Well damnit. People need to watch when they open there doors next to my car. I have a few kindof unnoticealbe dings on my door. But I am a perfectionist, I need my car to look perfect! I have heard that dry ice placed over dents freezes the metal, then bends the metal back to original shape. I would like to know if anyone had good experiences trying this? Thanks...

 

yea i would like to know also if this is true. i got 1 small dent in the back near my hatch.

 

i heard it [dry ice] was supposed to be placed on the dent on a hot day. never found out if it works though.

become the guinnea (sp?) pig

 

I heard that the dent has to pretty fresh...before the dent sets

 

Before the dent "sets"?
What are you guys smoking, and where can I get some? (j/k)
I've never heard this before - anyone with info - do tell.

 

hmmm if tis really works i wont mind becomming the lab rat

 

Well, it makes sence how it could work, I just want someone to try it. If you have dry ice at your home please give it a try, and tell us what happens. I just don't want to spend the money on the dry ice yet until' I know it works.

 

So you place the dry ice on the dent on a hot day? For how long?
Does the dent go "pop" and just bounce right back out?

 

That is a damn good idea. Those cans will freeze everything if held upside down. Even lungs, so don't try to get high off of it - some kids actually do all the time, there lungs freeze and they calaspe.

 

so did anybody try that trick yet? ......results plz

 

I've tried it on my car and it didn't do jack and i heard that if you do leave it for a day it will leave a circular mark around the area where you put the ice, it ***** up your paint basically

 

yeah...come to think of it....screw ice. I'm giving the dust remover spray(?) a try.

Btw, these cans get really cold, especially if you hold them upside down, so you might want to cover the can with some cloth first...

 

dry ice is $0.99/pound at most harris teeter's.... as for holding the compressed air can upside down, i don't think it will work on an old dent, but if it is fresh and has not set in, so to speak, i think it may work. hummmm.... i'm gonna try this on my old door.

 

uh, holding something that cold to your car is gonna mess up the paint...in that small of a concentrated area...hope you guys got alot of wax on your paint...spend $60 bucks for the dent removal guy...dont be so cheap...that price is per panel...so you can have like 20 dents on your door...and its still $60...its not worth making the problem worse, go find someones car you dont like and try it on theyre car first at least...

 

Yes it is true, dry ice does take out dents, lots of body shops use this method but the dent has to be small and pretty fresh. No more than 2 weeks old or it wont pop back out. I wouldnt reccomend anyone who doesnt know how to do it to try it, i believe they pour hot water over the outside of the dent and then place the dry ice on the inside.

 

I dont think anybody should use Dry Ice to fix dents on there car. Especially if you really don't know what your doing. Just go to a Dent specialist and pay to get it fixs. Each door panel is $50.00. They use rods to slowly roll out your dents. NO PAINT< NO HASSEL.

 

I'd try it, but, I don't wanna take the chance of ******* up my car.

 

I haven't tried dry icing my car yet, but I've been meaning to. I think dry icing would work better than a dust removal spray... I kind of doubt it would get cold enough... but who knows.

Few things to note about dry icing...

It doesn't have to be a hot day, it is just that the surface of the dent has to be hot. Get a hair dryer, turn it to hi, and let the surface heat up for a while. Then when it is pretty hot, quickly put the dry ice on the dent. The idea is simple. A hot surface expands, a cold surface is compact. If you have the tempature change rapidly, it will quickly compact... so much so that it go beyond where the dent placed it and back to its original molding.

Another thing... don't place dry ice directly on the paint. Its sort of like licking a poll when its snowing outside... your tongue could stick. Put a soft cloth around the ice.

 

Ah ha! SeaDawg I believe you hit the nail on the head!


[Modified by B21A, 9:40 PM 10/17/2001]

 

do the dents have to be crescent fresh... or will any dent do aslong as you fire up the hair dryer and heat up the area ??? TIA