How To Remove Wrinkles In Sheet Metal

The idea is to dampen the sheet slightly not to soak the bed so don t overdo it.

How to remove wrinkles in sheet metal.

But here s what you need to do grab a metal pan that has an insulated handle plastic or rubber not metal. You can t take wrinkles out of sheet metal. You can use a steamer in place of an iron or after an iron if you continue to notice wrinkles. Putting sheet metal through a laminator is a big no no.

Fill your steamer with water and wait for steam to come out. Variable blank holder pressure however has been employed with some success. In most deep drawing processes a constant blank holder pressure is applied throughout the entire drawing action. Steam your sheets to get rid of wrinkles.

Use a metal pan. A simple small dent on a flat or gently curved panel is the easiest to remove and as long as the backside of the panel can be accessed the dent can be erased using a hammer and dolly hammering. Grab a spray bottle set it to mist and give the entire sheet a light spray sides included. Hang your sheets on a clothes line or drape them over the shower rod.

You probably never thought a pan of boiling water could remove wrinkles from your bed sheets and i wouldn t blame you. A good use for it is the trash. The simplest method for eliminating wrinkling in deep drawn parts is using a blank holder. Run your hand firmly across the creases smoothing them out and leave the sheet to dry.

The tension combined with plain water is what helps to get the wrinkles out. This week we work on knocking dents out of damaged panels.