Introduction: Remove Car Dent With a Lighter !
I tried this method and work very good on my old dodge.
the video remove car dent witha hair dryer and air duster
Step 1: Heat the Dent
take a aluminium foil to protect your paint.and warm up with a lighter about 30 to 60 seconds.
Step 2: Metal Contraction
fast apply a throw of liquid air.Hot and cold contracted the metal.
Take your Air duster for computer, and turn it upside down. This way you make liquid air available.
Apply about 5 seconds
Step 3: Now the Dent Is Gone
just clean and its done .This method work good on medium dent.DonT work on polymer car. sorry :)
37 Comments
12 years ago on Introduction
I guess this is OK for small dents and old cars.
You can really ruin your car doing this.
I had better luck using suction cups.
Toilet bowl plunger works great.
Anything that the suction cups wont fix, then take it to a shop.
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
for some bigger dents couldn't you push it out from the inside?
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
I believe that is what some dent shops do, except they have specialized tools to do it. sometimes they have to drill a hole, pop it out, and fix the hole.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
THEY will pop them out after heating them so the paint wont crack.
I mentioned taking it to a shop because even if you un-smash a tin can it's still not 100% lined up. Even if you do manage to make it look perfect, a lot of the metal will be weaker in areas.
Sometimes pulling one dent can shift metal over slightly so you end up with pumper covers that look twisted
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So PSPerson is also right. They drill holes and pop them out so they are not stretching metal and making a wobbly mess of think metal.
13 years ago on Introduction
Wow, great tips. I want to try that.
13 years ago on Introduction
Could you pull out bigger dents with a flamethrower & a fire extinguisher??? Dun Dun DaHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
14 years ago on Introduction
Does this cause damage to the paint????
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
i have worked in a auto body shop for 13 years and I know if you heat up the metal enough to shape it will damage the paint
I do not recomend any one try this
Take Your Car To A Pro
13 years ago on Introduction
If you put the spraycan upside down it'll generally be (alot) colder =)
14 years ago on Introduction
Does anyone know where I can buy this air duster spray in The Netherlands?
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
all it is, is a computer duster..really usefull
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
hello, i'm french, i find air duster at my supermarket ( carrefour, auchan ... migro...) with the computer stuff close to " screen cleaning wipe", otherwise in an electronic or computer shop ( i pay 8 € for a can )
14 years ago on Introduction
Has anyone tried this and succeeded on hail dents? My dad's Citroen GSA Special thats in = MINT = condition even after 25 years of daily use just got MASHED UP by a hail storm.
He had just painted it a month ago, did all the detailing and rebuilt the dashboard from failed instruments and it looked like a spaceship!
15 years ago on Introduction
i tried this and it didnt work for me. yes my cars body is made of metal, but no i didnt use a straw for a concentrated spray stream. i think this is where i went wrong. also my dent is about 2 times bigger/deeper than the one shown. would this technique work for a dent of that size?
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Need more heat and a really concentrated stream of Co2 from the can. But should work on a larger dent. If it's a thinner car metal and not a big ol' truck thick metal.
14 years ago on Introduction
I cant get this to work. I've tried it a bunch of times.
14 years ago on Introduction
All of our cars have hundreds of dents in them from a hail storm.
14 years ago on Introduction
What if the dent is on top?
14 years ago on Introduction
does this damage the paint ?
14 years ago on Introduction
Thanks Olivier. I bought the spray from Office Centre. Unfortunately, removing the dent in my car using this method didn't work (used a hair dryer).... :(