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PostSubject: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyTue Jan 25, 2011 1:28 pm

Do you guys think this is possible?
<a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-ca&from=customplayer_en-ca_autos&fg=ca.msn.com&vid=c242a6c5-e795-4b69-b944-2f05f043c0b2&src=CPSmall:shareBar:embed" target="_new" title="Fixing Car Dents With Canned Air">Video: Fixing Car Dents With Canned Air</a>
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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyTue Jan 25, 2011 8:02 pm

Right at the moment ,where the dent popped out,the video seems spliced? but im open to new ideas. Might work?
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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyTue Jan 25, 2011 8:52 pm

I may give this a try. I will let you know how it works out.
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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyTue Jan 25, 2011 11:06 pm

Interesting... But seems not likely.
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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyTue Jan 25, 2011 11:26 pm

I don't see any evidence the video is fake. Doesn't seem so far fetched in concept. What's so hard to believe?

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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyTue Jan 25, 2011 11:49 pm

Im pretty sure this would work, I know a guy who can pull dents out by rubbing dry ice around a Dent and it will pop out. Something to do with the cold air forces the metal to contract so it forces it back to its original shape. im gonna give this a try on the dents on my door and see what happens, I got a couple cans of this stuff laying around the house.
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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyTue Jan 25, 2011 11:55 pm

http://www.ehow.com/how_6702574_fix-dented-refrigerator-door.html

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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyWed Jan 26, 2011 1:16 am

AA wrote:
http://www.ehow.com/how_6702574_fix-dented-refrigerator-door.html

Eh, did I miss something? What is the hairdryer for?

I vaguely recall trying this trick on a couple dings. I couldn't get it to work.
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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyWed Jan 26, 2011 7:45 am

I think the heat gun guarantees a bigger temperature difference, so the cooling will contract the material more. Increased entropy.

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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyWed Jan 26, 2011 10:48 am

My old auto body teacher use to use this trick for hail damage on HOT days. It works for hail damage, but I've never seen it work for a dent on crease like that.
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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyThu Jan 27, 2011 3:06 pm

I wouldnt doubt if it works, i watched a dent get taken out of a door with a toilet plunger and a prybar last night lol
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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyThu Jan 27, 2011 5:10 pm

Fastbuick95 wrote:
Im pretty sure this would work, I know a guy who can pull dents out by rubbing dry ice around a Dent and it will pop out. Something to do with the cold air forces the metal to contract so it forces it back to its original shape. im gonna give this a try on the dents on my door and see what happens, I got a couple cans of this stuff laying around the house.

Using ice is an old trick used to remove mild hail damage.
Dry ice actually. cold
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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyThu Jan 27, 2011 7:01 pm

Would it work better on a hot day or a cold day?

I've got a heat gun for the heat.
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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyFri Jan 28, 2011 12:20 am

I'm going to try this on my hail dents. I have a hair dryer, but I think I can get a heat gun. And luckily for me, on Tuesdays I have access to dry ice! (long story)
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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptyFri Jan 28, 2011 3:42 am

Let us know how it turns out.
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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptySat Jan 29, 2011 11:34 am

Yeah, I'm very curious about this. Have one dent in the Regal that I'd like to get out. Rather do it myself than pay $50+ for wizard.
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PostSubject: Re: Fixing dents with canned air?   Fixing dents with canned air? EmptySat Jan 29, 2011 11:44 pm

Well guys i just tried this and it doesnt work the only way I could see this working is if it extremely hot!
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