door ding (dry ice)

[BadMoFo]

so I have a door ding from some fabulous person and I was wondering how to fix it myself? I have heard that you can use dry ice to do this and I just happen to have access to dry ice.:shrug:

 

[Lstruck03]

sometimes dry ice does work. You need to do it on a hot day. just gently rub the dry ice against the dent.

You can access dry ice a wal-mart.

make sure to get some think insulated gloves also.

 

[BadMoFo]

we have dry ice at work and thats what made me think about it. will it affect the paint is all I am worried about really.

 

[jrock817]

how does it work?

 

[IROC-Z28]

I heard you heat the dent with a hair dryer, then apply the dry ice. But that's what I "heard". You might want to research it a bit.

 

[cobrakidz]

I have never heard of that trick but it makes sense, kind of like when you shrink metal, heat it then cool it quickly. Let us know if it works.

 

[99stanger]

Same theory as the blow dryer/ keyboard cleaner theory...

- You heat up the paint with a blow dryer then with a can of keyboard duster (you know the stuff that when you spray the can it blows air into your keyboard blowing out the debris?) Anyway, flip that can up upside down... when you do this it blows out at I think like -200 and something degrees.

 

[DaBoss302]

anyone did this I would assum a small dent would be only thing this may work with

 

[99stanger]

Actually the thing that I mentioned tends to work on bigger dents and not smaller ones....

 

[03SVTKB]

Interesting idea.
Im wondering if it actually works.
Im interested

 

[BadMoFo]

depends if it storms today if I can do it. will let everyone know if it works out.

 

[srl135]

subscribing....heard of this several times, but never had the bawls to try it on my car. Something tells me chipped off paint would show up rather easily on a blacked out car.

 

[03 black gt]

I saw somewhere that even if you get the dent out with dry ice, when the car is back in the sun the heat reaffects the metal and makes the dent reappear.

 

[m1615]

Call the dent doctor

 

[miclightning]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wm7WPlEyFc"]YouTube - Dent Repair with Dry Ice[/nomedia]

 

[SaleenFiend]

I saw somewhere that even if you get the dent out with dry ice, when the car is back in the sun the heat reaffects the metal and makes the dent reappear.

Some dents do tend to keep the appearance as being there, but most will disappear.

 

[tslabaugh]

Hmm I may have to try this.....

 

[Saleen281sc]

YouTube - Dent Repair with Dry Ice

I wish I could get those 4 minutes of my life back.

:dw:

 

[03whipedsnake]

I wish I could get those 4 minutes of my life back.

:dw:

I know! wtf

 

[Finaltheorem47]

Eh, you could try it, but I have herd about this before without any sucess. What it does is shrink the metal possibly pulling the metal back to shape.

Just get some paintless dent removal. What the guy does is stick a rod in through one of the access holes inside your door and massages the inside of the dent in little circles until the dent is gone. It doesn't require a repaint and unlike the dry ice, doesn't put the paint through extreme temperatures for something that may or may not work.

Just my .02