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    ephatch member vlkter's Avatar
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    DIY: Canned Air Dent Removal

    wait for it............


    <a href="http://video.ca.msn.com/?mkt=en-ca&amp;vid=c242a6c5-e795-4b69-b944-2f05f043c0b2&amp;from=en-ca&amp;fg=dest" target="_new" title="Fixing Car Dents With Canned Air">Video: Fixing Car Dents With Canned Air</a>

    BAM!!! Thank me later

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    Holy shit. I want to try this. Have you done this yet?

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    Don't do this there is to many horror stories about this crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by civictype_r04 View Post
    Don't do this there is to many horror stories about this crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    tell me more

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    I've tried this
    It only works on certain dents
    it works on a dent that "can be popped out"
    Doesn't work on anything that needs to be "molded" back into shape

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    yea i have heard some bad stories about this too

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    only works on large easy to pop out dents.

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    I had a feeling that it would only work on certain ones. Oh well. What are the horror stories you speak of?

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    damn im pretty tempted to try. i backed up into my trash bin and it left a golf ball size dent on the trunk right below the rear windshield. do you think that'll work on this dent?

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    Well first it will cause damage to the clear coat. It's not even Co2 it's a bunch of different chemicals mixed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smykhaisouk View Post
    damn im pretty tempted to try. i backed up into my trash bin and it left a golf ball size dent on the trunk right below the rear windshield. do you think that'll work on this dent?
    Here's the logic
    There's not much "force" that this 'dry ice' technique uses.
    So if you hit something
    going 10 mph, in a 2500lbs car, some dry ice isn't going to fix it.

    If you're going 40mph around a bend on GMR, and your back end swings into a side rail
    That's roughly about 2500lbs, hitting a side rail at 40mph
    That's not exactly going to pop out
    that's body work

    This technique usually works for like wide open areas
    dents, not bends
    Last edited by FoReVaPmP; 12-08-2008 at 02:11 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smykhaisouk View Post
    damn im pretty tempted to try. i backed up into my trash bin and it left a golf ball size dent on the trunk right below the rear windshield. do you think that'll work on this dent?
    It might work for you! cause i think its more likely to work on a bend just like the bend under the rear windshield.

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    WOW!... I really want to try this... but the clear coat thing is scary... LOL

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    Drop a basket ball on your fender and do this, it will work. this won't fix your "golf ball sized dent" works best on large dents, on body lines. Because it wants to pop back as it is, this method becomes a... "catalyst", if you will.

    figure this, if the metal was actually bent, it was stretched into the size and shape of the dent. The resistance is lost in that situation, so there is no stored force to be released by using this method.


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    ephatch member vlkter's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by ep3jd View Post
    Drop a basket ball on your fender and do this, it will work. this won't fix your "golf ball sized dent" works best on large dents, on body lines. Because it wants to pop back as it is, this method becomes a... "catalyst", if you will.

    figure this, if the metal was actually bent, it was stretched into the size and shape of the dent. The resistance is lost in that situation, so there is no stored force to be released by using this method.


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    Agreed. This should only work on body lines.

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