I spent a good few hours yesterday stripping the front passenger door. Straight away dug into filler, and struggled to find any metal. It was literally covered from top to bottom in filler of varying thickness. With it all ground out it was easy to see why, another large crease, some deep half moon dents, and hammer marks. I hammered the worst of the crease and the moon shaped dents out, and covered over most of the dents. I sanded it enough to realise I had missed a load of the dent so put some more on and left if for the day.

I started on the door again today, and sanded with the long block of wood for a few hours along with a few patches of filler. Once I was happy it was near to flat, I used the air sander to smooth it all out. Another hour or so, and the metal and filler were smooth and shiny. I put stopper on a few metal scratches and some small pinholes in the filler. I gave it all another polish and cleaned up all the dust and dirt. Once it was sprayed with etch, it looked great, apart from the usual run. I was so chuffed, I had to take a pic with the trim balanced on there.