Experience counts for everything

[Leon]

Good evening all

Quick question. Any body here have any experience with a panel spoon, or as the yanks call them "slappers"

I saw a couple of videos on YouTube and it looks too good to be true.

Can you really get a dinged pannel back so close as to almost not needing filler?

Thanx in advanve for any input.

Leon

[Chev58]

Yes they do work, it looks similar to a shaped coarse flat file and is used in combination with a dolly.
Usually a dent has caused the sheet metal to stretch, the "slapper" (like a flat file tooth surface) will shrink the steel.
A noisy and time consuming task.

[Burnthosetyres]

I've encountered a few Slappers in my single life but that's a whole different conversation for a different forum....let's just say..... piston slap is a catastrophe on a grand scale.... whahahahah

[Chev58]

ja, lets not go there.

[Burnthosetyres]

As for metal shaping.... type of Slapper..... Barry Ashmole is your man

[Leon]

Slapper it around and call it Susan!

It works like a charm.

Just did some small peases n it came out beautiful