Dent Removal Technique

What we need is someone to give all of this a test to see if it does work. Anyone out there with a few dents fancy giving it a try? :)
 
MikeS said:
What we need is someone to give all of this a test to see if it does work. Anyone out there with a few dents fancy giving it a try? :)
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i've got a very small dink in the passenger door (damn girlfriends!), so if I can find a can of liquid CO2 this weekend, I'll give it a shot.
If it all goes wrong, that's what insurance is for :P
 
An alternative to dry ice is to use a can of compressed air held upside down. You can buy them at hobby shops. The dent needs to be warmed up with a hair drier first and then the area given a good 10 second blast at close range. You will see an ice layer form and when the ice dissappears, the dent will too. There are videos on youtube . Hope this helps.
 
I think they are referring to frozen CO2. When I did stage effects and I used it to make the fog that rolls over the floor.

Probably won't work on my bike fuel tank :(
 
Hasnt this been proven it is total bull cr@p!

It has been mentioned on another forum as well as when the car is in the sun the panel will warm up and the dent would reapear?

Plenty of other clips on the internet trying this and none of them succeed!
 
To be honest both methods have came up as no good. As there are numerous bideos of people trying both ways to no success. Whilst attempting them on the smallest of dents. Looks good though and the idea is plausible to a degree!
 
Seen this type of video before. Never seen a PDR guy use this method, but see how it could work. Would love to see it first hand.
 
I did some searching on Youtube, etc., and the conclusion seems to be that this only works temporary and the dent returns? BTW the link at the beginning doesn't work anymore, I know, it's old. When I first found this I was hoping it might be a solution for me as I have a couple of small dings on the car that look sort of like hail damage. Oh well...
 
I have several small dents, bebe shot size, they almost look like hail dents. I saw a video on Youtube where they are using these little discs that are different sizes to match the dent size. Then they put some sort of glue on it and use a machine, similar to a gear puller to pull the dent out. Next they put a dissolving fluid on the glue which loosens it to peel off the glue and the dent is pretty much gone.. seems to usually take a couple of tries. Has anyone had any experience with this system?
See this video: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...906E8757AA102ED5E80B906E8757AA102E&FORM=VIRE1
 
Hi
the only problem with the dent lifter is that you can lift it too high
turning your low spot into a high spot.

the glue is hot glue from a glue gun.
and rubbing alcohol is used to remove the glue.

wurth do a set but its pretty expensive.
you can have a look on eBay for a Chinese set

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yellow-Dent-Lifter-Paintless-Dent-Repair-PDR-DIY-Tools-Glue-Gun-Puller-Tabs-21pc/181765308571?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D34492%26meid%3Da240dd8c97874cf091665320e7593b99%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D251202566710

to be on the safe side
id search for your nearest PDR tech (paintless Dent Removal)
 
I ended up paying a guy who has a mobile dent removal service. He came out first and gave me an estimate and it sounded reasonable. His name is TIP with "Perfect Touch" in Monterey, CA.
Well, I'm sort of amazed.. almost every dent has been removed and 90% of them would be impossible to find now. I don't know how he did it but it's almost like magic. The car looks so much better it's amazing and it wasn't terribly expensive.
His technique was to go in from the back side and push the dent back out. He had to remove tail lights, door panels, wheel well panels, etc. to do it, but he's been doing it for 20 years and know just how to get at them.
 
Unfortunately I understand that this cold technique is nonsense, it could theoretically work on a minor dent where there has been no 'stretch' in the metal and it is simply 'dimpled' inwards, but those are exactly the sort of repairs that can be 'popped' (probably with your finger!) leaving an undetectable repair anyway and I have seen that done. I'd challenge anybody to claim first hand sight of this cold technique working?

Coincidentally I picked up my wife's car from my trusted dent and scratch magician yesterday. He's done stuff for me for about 10 years and will always give a % estimate of the quality he thinks he can achieve according to the nature of the 'injury'. In this case a nasty shopping trolley dent courtesy of an unidentified cretin had caught and 'stretched' the metal. He estimated a 95% repair or it would require the door and blend-in respray along the side (its a tricky light pearl silver). I'm happy with the result which can only just be seen once pointed out and in the right light but is probably nearer 98% undetectable. At a fraction of the price of a major re-paint I'm happy.

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Yeah, it's pretty amazing what they can do. Of the 15 or so small dents I can only barley see a few of them and it's only because I remember where they were.
 
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