Yep! I was thinking the same. Those bands should come off fairly easy.If at all possible I would have to pull the stainless off of the wood to hammer and dolly the dents out, Im pretty particular about stuff like that.
That looks outstanding!!!!!They do. That is what I did with mine.
I have rather expensive hammers and dollies but you should be able to get away with Harbor Freight stuff for a single job. You just want a relatively flat faced body hammer and a flat dolly, it should have a radius on the opposite side and a radiused edge on it too. You may need a radiused dolly if you have to work on the sides of the bend. Once you see the dollies in person it should be pretty easy to figure out what will work best for you. You just want to make sure to take your time and move it slowly with light hits otherwise you might make an inny an outty and create more work for yourself.I'm normally immune to peer pressure but I had been considering it anyway. ;-) First band is off.
I'd love to hear your suggestions for the best way tools and techniques to get the dents out?
@Steve Dickey what finish did you use on the wood, stain and clear coat?
It worked for you, looks great!!!Personnally I had zero experience with that kind of dent removal. I used a brass punch and a hammer and push the dents out from the inside and then sand the outside with an orbital sander with a medium grit (probably 120 but I cant recall exactly). I was slighly over correcting the dents and knocking off the resulting high spot with the sander to get a smooth surface. The sanding was revealing the high and low spot really well.
It took me a while but the end result, while not perfect, is pretty good .
I did the same thing when I stained the skirts on my GCI, I couldn't find a stain to match the rails so I ended up mixing 2 together but I don't remember what I used or what the mixture was. I guess if it ever needs touch up its going back to the original white skirts.Thanks. The outboard surface of one of my pedestals was pretty beat up due to sun damage. I knew I would not be able to get a decent finish on it so I re-veneered them. Then as one thing leads to another, in an effort to have a similar finish on all the wood I did the same thing to the skirts and stringer. I mixed three stains together in an effort to match the existing formica on the rails ( I can't recall which) and then finished it off with Polyurethane.