place to ask you questions.

[Matt]

sounds good. thanks.