Seen it on TV 1000 times already. Supposed to pull dents out using hot glue on a suction cup with a T-puller. Anybody ever use one? Or think it will work? I know there will be cracked paint with a good dent.

 

Someone did an Documentary about it and The results were less than
" A good deal"

It worked an it didn't depending on the dent.

I'd have better luck with a toilet plunger.


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You will note that they always demonstrate those dent pullers on large, flat surfaces; and the dents are always fairly mild. There is no way one of those pullers is going to pull out a dent that has crossed a body crease, nor will it fix a dent deep enough to have created it's own crease. There is also no way for them to prove on the TV that the dent they just pulled won't "oilcan" from now on.

A panel "oilcans" when a very little pressure will cause it to deflect, and when the pressure is released the panel pops back into place, like the bottom of those old time oil cans.

just my $0.02

I'm just sad that I am old enough to remember those old time oilcans...

 

Total junk, it seems like a good idea but from what I have read it doesn't work. Save your money and get the Flobee or the Ronko spray-on hair

 

Yeah - I saw that infomercial. I don't buy it (literally AND figuratively ) If you've got a dent, you've got a dent. Only a body shop will be able to get it back to how it was before. Also, like pward76 said, they always demonstrate in a controlled environment. The dent is smooth and on a flat surface. That's fine if your car is getting marauded by shopping carts, but it would be useless against other kinds of dents.

I've got a big suction cup with a handle attached to it. If that can't pull a dent out, then I say "to hell with it."

XXL

 

Yeah, when I saw that guy hit that hood with that mallet, I knew there was no way to make that look like new again w/o sanding and painting, possibly some bondo even. Maybe a small dent that you put in with your thumb, but not a hammer.

Just wondering if anybody actually used one, I guess they won't own up to it now.

 

I guess I will be the first to admit to using one. It did work and it was not a flat panel I used it on. When I bought my truck, the hood was dented in the front right where it is rounded up. I used the ding king to pull that dent out and it did a really good job. I still had to touch up the paint but it don't look nearlly as bad as it did before. I did try it on another dent I had in a door that had a crease in it but it wouldn't even phase it. It did take several pulls to get the dent out and level with the rest of the sheet metal on the hood.

 

I used it on a late model camaro and it worked "OK". The dent was round with no crease. I didn't get it completely out but didn't have to do any paint work. It'll do till it needs more work it that area.

 

I'm going to resurrect this thread. Thinking about buying a ding puller suction cup.

My son came home from college last weekend with a dent by his gas cap (1999 Lincoln Continental). Looks like a lifted truck nudged him with the bumper, and there's no paint damage. The dent is about the size and shape of your palm, and is 'sorta' in a flat spot - just beginning to roll over into the trunk lid area.

We've got lots of matching touch up paint. Is it worth it to try pulling it ourselves? Would a body shop do the same thing?

 

I used a flat-lipped toilet plunger on an Air Force F-350 door. Worked fine, avoided paperwork!

Smearing vaseline on the plunger lip drastically increases suction.

 

Well, I'm not sure I can afford a $600 Air Force toilet plunger. Good idea using vaseline on the suction cup - sure beats licking it.

I've got a Northern Tool suction cup puller on order, and it was only $20.

 

Tried out the Northern Tool suction cup yesterday. Pulled the dent out nicely. There's still a crease up near where the panel rolls over onto the trunk lid, but I'd say the dent is about 90% better. My boys and I then looked for any other dents we could pull on all our other rigs, since the tool is so neat!