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Locate the highest point of the panel, light the torch and heat the spot to a cherry red. Strike the area using a mallet around the heat spot. After several blows the sop will turn black, quench it immediately with a damp cloth. Repeat the process around the heated spot until the stretched part
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is a process in car bodyworks. As the name suggests, heat will be involved, while "shrinking" is the process of straightening a
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to make it softer. In most cases, heating will be done by use of the oxyacetylene flame.
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Index

metal
panel beating
heated
Cold shrinking
"Shrinking Sheet Metal: Procedure"
How to Restore Your Ford Pick-Up
ISBN
9781610590297
"Heat Shrinking Metal - Body Shop Business"
Categories
Motor vehicle maintenance
Automotive terminology

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