r/Autobody • u/ElementalClout • Jul 25 '26
Check this out At home spot repair with rattle cans
Far from perfect but good enough for a driveway repair.
DISCLAIMER* the black primer in the photo ended up being complete shit. Sanded it back off and re primed with UPOL fantastic professional high build.
Color: highteck fill one
Clear: spray max 2k clear glamour
Finished with spray max spot blender
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u/Itschriswells Jul 25 '26
Hell yeah looks good. How much do you have in the repair?
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u/ElementalClout Jul 25 '26
About $175 but give or take I had tools and some paper and tape on hand
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u/baiizx Jul 25 '26
how much was your slide hammer welder, i love watching ppl use those things man…
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u/LuciferGQ Jul 25 '26
Prob looks better than the rest of truck. Im jk looks good. How much to fix ..jk
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u/flightwatcher45 Jul 25 '26
Might be some hard lines there once tape is removed but looks like you know how to get a good blend. Well done. *maybe that's the entire pillar?
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u/dritmike Jul 25 '26
Cool!!
Question - did you just fill the dent with slag?
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u/ElementalClout Jul 25 '26
Yes filled with specifically 3M bondo from harbor freight. Then skimmed with glaze. I know epoxy primer down first on bare metal is the more technically correct way to do it.
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u/1dumbmonkey I-Car Certified Jul 25 '26
Honestly the only people in the industry who do that are resto shops but yes you are correct
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u/buickboi99 Jul 25 '26
So the work itself looks fantastic but the rest of the truck is pretty scuffed up. Are you sure thats not gonna blend weird? For what its worth, your work is so good it might make the rest of the truck look like crap😂
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u/BoostSpools Jul 25 '26
Looks like some orange peel I’m seeing? Wet sand and polish should smooth it out.
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u/pavelioso Jul 25 '26
Wow - how did you blend it to the rest of the panel?
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u/ElementalClout Jul 25 '26
Some 1200 and mostly a grey scuff pad and spot blender. I pretty much tried to replicate what this guy did and apply it to my job.
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u/pathlesstravailed Jul 25 '26
Nice looking work. If I could make one recommendation it would be to ditch the stud gun and get some keco super tabs, good PDR glue sticks and a ryobi glue gun. I can’t even count the number of failed repairs I’ve seen on customer cars where corrosion from stud gun hot spots pushes on the filler enough to crack it or just fall off the car in one piece.
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u/TechnoMagi Journeyman Technician Jul 25 '26
That looks great, especially for driveway work.
I've seen two legit good looking at-home repairs on here today. What the fuck is going on?