anybody use dry ice to repair hail damage?
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anybody use dry ice to repair hail damage?
I did a search and got 10000 match's with "no nothing at all". I have heard people say it can be done, but have not heard exactly how to do it. Can any one help?
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Putting a piece of dry ice in the center of the dent cools the metal and causes it to shrink slightly, which is enough to get it to pop back out sometimes.
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Try your local suppliers of medical gasses, or refrigeration equipment.
Maybe try the yellow pages under "dry ice".
Maybe try the yellow pages under "dry ice".
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Originally Posted by §teve
Oh wow definently didnt know this. I got about 3 dings that id like to get rid of. I sure would love a straight door someday...
leave it to other people to ruin your stuff.
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They were on the car before i had it. I will almost NEVER park anywere but an end spot or miles away or i just wont go to whereever i was going. My gf and friends hate me for it but tuff **** like you said i hate *******s that just fling there doors open. I actually put one of the ding/dents in my door from opening it up into the bar at the gas pumps. Ive never been so mad in my life, and taking me forever to get over it...lol
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see your nearest ice cream man.!!!! I used to make water bombs out of dry ice when I was younger in the mid 90s
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Originally Posted by Psycho_91Camaro
see your nearest ice cream man.!!!! I used to make water bombs out of dry ice when I was younger in the mid 90s
hahaha me too. Them things are LOUD! I gotta give this a try, I got an ice supplier right up the street. I will see if this really works.
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Originally Posted by Psycho_91Camaro
see your nearest ice cream man.!!!! I used to make water bombs out of dry ice when I was younger in the mid 90s
Apparently I was deprived as a child
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Originally Posted by §teve
They were on the car before i had it. I will almost NEVER park anywere but an end spot or miles away or i just wont go to whereever i was going. My gf and friends hate me for it but tuff **** like you said i hate *******s that just fling there doors open. I actually put one of the ding/dents in my door from opening it up into the bar at the gas pumps. Ive never been so mad in my life, and taking me forever to get over it...lol
But seriously, I get so mad when I screw something up ever so slightly on my car. And my gf hates me for parking at the very edge of the lot. Senior Member
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Originally Posted by §teve
...I actually put one of the ding/dents in my door from opening it up into the bar at the gas pumps. Ive never been so mad in my life, and taking me forever to get over it...lol
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Originally Posted by wgripp
Dude, you and I are exactly the same! Except, my GTA is cooler than your Camaro.
But seriously, I get so mad when I screw something up ever so slightly on my car. And my gf hates me for parking at the very edge of the lot.
But seriously, I get so mad when I screw something up ever so slightly on my car. And my gf hates me for parking at the very edge of the lot.
The reason you searched and found 10000 responses with no info is because it doesn't work! I do paintless dent removal and I've heard all the tales. Heating the metal doesn't work either, but it will damage the paint if not done right.
Remember, a dent was created by something hitting the metal causing it to stretch. The dent not only needs to be shrunk, but reshaped back to normal. If it was so easy to just use ice, then why don't dents disappear in Canada or Minnesota during the winter?
Here is one I put in my Monte. 6 hours later, it's gone. Ice can't do that!
Remember, a dent was created by something hitting the metal causing it to stretch. The dent not only needs to be shrunk, but reshaped back to normal. If it was so easy to just use ice, then why don't dents disappear in Canada or Minnesota during the winter?
Here is one I put in my Monte. 6 hours later, it's gone. Ice can't do that!
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ive seen plenty of shallow hood dents where there wasnt any stretch, and just hard to access from behind... that pop-a-dent thing at your local auto parts store will do fine.. :P
but yeah dry ice isnt going to make your door dings, or hail damage dissapear
but yeah dry ice isnt going to make your door dings, or hail damage dissapear
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... that pop-a-dent thing at your local auto parts store will do fine.. :P
Leave the dent removal to the pros. You'll get a much better looking finished product. If it was as easy as it looks, I'd be out of a job.
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Dont you just love it when you try to park far away from everyone and you come out and some a**hole saw that you were trying to park away from everyone so he parks real tight to you.... lol I hate it when that happens!!!
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I have friends that do dent popping after hail season and hail storms. most of the time they use a little suction cup for dent removal, other times they have used dry ice. With the suction cup, if your car is older, it is possible to make the paint separate from the metal then eventually it will bubble up and chip off. The dry ice works sometimes depending on where the dent is. They use a heat gun "carefully" to heat the area then rub the dry ice into the dent.
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That is why I always double park out at the edge of the parking lot, plus it puts your car in full view of everyone, so theft is deterred that much more.
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Originally Posted by izcain
Dont you just love it when you try to park far away from everyone and you come out and some a**hole saw that you were trying to park away from everyone so he parks real tight to you.... lol I hate it when that happens!!!
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