Got the hood a little too hot

Now I've got an "oil-can" thing. Small, maybe 4" accross. How do I fix it?

Thank you

 

is your car painted? its gunna take some body work. the sheet metal will have to be shrunk depending on how bad its popping. it may just need to be shrunk with a shinking hammer and dollie or it may need to be heated with a torch and hammered..if its real bad you may have to even cut an X in the area and weld it back up.

 

do a search on a shrinking disk on here, tons of info.

 

Holy shit! It is painted. I "shaved" it and filled the hood ornament holes with 14 gauge and weld. Also was welding the center (1952 chevy). I don't know from a shinking hammer (shrinking?). If heated with a tourch, do I heat the outside diameter of the area a little at a time and hammer.....?

 

early 50's chevy hoods are famous for this problem. to be honest, it you dont know what your doing in this situation, find a buddy that does know, watch and learn. these are tricky hoods because they are very flat in the middle and the way they are shaped. i fucked with a 52 chevy car hood for 3 days to get it to stop popping after it got a lil to hot when i welded up the center. long story short i had to make a cut in the center of the hood, pop it out and carefully re-weld the cut. also stratigic hammering can relieve pressure and cause the popping to stop ( often on crowned surfaces or the edge of the hood)

 

Thanks for that. I considered cutting the weld out and starting over, but am afraid I'll f it up worse. Its just to the right of center about 1/3 the way from the front.

 

Hey,

Welding on any low crowned panel, be it a hood, deck or roof panel
= shrunkin metal. What probably happened when you were welding
in the flat, low crowned area of the panel is that heat was allowed to
build up in the panel, and thus warpage set in. The correction will be
to stretch the welded areas that caused the stretch. Some hammer
and careful dolly work will be necessary to releave the damage. Was
the welding done with a squirt gun or torch? If you've never used a
torch to shrink before I can't say I'd try to learn on a low crowned
hood. This would probably be a good job for HAMB member John
Kelly's shrinking disc (Search out his name and search shrinking -
disc). The great thing about working old Yank iron is it's usually very
forgiving.

Swankey Devils C.C.

 

i would second the shrinking disc. dont be affraid you will fuck up up more... dont get nervous befor you try something new. a good book to pick up befor you make your first attepts at body work is Pro Paint and Body with Jim Richardson and Tom Horvath. a good beginers guide.

 

You might try checking with a good paintless dent removal guy if you already have finish paint on it

 

Louvres.
The easiest way to remove an oil can is to have it louvred.

I probably spelled most of that wrong but its an effected I have been working on for a very long time.