I have heard tell of people doing the same thing with dry ice. Might be worth a shot...

 

The bad thing about dry ice I've heard is after you remove the dent with it, if you take it out in the hot sun, the dent will come back. Don't know any of this to be fact, just what I heard.

 

Yeah and that's no big deal if hail damage is on the Carfax. I'll check into that paintless dent repair kit next summer when I'm back there. Arrived at home a few hours ago safe and sound. Total miles was 9,500 and the only thing that when wrong was the shifter, a fuel leak and my trans dip stick was leaking. Not bad for the Mare's first big trip, LOL Thanks again for the shifter and those fine instructions on putting it in!!

Won't the torch or heat gun wreak the paint? How is the compressed air used?

I should check with SD on how they treat the title.


Thanks, I squeezed the Mare half into a shed, the big butt didn't let me get it all the way in, LOL It did get one hit on the new tool box of mine and he said they would replace it, $400. A couple other dents that were on it when I bought it he marked down . I haven't heard back yet what they are going to do with the Mare and the Beetle. I'll have to say this, the adjuster was very thorough, I was impressed. He was finding things that I didn't see. Of course, I had the vehicles washed before he came what really helps see the dents.

Your jmo is a very good one Darin, Let me see, what mods can I do now, LOL

I also have heard that but don't know the results.

That would be a bummer! The way I heard it is to leave it in the hot sun for awhile then put the dry ice on it.

 

Iv heard of parking it in the sun on a 100+ degree day and putting ice on it. Havent tried it so cant say for sure!

 

Well heres the heat gun dealio i spoke of.
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As for the old torch method. Like i said it was used on older vehicles because of the use of thicker steels for body... thats why this heat gun thing is for new vehicles... to avoid damage.

And its kind of hard for me to describe, but you keep the torch very far from the surface(like to the point where the end of the torch you can see is barely near the surface) and move it quite rapidly. From what ive seen it doesnt damage the paint at all.

 

Thanks Alex, that's pretty cool, or hot??

 

There are a lot of different ways to attempt to do the hail damage repairs. I did a search on u tube a few weeks ago, here is a link to one of them I found

 

I tried this on a couple of dents on my hood after seeing the method on Fast N Loud. The paint was not hurt one bit and the dent popped out, but after 15 minutes or so, popped right back in! Who knows? I just decided not to worry about it. The truck is 15 years old after all.

 

That's pretty interesting Rich!

 

After it pops out, you need to hit (not too hard) the surrounding metal to take the stress out of it so it keeps the new shape. Some lead shot in a few thick socks works well. It's called peening the metal.