Cheap way to fix a dent

soul_sword34 · Post by **soul_sword34** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:45 am

http://ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/33293

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:22 am

i have done that quite afew times ... using dry ice on a hot day tho ...

tommigun · Post by **tommigun** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:44 am

I wonder how fresh the dents have to be for that to work. My car has these small dents here and there and I've been waiting to get the money to fix them. If that thing in the video would work on older dents, it would be a money saver.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:21 am

"Christine, show me what you can do!"

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:18 pm

tommigun wrote:I wonder how fresh the dents have to be for that to work. My car has these small dents here and there and I've been waiting to get the money to fix them. If that thing in the video would work on older dents, it would be a money saver.

+1

I have a couple small dents on my car, I DOUBT that will work do to how small they are. Looks like it would only work on a medium sized dent.

Adionik · Post by **Adionik** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:12 pm

MyNeonSaysHi wrote:
tommigun wrote:I wonder how fresh the dents have to be for that to work. My car has these small dents here and there and I've been waiting to get the money to fix them. If that thing in the video would work on older dents, it would be a money saver.
+1

I have a couple small dents on my car, I DOUBT that will work do to how small they are. Looks like it would only work on a medium sized dent.

Maybe heat it up a little longer and use more canned air.

I got 2 dents. One on my door from people hating at the groccery store, and one on my trunk that came with the car...

i'll try it when i get home

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:59 pm

the smaller ones .. will have to be heated up a bit more yes ...

those are normally what i have used dry ice on (hail stone dents) ... and just let it sit in the summer sun (100 deg) ... for a bit then drop dry ice on each location .. and by that evening it is for the most part gone ...

for older dents it should work .. about the only thing is ... you have more of a chance of the paint cracking if it is older .. (depending on how the dent happened in the first place, the paint may already be damaged .. and popping it out quickly can cause the paint to crack) ...

KrackstaR · Post by **KrackstaR** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:02 pm

Midnight_Rider wrote:"Christine, show me what you can do!"

the best movie ever.

soul_sword34 · Post by **soul_sword34** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:04 pm

Where can you get a can of that airduster/CO2? Will the spray that you use on the keyboard work?

deep1ca · Post by **deep1ca** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:20 am

soul_sword34 wrote:Where can you get a can of that airduster/CO2? Will the spray that you use on the keyboard work?

Yes the keyboard spray will work.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:47 pm

Someone do before and after, I am curious and will definately do it if it works.

soul_sword34 · Post by **soul_sword34** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:28 pm

Just did this last night and it didn't work on the small dents. Went to the big dent and it popped right out!!! Awesome!!!! With the small dents I've been searching the web and found that dry ice is the way to go with the dents that don't come out. WARNING!!! Use gloves or something to protect you fromt he CO2 spray!!! I got frost bite last night on one of my fingers. OUCH!

kevo · Post by **kevo** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:38 pm

this is an amazing trick. I actually have a dent at the top of my door, i really want to try this over the weekend. i still am a bit skeptical that it will take the dent out. I'll have to take a pic of it and show you guys.

there is also freeze in a can. This may work to shock the metal back in place. I used to work at a aviation repair station. Mechanics would use this to press bushings and sleeves into areas with low spacing tolerances. There is also multiple freeze sprays for electronics. They are used to detect faulty solder joints and components with micro fractures.

Electronic brands include freeze-it and envi-ro-tech.

soul_sword34 · Post by **soul_sword34** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:56 pm

Worked on my large dent but not on my smaller ones. Try it. If it doesn't work then do like I"m going to do and use dry ice.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:06 am

Let us know how the dry ice works man, because I have a couple VERY small ones that need to be fixed. (from the previous owner of course.

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deep1ca · Post by **deep1ca** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:07 am

Trying this on my buddies cavalier z24 this weekend. Will try to get pics.

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:36 am

on the dry ice .. it works .. i have done it .. but on the dent .. if it is on a body line ... it won't budge .. you will have to press it out from the inside ...

if the dent is real small but deep (like from a bb gun) then there is a decent chance the dry ice either won't pull it out... or it will take several tries to get it completly out ...

on the 'freeze' cans ... they are the same basic thing as turning over a can of compressed air and using it ... but the 'freeze' cans cost a bit more in some cases ...

neonEX · Post by **neonEX** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:37 am

KrackstaR wrote:
Midnight_Rider wrote:"Christine, show me what you can do!"

the best movie ever.

+1 (My favorite movie since i'm 12 years old)

Back to the topic, i have a big dent on a rocker panel (1 foot by 6 inches) 6 month old. Can I try this?

2k1MotorSport · Post by **2k1MotorSport** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:01 am

never would have thought about doing that...

sweet deal...

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:05 am

I might have to give this a shot on a friends car, and my car.

I have one little dent.

drjeffreys · Post by **drjeffreys** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:22 am

my roof is a little f**ked from somone jumping on top of it.. will this work on a roof?