This "Bible" will ruin you for modern bodywork. Once you learn to shrink a stretched oil can back to a flat plane, you will look at a plastic-bumpered Tesla and feel nothing but pity. You will become a Panel Beater.
If the metal is "dead" (sounds like a thud when tapped), it is stretched. Hit the high spot with an oxy-acetylene torch until a dull red. Tap the red spot with a pointed pick hammer. Quench. The metal will "ting" like a bell again. This "Bible" will ruin you for modern bodywork
Usually featuring a large, flat face for moving surface area. Pick Hammers: Used for low spots and pinpoint accuracy. If the metal is "dead" (sounds like a
The Key to Metal Bumping by Frank T. Sargent, widely regarded as a foundational "bible" of auto body repair, introduces the "Fairmont method," which focuses on analyzing and reversing collision damage through the "reverse impact principle". The 126-page manual, which is considered a precursor to modern paintless dent repair (PDR), provides practical techniques for hammer and dolly work, metal shrinking, and panel alignment. For more information, visit Eastwood . Quench
It explains the fundamental difference between hitting the metal directly against a backup tool (stretching) versus hitting around it (leveling).