Someone before me was doing a gas fillup relocation i guess you could call it, so they filled in the hole where you put the gas pump in, where the little gas cap door is basically with bondo.

Right now it's cruddy, needs to be sanded down, but i much rather remove it somehow and return it to original design so i don't have to keep filling gas in the back so it doesn't smell like gas fumes inside the car on occasion.

Whats the best way to remove a solid chunk in the square hole like this of the gas cap area safely and effectively without scratching the body up.

Tool's/chemicals and tips/suggestions needed, thanks.

 

its just bondo right?...hammer and chisel maybe...?

 

well i never takin bondo off before so i don't wanna accidently chisel into the metal and dent it or [freak] up the paint underneath that crap.

 

most likely the paint under it is already freaked up...if all they used was bondo then it would be like a cube of bondo where the gas filler used to be....id say just tap it out...not hard tho...u kno light tapping...

 

ah, yah but it seems it's kinda pasted around the outside of the gas cap hole area on the edges, apparently this is gonna take a long time to carefully chisel and crack around.

 

i agree, light tapping with a BFH (big [freak]ing hammer).lol jp, most likely ull have to sand down n repaint tha area. so just take ur time be aware of how deep your chisel is digging..

 

yah i'll go slow about it, just didn't wanna use a heat gun or torch since there fumes around the area, but this **** looks caked on there.

 

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Rent or borrow a power sander for sure! You will damage the paint around the hole, no way around it really. I think I'd use a small flathead screwdriver and lightly chisel away the filler material as far to the sides as you can, then sand off the rest.

 

i agree with using a chisel and hammer it out little by little with caution.

keep us posted

 

Sure will guys, thanks again for tips!.

 

paint stripper and a heat gun and a scraper
put the paint stripper on "aircraft striper" or somethin like that. well put that on and heat gun it and it should boil off.

 

5" high speed grinder with a 40 grit sanding disc then chisel or hand sand whats left

 

Put on a facemask and eye protection and have at it with a wire wheel. You won't damage the paint and the wirewheel will do a great job of removing the bondo.