How do i restructure and repaint a damaged car door with ripped metal?
i have a car door scratched to bare metal, it is ripped in one place the size of a small child’s fist. I want to fix this myself rather than change the doors.
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August 20th, 2010 at 3:41 am
depending on what car it is you can get a replacement door skin. thats the best way to go if they are available for the car..
August 20th, 2010 at 4:32 am
i paint cars for a living, youve got no chance of repairing it yourself take it to a garage or buy a new door
August 20th, 2010 at 5:16 am
You can try to fashion a piece of metal and contour it to match…
Your best bet is to try to find a door at a junkyard and cut out a piece that covers the damaged area, cut our the damaged area on YOUR door and have it welded in. then grind, sand, fill and sand and paint.
It’s not that hard to change doors, and if you find a really GOOD door, all you have to do is get it painted and swap the interior panels, which is a screwdriver and pliers job that wouldn’t take an hour if most likely. that would likely cost less and be easier then fixing it..Since you have to find a door donor anyhow.
August 20th, 2010 at 6:15 am
reskin it then primer then primer filler then base coat then top coat t6hen lacquer
rubbing down between coats
August 20th, 2010 at 7:00 am
When metal rips you weld it back. You could replace the door skin, like others have suggested, but that’s about 100 times harder than getting a door at the junk yard. Pick something easy.
August 20th, 2010 at 7:14 am
damb if you need to ask its gonna be flipping hard and look crap at the end im sorry spraying is for pros and u gonna need some filla
August 20th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Hope I can help bud.
!st, to be honest a pro would just replace the door/skin.
BUT, if you absolutely have to, try this.
Get an angle grinder and with some 80 grit papaer take off all the paint surrounding the damage. You have to go past any damage and clean it all back to bright metal.
Next, make up some bridging paste (like body filler but normally red or green and looks like hairy putty). Get some alloy mesh and mix up some bridger. Put the mesh BEHIND the repair and bond it on with paste. Let it cure and with some 80 grit clean down the edges back to bare metal. This should have filled the hole and now you are ready for filler. Mix up some bondo, and spread it over the repair, slightly proud of the overall surface. Then get a good stiff sanding block and with more 80grit, start sanding the repair so that it becomes even with the good surrounding bodywork. Go along the panel and ALWAYS use a block.
Keep on sanding until the repair looks good from all directions.
Once the repair looks good, spray a nice light “dusty” coat of primer surfacer. This is thick, filler laden primer. Dont try and get a wet coat. JUST NICE AND EVEN AND DUSTY. Repeat 3 or 4 times, each time overlapping the last coat slightly.
Let the primer dry completely. Walk away and have a cup of tea or something.
Get some 600 grit wet and dry paper and, using it dry and ON A BLOCK, resand the total area, gently, paying attention to the overall “profile” of the repair.
Once you are happy, using WET 600 grit, resand the whole area again, gently. Use your fingers to feel the repair and feel for faults.
Clean the whole area with thinners, then a tack cloth, and then spray the repair with your choice of paint, making sure you follow the instructions. If you are using rattle cans, less is more.
Hope that helps bud… and good luck