Bedside Panel Dent Fix

I said depending on the size of the project. This is a getting a little tedious - you guys act like you need a superhuman set of skills to good bodywork.

Depends - up on a 30 foot ladder shooting oil based out of a 5 foot wand is a little different than being all comfy in a spray booth. With a car your work is pretty much always at eye level and at optimal spraying conditions. Also, spraying a big flat surface is easier than the intricate details on a $50k set of cabinets.

 

I think you're missing my point. Since a house is big and the paint is dull customers see an imperfection in a nanosecond on a shiny car where they won't notice the same thing on a house. Especially under fluorescent lights. The spray booth isn't where a good paint job happens. It's in the prep work.

 

I was talking about the actual paint - good work on a house requires good prep work as well.

There are different sheens in house coatings - flat is just one of them and trust me there are customers that will nitpick anything depending on what kind of houses you work on. You don't get to wet sand work in a custom interior - you either get it right or you're redoing a whole wall.

A good paint job is in the prep work no matter what - but if you're not good with a gun you're going to screw up any amount of prep. House, car, a chair, doesn't matter. There's always little things you have to account for when painting houses. Cars can be the same way, but to say one is easier than the other ignores the difficulties in each. Houses require that you are dexterous enough with the right set of hand skills and knowledge to make the paint job "disappear" - anything that stands out is indicative of a bad paint job. Cars require great skill in spraying technique - the prep work should be up to snuff of course, and your timeline to work on the project is usually tighter than on a house as well.

I look at it like this - you can be a pro at soccer or foosball - they utilize a similar set of concepts, but in the end there's one that's focused in a small area. Being great at one doesn't guarantee you'll be great at the other. However, if you adhere to the basic principles of each game, which they share a lot of, you'll do well. In the end, necessity is the mother of invention. Or learning new skills. lol

 

I have never done body work but I KNOW I could swing that for under $100 and it would look good. I am pro with spray paint (just ask the city of Berkeley and Oakland). If you take your time Im sure its easy: $5 Primer, $7 Top Coat, $10 assorted grit sand papers, $5 Blue tape, $7 bondo and regular tools (drill and hammer).

 

1K stuff can get the job done - rattle bombs of 2k primer, 1k automotive quality base coat, and 2k clear are ~$30 a piece. Bedsides are right in that tricky area that could get covered with one or two cans.

Tagging crew or graffiti artist lol?

 

Tagging crew or graffiti artist lol?[/QUOTE]

25 Years hardcore graffiti artist (wall, trains and subways). Im retired now but still got love for the streets.

 

The OP checked out a long time ago.

 

That's one thing I never got into, but I've always been amazed at what you guys can do on the the craziest surfaces!

 

There is a thread on here for Tacomas with Graff in the backgrounds:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ildings-…-share-your-photographs-here.360947/

 

Very true but quality prep is required for a quality job for either one. I've seen plenty of mediocre work in home remodeling, body work, and grafitti and have the utmost respect for good craftsmanship wherever found. I'm not arguing over what the most difficult craft is, only that each has its own skill set and should command respect if done well. I know I can accomplish many things and do a better than average job of them but I have enough humility to also know that they would not equal the efforts of someone devoted to that skill. It won't be quite as good and certainly not done nearly as quickly. If the op wants to give it a go, fine and dandy, but suggesting that it will look as good as quality professional work is disrespectful to that profession(though there's plenty of low quality professionals out there he could probably surpass, maybe). Given the age of the truck it hardly matters anyway.

 

Where every you OP

https://austin.craigslist.org/pts/d/fenders-1994-toyota-lancruser/6264623141.html

 

There's a bed for sale for $350 out here with less damage than op's. Plug n' play.

 

Shipping cost of that migt put me well over 1500$

 

Its funny because i never mentioned Bondo in my post, but somehow this turned into a "so you think you can do bodywork!?" pissing contest. i just wanted to know if i could weld on a new panel, i never really intended to pop the dent and bondo it

 

There might be one closer to you out there

No reason you couldn't weld one on - with luck you could find a used one with the same color factory paint!

 

Well?? All I can say is give it a go.

 

Yes, you can weld on a new panel. That is the only proper way to repair it. Popping that dent and making it look like it was never there would require a pro. I'm including matching the paint so no one can ever tell as well in that statement.

 

Not if you remove your bed and come pick it and bold the replacement on yourself

 

Great! Bring your truck by this weekend and I will bang it out.

 

60 hour drive seems legit... i heard texas is nice this time of year...