Fix a car dent with a hair dryer

[cliffdunedin 8]

Maybe a repost but came across this last night...i have never seen the Co2 before but am sure you can get something similar here!

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-fix-your...r-dryer-127450/

[polley 916]

I think it involves a fair bit of skill, you can just as easily make it much worse.

[Nobimmer 694]

Yeah would say you would have to be pretty onto it and have done it a few times for it to work.

[318Touring 40]

What could be worse than it's not working?

You wouldn't make the dent worse, or harm the paint (assuming you've cleaned the part of the car beforehand)?

More interesting question is where can you get dry ice in Wellington?

[polley 916]

You could possibly put ripples in it, making it even harder and more expensive to fix.

[Jacko 2156]

Thats cool!

I seriously doubt you could screw it up using heat, as once the temperatures normalised itll sit where its relaxed and you arent physically working the metal, so no chance of shrinking/stretching.

The worst you could do would be too crack the paint, as it wont have the same expansion rate as the steel.

You can get CRC freeze spray from a lot of electrical supply places. BOC do dry ice, but thats not really what ya want. Both are good for making apprentices cry/run in fear

Tempted to go put the boot into my cars door and try

Edited November 24, 2010 by Jacko

[polley 916]

Ive seen someone try to fix a dent in a roof by doing this, it f**ked up the whole roof.

[antil33t 90]

I wouldn't mind trying this on a junkyard door or something.

[JFry 1]

Pretty sure that looks like a can of compressed air, the stuff used for cleaning electrical/computers

[cliffdunedin 8]

The way i see it, if you already have a dent and are probably going to have to get panel work and respray the panel/get paint work done anyway. a few $ of compressed air isn't going to hurt.

Like Antil said ^^ trying it on a junk door first would be a good idea.

[curryinahurry 39]

I have attempted this a while ago, using solid dry ice and a hair dryer.

No luck for me, but no harm done neither.

[_ethrty-Andy_ 2132]

where is all this talk of dry ice coming from or am i missing something? i thought it says to use a can of CO2?

[Lucan 196]

Dry ice is solid CO2

The dent he removed in the video isn't exactly a major, it looks like something you could push out by hand...

Edited November 24, 2010 by Blackie

[cliffdunedin 8]

that's true. would save the hassle of removing interior panels though!?

[polley 916]

Could of probally popped it out with a plunger.

[bravo 35]

Nice website - there's a video on there on how to tell the difference between a hooker and a cop - handy.

[sp8s 1]

Used to use oxy plant and a wet rag to do same thing.

heat and shrink