Expert: William Forster - 9/27/2009

Question
I have a 1993 mustang that was in a hail storm and was just wondering if I could just sand the car down and drill holes in the dents and fill fill the whole dent with bondo(without pulling the dents)? The dents are extremely shallow and smooth and the damage is only light on the driverside quarter panel,door,and roof and if so what grit sand paper do you suggest to use on the bondo from start to finish. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated thank you

Answer
Don't go drilling holes in the dents. hand scuff the paint over the depressions with 180 grit paper, (Icing is designed to be applied over cured paint) then apply a coat of USC Icing body filler, PN 26006  Don't get carried away and heap the hell out of the spots- it's easier to apply twice and sand twice than to heap it full and try to level it down. Block these down with 150 grit, try to not go through the paint. Start wiith a couple small spots, get the hang of it, then tackel bigger spots. Or, you can go to a local dealership and have them recomend a dent wizard- they may be able to remove most dents with no paint work at all. Much easier and cheaper than a paint job! Bill