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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: funkyfresh on June 05, 2007, 02:07 PM
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I have 2 dents on my GT frame, both small, but one is quite sharp, more of a crease.
Who would anyone recomend to fill/pull these out?
I've no tools/skills like welding/slide hammering etc to do this myself..
I would be happy to try filling, but spoke to the makers of Chemical metal who said that it wouldnt stand the heat of powder coatingovens.
So any suggestions of a filler that would?
cheers and TIA
M
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Depends on the extent of the damage, take a look at this thread the guy is 1st class.... http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=22390.0
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I had a dent on one of my frames filled with braze a while back. I just looked in the yellow pages under welding, rang them and asked if they did brazing. As long as it is just good old steel / cromo (i.e. not heat treated like many newer frames) it will do no harm at all. I had to spend a while filing and sanding to tidy it up but once it was powder coated it was totally undetectable and it has never moved an inch. I still ride it to this day.
I did find links to filler especially for powder coating but I didn't fancy it. i can dig out the link if you like.
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i work in a body shop and we have a tool that welds pegs/pins on to a panel,then using a slide hammer you can pull out dent then file down with no need for filler,i did a pair of bars and a frame this way and worked really well :daumenhoch: