Sooooo. I removed all the metal rivet plates. and was left with divots. Used my dremel to cut the pieces per David.
- At first I tried to build up the divots with FG but it would take forever.
- Instead, I used long strand FG bondo to fill the holes and short strand to smooth it out. Easily sanded with my grinder and a flap disc.
- All looks good. Probably done for the year as its so cold now it takes a too long to set up.
- Not sure it is necessary to remove the rivet plates. I cant see a good reason now that I have done it.
Couple things.
- as it turns out, I don't think I needed to bother with the belly band.
I noticed it was probably the
windows leaking that allowed water penetration.
I pulled off some ensolite under a window and the rivet dimples were all intact but the
windows had leaked like a sieve.
I don't mind as I consider this my night class. Have remodelled many houses but never did any body work so I was using this as a reason to learn how to work with FG. Learned enough that I don't fear it anymore
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Just a precautionary note for the next person to pull off the ensolite under the
windows. It comes off easily and I suspect I will PL it back on when I'm ready.
Pretty sure I will need to replace all the plywood build ups around the windows as I tried pulling some screws and they were completely rusted off.