FIXING YOUR CAR DENT WITH A HAIR DRYER..?

[Pattycake]

http://www.5min.com/Video/Fix-your-Car-Dent-With-a-Hair-Dryer-4252

I just saw this online. But this trips me out. Is this real or not???

[YarisSedan]

It works. I tried this on my friends car. His was pretty big dent too. We used a heat gun though for heatshrink tubing instead of a lighter. The trick is to use the duster very fast so you see frost and POP out the dent.

[texkid]

Used that method on my dad's Nissan Titan. If I didn't point it out, you wouldn't notice that it was hit by a 2x4 debris from the highway.

However, I didn't use a can of duster. I heated 'til it was flexible and pushed out the dent. I might use the duster method, seems more conventional.

[Klink10]

Wow....thanks for posting.

[BailOut]

I used this technique this to remove two dents from my rear quarter panel. It took a few tries but it certainly worked.

[supmet]

On plastic pieces like the bumper, just heating it til you can push it will work. On my corolla I took the bumper off and set it up about 2 feet in front of the space heater and pushed a pretty good dent out.

For metal, this totally makes sense. When you cool the metal down it will contract - this will most likely cause it to straighten out and return to its original shape.. If you have any folding this will most likely not work though. I haven't tried it, but I have a ding on the side door I might try it on. I don't know how good freezing, and then bending your paint will be.. I think you can expect chipping at some point doing this.

[Pattycake]

Awesome. Thanks guys!!

[auxmike]

Works better with piece of dry ice.
I've seen videos showing how it's done on YouTube...

[TgrChica7]

Thats awesome... probably gonna try it tomorrow..

Thanks for sharing!

[TheRealEnth]

didnt work for me -.-

[Red Horse]

I tried this method on a half inche dent on my fender and it did'nt work.

[YAR1S]

I have a real small dent on my hatch from where an irrisponsible neighbor left his can behind my car in the dark....

will it work with smaller dents?

[Pattycake]

http://www.ehow.com/video_3379_fix-dent-car.html

http://www.videojug.com/film/dent-removal-technique

[Pattycake]

Hmm I'm getting mixed reviews. So the hair dryer method doesn't work with some people, but it does work with some people. I guess I'll try out the dry ice method..

[Lucas13]

Best method it’s called, Dent Wizard I used pops a dent, and some other so it your self methods and there is nothing like a real professional job.

[Lambpasty]

Thanks for posting, I'll try this out tonight on a small dent in my passenger side door and let you guys know how it went.

[schleppy]

I tried it once on a small dent I had on my truck, it didn't work. I think it works best if you can do it as soon as the dent happens. The dent on my truck had been there for a while.

[Speedz]

^

i think ur trucks panel is probably too thick to make it work?

[ezhacker1]

wow that is crazy amazing. I gotta try that when i get home. car Forums rock!

[chasd60]

More heat works better. I used to work in a shipyard and that is the same principle used to straighten steel walls and floors. They use a torch with a rose bud tip and hit it with cold water almost instantly. The rooms they work in are like a sauna.