Small Dent removal

[Echo]

So I have a small dent on my door panel. No one but me really notices it, I'd say about the size of a nickel. Anyways I've seen vids on youtube before of a pethod to remove similar small dents utilizing a can of compressed air, and a hairdryer. The basic idea is you use the hairdryer on the dent to heat it up, then spray the compressed air on it to rapidly cool it down. The metal will expand/contract and pop back into it's original place. There are dozens of vids on this and it seems to be hit and miss, unless every single one is a hoax. Anyone tried this or had any success? Will spraying compressed air onto my car danage the paint in any way?

 

[joekd]

Tried it before, didn't do crap

Take it to a paintless dent shop and have them do it right

 

[DeepList]

^ I second what he said. I had a small dent on my driver's side rear fender where somebody parked next to me and opened their door into the side of my car. Tried the hairdryer/canned air thing. Nothing.

 

[joekd]

I went as far as heat gun/dry ice before realizing it simply wasn't going to do a thing

 

[CC'S95GT]

do you have a pic of the dent?

 

[Echo]

do you have a pic of the dent?

Not at the moment. I'll be getting the camera out tonight so I'll get one. I figure as long as you guys say it won't hurt anything it's worth a shot. I hate to send money on a tiny little dent like that but it's the only one on the car.

From what I can tell about 90% of the time it doesn't work, but I've seen a few videos where it does. I know- don't belive anything you see on youtube. I figure you just have to luck out and the physics have to just go into your favor to where the metal is dented perfectly where the expansion forces will pop it right.

 

[CC'S95GT]

you might just be able to remove the door panel and push it out from the inside yourself.

 

[Tony]

i'm sorry did i just read joe tried dry ice to remove a dent?

 

[rz5.0]

I know a guy that did dry ice and heat gun and it work.

 

[chrisv_10]

I know a guy that did dry ice and heat gun and it work.

It might work on bigger dents, but I doubt it will work on nickel sized dents.

 

[Tony]

learn something new every day.

 

[rz5.0]

Hail damage