DIY: Dent Removal

VonDubz · May 18, 2011

I actually came across this technique on the other forums I'm on, B20vtec.com, which is like centered around the Tri-State NY,NJ,etc area.
Well since we're all too cheap and ghetto to get dents removed professionally...what?...thats right we found a ghetto fix.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/501379/remove_car_dent_with_airduster/

Tried it works on big dents, with large surface area like doors and stuff, not so much tiny dings. Keep the stuff away from glass. Doesnt damage paint at all.

To remove hail dents, you either wait for a 100 degree day or heat dented area with a heatgun, and take a small chunk of dry ice and wait. Same concept. Enjoy guys!

Plutonium Jones · May 18, 2011

hmm...might just give that a whirl on the accord.

Narftastic · May 18, 2011

Wow that would put all the body shops out of business lol....i will definatly be doing this in the summer...Thanks!!!!

Christian.817 · May 18, 2011

Wow.

I am gonna try this later.

meximan16 · May 18, 2011

i gotta try this

2002CG3coupe · May 19, 2011

Wow I will be using this

turbo_911 · May 19, 2011

I've read a lot about that and actually bought a can of compressed air and wanted to try, but still had some doubts about the paint. So before doing it, I went again and found a lot of articles where paint starts cracking/fading/bubbled after 2-4 months...

Think logically, you are heating up the paint and then cooling it really fast, where dent pops back. The way it pops back is because it shrinks, and the paint/clear coat shrinks with it. So after time it will start cracking, not instantly, right around the area where dent was.

I thought about it and returned the can or compressed air back. When to lowes and bought an aluminum round stick, along with couple small rollers (instead of buying PDR tools) and will try how that works on a dent and will reply back this weekend.

But I wouldn't use super cool air on a car's paint... just my opinion.

EDIT: Also think, why professional shops don't use it but use PDR tools? If that worked that easy and without any damage to paint in the long run, I'd open my own shop and fix dents and would make a bunch of money.