[ChrisHamilton]

Originally Posted by speeder

I meant to post these sooner, the dent. The relationship to the hinges is that the dent is basically on the other side of where I'm holding my fingers...it's just to the rear of the *wall* of the door behind where hinges attach:

A stud gun would be the best thing to repair that with. If you aren't familiar with one, it welds pins to the surface and then you pull on those pins to work out the dent. That in combination with lightly tapping on the edge of the door (while putting tension on the pins will bring the door edge down and the dent out.

If you post this on the forum I linked to earlier, you will get a lot of help on how to go about repairing it. From repairing the dent to what products to use for a long lasting job when painting, and how to do it correctly.

You only get good correct info there. Myself or one of the other guys will try to walk you through it. Many of us are Professionals (myself included) over there.

spiuserforum.com

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