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A guy at the gas station in Flagstaff showed me a dent trick with a heat gun
I was fueling up last month and saw a guy working on a big dent in his truck's door. He was using a heat gun on low, moving it in circles about six inches away. He told me, 'You heat the metal slow, then spray it with a can of compressed air turned upside down. The quick cold makes it pop right out.' I tried it on a shallow fender dent back at the shop, and it actually worked pretty well for something that didn't need paint. Anyone know other tricks for small dents that save you from pulling panels?
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adamgreen4d ago
That hot-cold shock method is great for newer cars with thinner sheet metal. For older, thicker panels, sometimes you can get behind it with a rubber mallet and a wood block to slowly work it out from the inside, if you can reach. Just go real slow and tap lightly, checking the outside often.
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