I found this EASY dent repair on Wonder How-To and I cannot believe how easy this is!

All you need is a hot hairdryer (or a low heat gun) and a can of compressed air (CO2). Blow hot air on the car for 30 seconds, then immediately spray the compressed air on the body. The quick temperature change makes the dent pop right out! If you have a dent that hasn't crimped the metal, you have GOT to try this! Click the link above and you can see the video of the dent removal!

This is going to save SO much money and it doesn't hurt the paint! Very cool!

 

These gimmicks don't work. a dent is metal that was stretched beyond it's flex point and is being held in the dent stage by damaged metal. Have I seen these gimmicks work, yes, but they don't show you all the details. The dent they worked with was a perfect dent. There are not many of those. What I mean by perfect is you could have put your hand behind it and popped it out also. You still have damage at the edge where the dent was being held in. The lack of shine on the test vehicle makes it easy to show this as a perfect repair. Do your own test with an empty soda can. Using your thumb, push the side of the can in slightly until it will not come back. You have just reached the threshold of flexibility. Now with a pencil or whatever, carefully push the dent out from inside the can. The dent will pop out, but look at where the edges of the dent were. You will see ridges. The paint and orange peel can partially hide these on the thickness of automotive metal, but the damage can still be seen. Stand back 10 feet and look across the hood and I bet that you'll now see a wave to the metal. The ridges create high spots leaving the dented area as shallow. Try this stunt on a more extreme dent and you'll see that the whole thing is a joke. If it were this simple, body shops and PDR techs would be out of work.

 

i was shown how to do it with a heat gun and a chunk of dry ice. and money is made fast in areas of hail and good people who dont understand how insurance pay ins vs payouts work.

also the big nasty problem is the gap made from the deformation of the former dent. the paint now allows movement and expansion. Sooner or later a bubble and flake are going to show up. and after a paint touch up, more come like fish eyes, but it was cause by the easy fix. unless u strip and repaint!

well good luck with your body work, a stud welder and slide hammer might be a better suited tool set for ya, just a thought.

b

 

Phew!! Glad I didn't try this. Thanks for those thoughts, guys. I wondered about the long-term effects on paint. Good to know!