Lots of dent removal people on the internet. How hard can it be. Anyone want to share some knowledge. I heard heat and then dry ice will take out hail type dents. Any thoughts?
Dent removal
- Thread starter NSXTASYWI
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Find someone with experience working with aluminum, and a passion for what they are doing. There is a guy in Houston that does amazing work, he considers it an art. He spent 6 hours working on my car because he could feel some imperfection. I could not feel or see any sign of the dent under florescent light, and that includes paint cracks. And this was a basketball size dent in the rear quarter.
Jonathan
Jonathan
Aluminum is tricky. Don't try heat unless you want to see what a puddle of aluminum looks like.
Given how inexpensive the paintless dent removal guys are, I don't see much point in trying it myself. I'm happy to pay them a few bucks to make the job perfect.
Given how inexpensive the paintless dent removal guys are, I don't see much point in trying it myself. I'm happy to pay them a few bucks to make the job perfect.
We are talking about heat of the sort one gets on any car as it sits in the sun NOT about heating the car with a heat gun etc. In this area of the country that is how they remove hail dents -- let the car sit in the sun a few hours, go over the area of dent with cloth wrapped dry ice and the dent comes out.
Being an owner/operator of a dent removal company for the past 7 years, I can assure you that this is NOT how you remove dents out of cars. To be brief, ALL dents are PUSHED from the inside out....period(unless you have a huge dent that suction cup may pop out). Maybe someone told you that they use dry ice to not divulge the secret of how this is done, which happens to be a very common practice among us dent guys. Did you actually see someone using dry ice to remove dents, or did someone just tell you this?
Why introduce heat and cold to your car when you can remove a dent WITHOUT it? I would be very concerned if someone wanted to heat up and cool down my car/paint. There is always a search for that "magic pill," and in my opinion, I have to think that this is not the better cure. Experienced dent remaval guys/girls can remove dents safely without this "new" technology, since there is no need for it. PDR has been the around for 15 plus years with no problems of paint damage and or metal fatigue/warpage, and produces 100% results in capable hands. Here's another NEW idea that is hitting the market: Glue on dent removal. This type of repair has you glue a stick onto the dent and pull it out. Recommended only for factory paint and will take off paint if you're not careful. Unbelievable! Very interesting though, however not for my car or my clients.
