Remove dent with hair drier and compressed air
05-30-2007, 12:03 PM
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Remove dent with hair drier and compressed air
Anyone heard about this or tried it?
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/29/v...ompressed-air/
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/29/v...ompressed-air/
05-31-2007, 08:40 PM
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hmmm, interesting, im going to try it on one of the many dents on my 89 pickup, ive got nothing to loose. i ll get back here with the results, maybe by the end of this weekend?
05-31-2007, 11:35 PM
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If that works, that would be fantastic. Someone opened their door into my car and I have a small dent the size of a penny. It's not noticeable to anyone but me but yeah.
06-01-2007, 12:09 AM
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I dont think that method will work for small penny size dents. Im pretty sure that the dent has to be fairly large and gradual for this to work. Also metal has a memory. Im pretty certain that one small wack into the area that was dented will reverse the effect immediately.
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I saw this video a few weeks back and we tried it at work.
We did it on a 2000 F-150 that had lots of dents on the bed portion of the truck. We got our heat gun from the shop and started to heat up the area for about 20 minutes and then used the canned air (upside down of course).
There was a little bit of a difference but not like the video. There was no popping sound and stuff. The dents were pretty large though.
I've heard of this same technique but doing it on a hot summer day (100+) and then rubbing dry ice on the dented area.
We did it on a 2000 F-150 that had lots of dents on the bed portion of the truck. We got our heat gun from the shop and started to heat up the area for about 20 minutes and then used the canned air (upside down of course).
There was a little bit of a difference but not like the video. There was no popping sound and stuff. The dents were pretty large though.
I've heard of this same technique but doing it on a hot summer day (100+) and then rubbing dry ice on the dented area.
07-08-2007, 01:29 PM
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I don't have any dents to test it on. Not sure it would be a good idea for me to just step out to the parking lot and use a heat gun on a neighbors car.
07-11-2007, 12:38 AM
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How much do PDR's usually run? We always park our cars where there are no cars since we're afraid of tunnel vision people (takes us forever to walk to the store from the parking space). Some how the Inifniti managed to get 5 door dings out of f'in no where!
07-11-2007, 03:31 AM
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Hey, this could be useful. I'll give it a go on my MX6, it has a fair dent on the C pillar which will cost a fair bit to get out ... and I'd like to give it a respray anyway, so nothing to lose I guess ...
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What about the dry Ice method? Does it really work? ANyone that have tried and worked for you? ;-) Please share....
From http://www.dryiceinfo.com/other.htm#HAIL%20DAMAGE
DENTS & HAIL DAMAGE
Dry Ice will condense metal and thereby shrink small dents on your car. Place the Dry Ice on the inside of the dent if possible. Use heavy gloves and press flat sheet against dent. If it is not possible to get on the inside concave part of the dent, then using heavy gloves hold the Dry Ice so a corner can fit into the bottom lowest part of the cratered dent. Hold the Dry Ice until the metal is frosted at least 2 inches beyond the dent. Let the metal warm up (in the sun is the best) and repeat the procedure. Sometimes the dent will pop out perfectly. More often it will not be possible to get a flat smooth finish, but the dent will be reduced noticeably. Creased metal will still show the crease line but the dent will be far less pronounced. I have not seen any paint damage, but I'm sure if the paint is not strongly adhered, it could peel away.
From http://www.dryiceinfo.com/other.htm#HAIL%20DAMAGE
DENTS & HAIL DAMAGE
Dry Ice will condense metal and thereby shrink small dents on your car. Place the Dry Ice on the inside of the dent if possible. Use heavy gloves and press flat sheet against dent. If it is not possible to get on the inside concave part of the dent, then using heavy gloves hold the Dry Ice so a corner can fit into the bottom lowest part of the cratered dent. Hold the Dry Ice until the metal is frosted at least 2 inches beyond the dent. Let the metal warm up (in the sun is the best) and repeat the procedure. Sometimes the dent will pop out perfectly. More often it will not be possible to get a flat smooth finish, but the dent will be reduced noticeably. Creased metal will still show the crease line but the dent will be far less pronounced. I have not seen any paint damage, but I'm sure if the paint is not strongly adhered, it could peel away.
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