"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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What about shrinking where the damned thing stretched when it bent,
Jim? I've seen body men shrink with a torch and cool wet cloth and
I've seen physical shrinking machines which look like 2 pair of vise
jaws which come together (or apart for stretching).

I think it would be easier (and not much more expensive) to replace
the thing than to attempt derusting and then sand/fill/primer/repair
it. Darren would have many fewer headaches that way.

If Darren can find it.

My 1970's metal shed took a good hit from a falling tree top and there's no
way I can buy replacement sections, so I had to reframe it with wood and
straighten and reinforce the crumpled doors. I didn't take pix of hammering
the door edge channel back to shape around a home-made dolly milled to the
channel's inside shape.

The 29 ga Lowe's & HD roofing was bent or crinkled, not stretched. It seems
to tear rather than stretch much. The one area that was scrunched together
cracked along the tightest creases when I bent it out flat, so it's been
moved to an overhang. The roofing is stiff and brittle and doesn't shape as
well as auto body or tin can steel.

jsw