That panel is something that I would consider to be mildly to middling damaged, albeit extensively. No deep gouges or heavy creases. Nothing serious here, just LOT of bumping to be done. Great tutorial Trev! This reminds me...several years ago I was body working a 1933 Willies that was extensively dented. After a ten hour day of bumping I was in bed in the wee hours with my wife (of course). Now I have no memory of this part, but apparently I woke her up because I was running my palm and fingers over her curves over and over again. She said she asked me what I though I was doing, apparently I said, "ALL this is going to have to be hammered out, too much work," and went back to sleep. She told me at breakfast the next morning, laughing so hard she could barely speak.
Mate! I went and checked out a layland Mini - saw it had a dented roof. Said to the seller that it needs a whole new roof, knowing full well that this is exactly how to fix it. Got it $1000 cheaper and it took me literally 3 min to release the stress around the dent, and it popped out like a 90's pog! So much appreciated the vid!
Trev, You really do a great job. I'm a hobbyist, and have done a little bit of panel beating on my own restoration projects. I've read everything I can get my hands on, and watched all of the videos I can find, and I've got to say that you do the best job of explaining the basics of anyone I've seen. Best of all, you come across as a humble guy just trying to share skills that you've developed through years of practice. Thank you.
That explanation of how the panel had been distorted was brilliant. Wish I’d discovered your videos at the start of my project, it would have saved me a lot of time! 😁
You. Are. Awesome . I’m restoring a 1955 Triumph TR2 and your videos are so inspiring. The detail you explain in massaging panels back to their original perspective is so helpful for a novice like me . Thank you so much for your effort in making these videos
We did body work for a full chapter in autoshop back in high school. I learned more here than I did that entire chapter in school. Great and clear instruction and illustration! That cord you used to illustrate the dent disformation was great.
Trev, I recently purchased a 1958 John Deere 630 with beat up tin work. I've watched your videos in the past, but re-watched this one to get a large "tin can" dent out of the surface. After watching the video, I refocused my attention the curves to look for kinks. After working on them, the flat areas resolved themselves. Thank you so much for your help. I don't have your skill level so I have some minor hammer marks that will need to be attended with a skim coat of filler (minimal). Thanks so much from Indiana.
I'm restoring an old tractor with similar sheet metal damage. Your first dent you repaired showed me a lot. Prior to watching i would I'd though to push the dent from the inside, but you actually find the bends from the outside and hammer them with the glancing blows. Taking the creases out from the outside basically relieves the bend. Genius!
Hi Trev! Thomas here from all the way in the U.S.A! I just wanted you to know that I stumbled in your video about taking dents out and creases. Well, I did exactly as you showed and I got that same amazing results. It took me about 2-2.5 hours to slowly work my way through it, but it came out brilliantly! Thanks so much!
Watch the large dent pop out after two blows on crease with hammer. 3:51 (blink and you’ll miss it~ area on door just “above” his left wrist.) Amazing skills. Brilliant series. Thanks Trev!
As a person who understands mechanics, but is preparing to try my hand at body panel repair, this video is FANTASTIC! I would not have thought to look for the crese, holding the dent in like that, and the way you describe that relieving the crease releases the dent really clicked with me. Thanks for sharing your experience like this.
Trev, you make simply the best tutorials on body work ever made on any platform. What an honor it would be for a young apprentice to learn from a guy like you. I was lucky, I had a couple masters when I did my apprenticeship too although as an instrument maker.
Good to watch that major depression pop back up with such a simple technique. I have always referred to that hammer technique as 'wiping' - HA - but then again, Australian English is different than English English. And it puzzles me why your videos get any thumbs down - how could anyone really say anything against Trev's friendly persona.
It is nice to learn that to treat the metal what appears to me counterintuitive...i would have attacked the depressed area, wrong strategy, so i learn how metal behaves from u. Thanks!Bob Belgium, great info thx
when you tap that first crease you could see the preasure release and the big dent pop up, its amazing how good you can work and understand the metal damage to see that, and go do it first, impressed me
Back again after all these years for some planishing tips,I’ve brought my whole boot up about 1/2” from rocks and I’ve removed the fuel spout, I now need to flatten out my hammer dents, the old boot had had a time and I was only slightly nicer to her, I used a railway iron as a dolly on top, cold chisel and hammer and dolly to bump her up
That was the best vid on panel work, I’ve got an old ute that needs a bit of body work. Bought a dolly/hammer set yesterday did a lot of tapping last night, but have the exact same situation as this video. Except this is on the front of the guard where it rolls 90°, so I thought I’d look for panel tips. Once again amazing video, especially using that cable to describe how a dent forms and the last bit with all the repairs. Amazing work, wish I had all the gear to build pieces like that.
Damn Trevor!!! Thank you for sharing the mastery and artistry of your work. It only adds to elevate our standard of what we can produce and an achievement that in craftmanship is pyramidal in its simplicity and beauty, that is inspirational. Thank you your awesome!!!
That was fun. Just started subscribing to your videos. Probably would have helped me from beating the tar out my truck cab. Great tips and you are a true metal artist.
Hi Trev. Your explanation and experience has given me the confidence to tackle the dents on my project Jeep Comanche. It’s got some large dents on the roof as well as some creases on the bed. This is just the info I need. Cheers!
Very interesting. I am a drummer, and the "glancing blow" technic is similar to a drumming stroke that is great for cymbal work. Ringo used that technic on his hi hat cymbal a lot.🤔😏✌️... I have several dents like that, I need to try remove them. But first I need a hammer...
It really is artistry vs. a mechanical type repair! Thanks...never been a bodyman, but just bent up a $600 nearly impossible to find fender on my Buick - hitting a deer! ouch....not sure it is repairable yet....
Great videos, great fun. "Last Out, First In" was what I was taught. It is a bit like CSI, try to create in you mind what happens during the deformation process and not tackling the obvious most deformed initial impact area first. Keep up the great work Trev..
First of Mate; thank you very, very much for taking the time and putting so much effort into your great videos. They are a terrific help. Your explanations, and descriptions with pen or some other prop, are a great way to help understand. I wonder could you explain lift, by diagram if you don't mind, as you did with the slapping file and dolly. It seems counter intuitive to the human mind that you are going to raise a low, by hitting down the way, as it were, with the slapping file, when you are wanting it to come up the way. I know it works, myself, but it would be great if you could explain it by drawing, or whatever. Also, what about if the dent is larger than the dolly, and is too small to cover the area when lift is required. I know it works to hit the crease down (on the green door dent) and towards the shallow, springy depression, but maybe folk will not understand how the radius can be beaten back to original form without a dolly behind it, to finish it down to it's exact level. Thank you again for your videos, and your nice manner. Excellent Mate:-)
I have no bodywork experience but I got dents my fiance put in the side of the car that I want to get rid of. I am more into machining than bodywork and cars. I was wondering would a panel hammer be better if it was made from brass or something soft so it was less likely to marr the metal , or am I just completely in the wrong here. Part of me thinks if I was right, panel hammers wouldn't be made from steel now would they?
very imformative can these techniques be applied to thicker material ,ie 2mm-3mm for fabrication work rather than motor vehicle thicknesses , Very impressed with your teaching delivery thanks
superlativesoul working metal the thicknesses you’re talking about would be extremely hard to shape. Just stepping up from 0.9mm to 1.2mm makes a hell of a difference. Cheers Trev 👍
I randomly bought a vintage hammer “shrinking hammer” with a round checkered face and square on the other end. Does the texture do anything, perhaps for rough shaping
Trev I think you can do really well with this channel, you have good on screen style, great skills and are very watchable, enjoyed. I look forward to seeing the channel grow, keep with it, ignore and negatives they are just part of the mix, i get em too. Hope to maybe catch up with you at a vintage show or maybe NEC next week? Pete
near end of video you show all these replacement panels for rust repair Did you make them and if so show how you went about their fabrication and thanks for a great video
Hi trev, great video, new sub right here. I've got a dent that i need to repair on a rear quarter, on a 1971 mercedes, the steel is quite thick and i can't really move it, I haven't really tried hard yet, but if I keep tapping the dent (the high area) will it go down? Cheers (happy to show you pics if you have an email address).
I was wondering if you could do a panel that has been damaged due to sandblasting and warping the panel. Can it be hammered out? If so I would like to see how you do it.
Trev great video mate but I have a question what if it’s a deeper dent with a sharp point would the same method still potentially work I hope this message finds you well and happy mate
mark powell Hi Mark a big part of my philosophy is that no two pieces of damage are the same and you have to adjust your methods to suit the repair in hand, the main point of this video is to demonstrate that tapping the crease in has relieved the greatest part of the damage. If you had a crease sticking out then this may well still relieve part of the damage on a more pointed repair but you may need to get something to lever up the sharp part afterwards. Another good approach is working out how the accident happened and then first tackling last part of the damage that happened. “Last in first out” I hope to do many more videos demonstrating different types of damage and different methods of repair. I’m well thanks and hope you are too ? Cheers Trev 👍
Thanks trev for your super quick reply I hope you don’t mind me asking you questions but it should show that I’m very interested in what your doing/showing us
That panel is something that I would consider to be mildly to middling damaged, albeit extensively. No deep gouges or heavy creases. Nothing serious here, just LOT of bumping to be done. Great tutorial Trev! This reminds me...several years ago I was body working a 1933 Willies that was extensively dented. After a ten hour day of bumping I was in bed in the wee hours with my wife (of course). Now I have no memory of this part, but apparently I woke her up because I was running my palm and fingers over her curves over and over again. She said she asked me what I though I was doing, apparently I said, "ALL this is going to have to be hammered out, too much work," and went back to sleep. She told me at breakfast the next morning, laughing so hard she could barely speak.
🤣 i’ll have to try that one 👍
Mate! I went and checked out a layland Mini - saw it had a dented roof. Said to the seller that it needs a whole new roof, knowing full well that this is exactly how to fix it. Got it $1000 cheaper and it took me literally 3 min to release the stress around the dent, and it popped out like a 90's pog! So much appreciated the vid!
@Scimmia Yeah! Thank's for taking the time to make a comment.
Trev, You really do a great job. I'm a hobbyist, and have done a little bit of panel beating on my own restoration projects. I've read everything I can get my hands on, and watched all of the videos I can find, and I've got to say that you do the best job of explaining the basics of anyone I've seen. Best of all, you come across as a humble guy just trying to share skills that you've developed through years of practice. Thank you.
Indeed!
That explanation of how the panel had been distorted was brilliant. Wish I’d discovered your videos at the start of my project, it would have saved me a lot of time! 😁
You. Are. Awesome . I’m restoring a 1955 Triumph TR2 and your videos are so inspiring. The detail you explain in massaging panels back to their original perspective is so helpful for a novice like me . Thank you so much for your effort in making these videos
Been doing body work almost 30 years and I Love watching Trev’s videos they are awesome love his work true craftsmanship
We did body work for a full chapter in autoshop back in high school. I learned more here than I did that entire chapter in school. Great and clear instruction and illustration!
That cord you used to illustrate the dent disformation was great.
Likewise mate ......
Trev, I recently purchased a 1958 John Deere 630 with beat up tin work. I've watched your videos in the past, but re-watched this one to get a large "tin can" dent out of the surface. After watching the video, I refocused my attention the curves to look for kinks. After working on them, the flat areas resolved themselves. Thank you so much for your help. I don't have your skill level so I have some minor hammer marks that will need to be attended with a skim coat of filler (minimal). Thanks so much from Indiana.
The speedo cable as illustration of the dynamics of damage was nothing short of brilliant!
I'm restoring an old tractor with similar sheet metal damage. Your first dent you repaired showed me a lot. Prior to watching i would I'd though to push the dent from the inside, but you actually find the bends from the outside and hammer them with the glancing blows. Taking the creases out from the outside basically relieves the bend. Genius!
Hi Trev! Thomas here from all the way in the U.S.A! I just wanted you to know that I stumbled in your video about taking dents out and creases. Well, I did exactly as you showed and I got that same amazing results. It took me about 2-2.5 hours to slowly work my way through it, but it came out brilliantly! Thanks so much!
Watch the large dent pop out after two blows on crease with hammer. 3:51 (blink and you’ll miss it~ area on door just “above” his left wrist.)
Amazing skills. Brilliant series. Thanks Trev!
As a person who understands mechanics, but is preparing to try my hand at body panel repair, this video is FANTASTIC! I would not have thought to look for the crese, holding the dent in like that, and the way you describe that relieving the crease releases the dent really clicked with me. Thanks for sharing your experience like this.
This video is ace, thanks. Like magic when you hit that top crease at the start. I wouldn't have thought of hitting it from the outside!
My thoughts exactly. I guess many of us learned something quite useful.
Trev, you make simply the best tutorials on body work ever made on any platform. What an honor it would be for a young apprentice to learn from a guy like you. I was lucky, I had a couple masters when I did my apprenticeship too although as an instrument maker.
simon ayton Thanks Simon, if only everyone was as complementary as your good self. Cheers Trev 👍
You’re my favorite body work expert, I’m so glad you dropped that long intro.
Yeah Im a big fan of the outro though!
Another great video, Trev. I've not done much panel work like this so was amazed at how the dent popped back out at 3:51.
Please keep up the quality work. Great example you set.
a very professional and informative video!
Good to watch that major depression pop back up with such a simple technique. I have always referred to that hammer technique as 'wiping' - HA - but then again, Australian English is different than English English. And it puzzles me why your videos get any thumbs down - how could anyone really say anything against Trev's friendly persona.
It is nice to learn that to treat the metal what appears to me counterintuitive...i would have attacked the depressed area, wrong strategy, so i learn how metal behaves from u. Thanks!Bob Belgium, great info thx
You can see the massive dent pop right out after the second or third hit, really amazing. I had no idea, great vid
when you tap that first crease you could see the preasure release and the big dent pop up, its amazing how good you can work and understand the metal damage to see that, and go do it first, impressed me
You are the Wizard, a magician of metal work. Abracadabra, the dent disappeared. Knowledge is power, thank you.
Back again after all these years for some planishing tips,I’ve brought my whole boot up about 1/2” from rocks and I’ve removed the fuel spout, I now need to flatten out my hammer dents, the old boot had had a time and I was only slightly nicer to her, I used a railway iron as a dolly on top, cold chisel and hammer and dolly to bump her up
That was the best vid on panel work, I’ve got an old ute that needs a bit of body work. Bought a dolly/hammer set yesterday did a lot of tapping last night, but have the exact same situation as this video. Except this is on the front of the guard where it rolls 90°, so I thought I’d look for panel tips.
Once again amazing video, especially using that cable to describe how a dent forms and the last bit with all the repairs. Amazing work, wish I had all the gear to build pieces like that.
Damn Trevor!!! Thank you for sharing the mastery and artistry of your work. It only adds to elevate our standard of what we can produce and an achievement that in craftmanship is pyramidal in its simplicity and beauty, that is inspirational. Thank you your awesome!!!
Absolutely brilliant, so well explained. Many thanks Trev.
You sure do understand metal and how you can shape it. Excellent videos.
Excellent video. You're work is incredible man. Absolute skill and talent.
A true craftsman .....you do incredible work
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!! This is invaluable stuff that would take years to learn
That was fun. Just started subscribing to your videos. Probably would have helped me from beating the tar out my truck cab. Great tips and you are a true metal artist.
Truly Educational.. thank you! The way you educate of how the metal reacts is perfect and makes so much sense
Lone Star Mini Hey Thanks 🤩. Your comment is very much appreciated. Cheers Trev 👍
Nice job Trev. Very useful, do up old campers as a hobby. Can’t wait for my next dent 👍.
So refreshing to see the skills alive in the world...
Very skilful work, great Trev. Bob
great videos I have some dent's I'm about to work out on my crown vic glad I watched this first .
Hi Trev. Your explanation and experience has given me the confidence to tackle the dents on my project Jeep Comanche. It’s got some large dents on the roof as well as some creases on the bed. This is just the info I need. Cheers!
Always good to share info. Sometimes it's hard to make things understood, but that was a good visual.
Very interesting. I am a drummer, and the "glancing blow" technic is similar to a drumming stroke that is great for cymbal work. Ringo used that technic on his hi hat cymbal a lot.🤔😏✌️... I have several dents like that, I need to try remove them. But first I need a hammer...
Panel beating like Ringo Star! I like it 🤩
very cool man. lots of good info. techniques that can be applied to many situs. thanks for posting
2wheel charlie Hey Thanks 🤩, your comment is very much appreciated. Cheers Trev 👍
Great video. Definitely taught me a few things.
It really is artistry vs. a mechanical type repair! Thanks...never been a bodyman, but just bent up a $600 nearly impossible to find fender on my Buick - hitting a deer! ouch....not sure it is repairable yet....
Great down to earth, videos. Like the Mexican blanket shirt too.
I believe you Trev have been old school trained with is marvolous love your work,labor of love good bless you sir.
I saw the metal pop out as you started to hit it. Great Video.👍
G'day Trev,
Amazing info here, Thanks.
Great info thanks. You can really see the point when the dent just pops back. Excellent demonstration.
Great videos, great fun.
"Last Out, First In" was what I was taught. It is a bit like CSI, try to create in you mind what happens during the deformation process and not tackling the obvious most deformed initial impact area first.
Keep up the great work Trev..
Great job Mr trev
Very cool dude I learn a lot being humble and listening.
Learning from you and thanks for the instruction. God bless
Glad to help, all the very best Trev 👍
G'day Trev. Incredible! All hail the panel guru!
Man that worked slick. Who would have guessed?
Thank you! Awesome work and clarity. Also a good attitude!
THANKS! Messer Chups music is addictive.
Great explanation, of planishing that type of dent. Also dug that female R&B track playing at the ed of the vid, cheers from Melbourne Australia
aq
Great video, very clear explanation ! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!.
So cool, yup I had to rewind that glancing hammer blow a few times to see the dent pop
Rusted Horsepower Hey Thanks 🤩
Thank you. Exactly what I needed to know.
Wow Trev that's magic😎
Magician at work! 👍
First of Mate; thank you very, very much for taking the time and putting so much effort into your great videos. They are a terrific help. Your explanations, and descriptions with pen or some other prop, are a great way to help understand. I wonder could you explain lift, by diagram if you don't mind, as you did with the slapping file and dolly. It seems counter intuitive to the human mind that you are going to raise a low, by hitting down the way, as it were, with the slapping file, when you are wanting it to come up the way. I know it works, myself, but it would be great if you could explain it by drawing, or whatever. Also, what about if the dent is larger than the dolly, and is too small to cover the area when lift is required. I know it works to hit the crease down (on the green door dent) and towards the shallow, springy depression, but maybe folk will not understand how the radius can be beaten back to original form without a dolly behind it, to finish it down to it's exact level. Thank you again for your videos, and your nice manner. Excellent Mate:-)
Can you do one when you have sand blasting damage ?
amazing, at 3:51 you can see how the dent just springs back. Thanks.
I have no bodywork experience but I got dents my fiance put in the side of the car that I want to get rid of. I am more into machining than bodywork and cars. I was wondering would a panel hammer be better if it was made from brass or something soft so it was less likely to marr the metal , or am I just completely in the wrong here. Part of me thinks if I was right, panel hammers wouldn't be made from steel now would they?
videos are excellent, feels i'm in school
Can smallish dents be hammered out from a motorcycle chromed front guard without cracking the chrome .??????
There isn’t a yes no answer to that question, it’s dependant on the dent the condition of the plating and the person doing the dent removal. 👍
Trev, thank you so much, keep it up, enjoy your vlog. Indiana US
keiththecarguy1967 Hey Thanks 🤩, your comment is very much appreciated. Cheers Trev 👍
thanks mate< great instructional but i would love to see u fix all the dents on that panel. that would be a great beginners instructional
3:47 "No sorcery, no trickery here." *does pure sorcery* :D
Great video I learned a lot THANKS
very imformative can these techniques be applied to thicker material ,ie 2mm-3mm for fabrication work rather than motor vehicle thicknesses , Very impressed with your teaching delivery thanks
superlativesoul working metal the thicknesses you’re talking about would be extremely hard to shape. Just stepping up from 0.9mm to 1.2mm makes a hell of a difference. Cheers Trev 👍
Thank you, i learned alot form watching. Got some hammers, gotta learn what to do
Top job mate
Always a pleasure
Excellent video Mate! Thanks,
I would definitely have been the guy spending hours making neat little mountains all over that dent trying to figure out why it wasn't popping.
the dent just leapt out at the first tap ,,, it was poetry to watch
tom thompson Hey Thanks Tom 🤩. Your comment is very much appreciated. Cheers Trev 👍
I randomly bought a vintage hammer “shrinking hammer” with a round checkered face and square on the other end. Does the texture do anything, perhaps for rough shaping
Great video what is the vintage hammer you are using in the video
An old sykes bought over 30 years ago 👍
Hands of gold would be an understatement .
Thanks for the lesson I would definitely gone on the inside and hammered out
Thanks very much for the vid!
If you watch very carefully you can see the dent lift massively on about the 3rd or 4th hit. Nice work Trev
Trev I think you can do really well with this channel, you have good on screen style, great skills and are very watchable, enjoyed. I look forward to seeing the channel grow, keep with it, ignore and negatives they are just part of the mix, i get em too. Hope to maybe catch up with you at a vintage show or maybe NEC next week? Pete
Pete C I won’t be going to the NEC but yes maybe bump into you one day and thanks for your comments cheers Trev 👍
I need to know what Hammer that is I can't that specific one
near end of video you show all these replacement panels for rust repair Did you make them and if so show how you went about their fabrication and thanks for a great video
buck smith I’m slowly getting round to making more videos and some of them will be on panel fabrication. Cheers Trev 👍
Very helpful thanks for the upload
Hi trev, great video, new sub right here. I've got a dent that i need to repair on a rear quarter, on a 1971 mercedes, the steel is quite thick and i can't really move it, I haven't really tried hard yet, but if I keep tapping the dent (the high area) will it go down? Cheers (happy to show you pics if you have an email address).
Great work, with no dolly!
Great stuff and well presented !!!
Thank you for sharing stay safe
Can you help me out with creased in dogleg dents 😥
I was wondering if you could do a panel that has been damaged due to sandblasting and warping the panel. Can it be hammered out? If so I would like to see how you do it.
Paul McDonald something to consider for the future. Check out my metal finishing video, tips on using a bumping file, very useful. Cheers Trev 👍
Third blow was the magic hit.
Thank you 😊
More of this style informative video please.
william lucas You’ll be pleased to hear there’s more in the pipeline. Cheers Trev 👍
Hey Elvis does body work awesome video brother 😎
Thank you for an excellent video, has explained what I was looking for.
Trev great video mate but I have a question what if it’s a deeper dent with a sharp point would the same method still potentially work I hope this message finds you well and happy mate
mark powell Hi Mark a big part of my philosophy is that no two pieces of damage are the same and you have to adjust your methods to suit the repair in hand, the main point of this video is to demonstrate that tapping the crease in has relieved the greatest part of the damage. If you had a crease sticking out then this may well still relieve part of the damage on a more pointed repair but you may need to get something to lever up the sharp part afterwards. Another good approach is working out how the accident happened and then first tackling last part of the damage that happened. “Last in first out” I hope to do many more videos demonstrating different types of damage and different methods of repair. I’m well thanks and hope you are too ? Cheers Trev 👍
Thanks trev for your super quick reply I hope you don’t mind me asking you questions but it should show that I’m very interested in what your doing/showing us