Simple Body Repairs

This course will teach you five different basic bodywork skills. Michael will demonstrate the methods and techniques required to accomplish:

• After-weld finishing
• Filler finishing
• Panel beating
• Patch repair
• Wheelarch fitting

Michael Coman demonstrates how you can achieve a sleek, even finish on a weld. You’ll learn about necessary safety equipment and the correct way to use various grinding and sanding tools. He will deliver expert tips on how you can carefully abrade a weld until it's flush with the surfaces of your newly joined pieces.

Michael will give clear advice on the use of:

• Grinders
• Carborundum stones (various thicknesses)
• Flat discs (various abrasive grades)
• Beltsanders

Learn how to prepare and apply filler to a dent or repair on your classic. Michael Coman takes you through the correct process of filling and smoothing out a dent, from the initial mixing of filler and peroxide hardener to the final sanding. Michael gives you expert tips to make sure you always get the best possible results.

Michael Coman teaches you how to remove a minor dent. Using the correct tools and some simple car body repair techniques you’ll see how surprisingly easy it can be. You will learn an expert’s methods for panel beating and dent removal. You will also learn the correct techniques involved in the use of:

• A cross peen finishing hammer
• Dollies (various shapes)
• Slapper
• Mallets (rawhide & rubber)
• Body file

Replacing rotten metal on your classic can be challenging, but fixing the problem is a lot simpler when you learn from an expert like Michael. In this course you'll learn how to remove corroded metal, create a simple template to fill the gap and, finally, create and weld in the patch that will restore the strength of your vehicle.

Michael Coman explains in simple terms how to achieve successful wheelarch replacement. While doing so, he demonstrates the skills you need to achieve the following:

• Butt weld
• Stepped joint
• Lap weld
• Plug weld