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#1 (**permalink**) 03 May 2004, 08:11 am

I have a small dent behind my drivers side door. There's no chipped
paint or anything, just a dent. Are there any tricks to removing
this? I can't easily get behind it, I don't believe. I've heard
somewhere about using an ice cube on a hot day to pop out sheet metal
dents.

TIA

#2 (**permalink**) 03 May 2004, 08:34 am

Actually not an ice cube, however, Dry Ice, has been known to reverse the
condition

"Im anonymous" <acctforjunk@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have a small dent behind my drivers side door. There's no chipped
> paint or anything, just a dent. Are there any tricks to removing
> this? I can't easily get behind it, I don't believe. I've heard
> somewhere about using an ice cube on a hot day to pop out sheet metal
> dents.
>
> TIA

#3 (**permalink**) 03 May 2004, 10:42 am

acctforjunk@yahoo.com (Im anonymous) wrote in
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> I have a small dent behind my drivers side door. There's no chipped
> paint or anything, just a dent. Are there any tricks to removing
> this? I can't easily get behind it, I don't believe. I've heard
> somewhere about using an ice cube on a hot day to pop out sheet metal
> dents.
>
> TIA

You could try one of those dent removers "as Seen on TV".
If the dent has no crease,it may work.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

#4 (**permalink**) 03 May 2004, 12:22 pm

>> I have a small dent behind my drivers side door. There's no chipped
>> paint or anything, just a dent. Are there any tricks to removing
>> this? I can't easily get behind it, I don't believe. I've heard
>> somewhere about using an ice cube on a hot day to pop out sheet metal
>> dents.

Look in the yellow pages under Paintless Dent Repair.

#5 (**permalink**) 03 May 2004, 03:59 pm

In article <bffabe31.0405030511.57b1a6f8@posting.google.com >,
acctforjunk@yahoo.com (Im anonymous) wrote:

>I have a small dent behind my drivers side door. There's no chipped
>paint or anything, just a dent. Are there any tricks to removing
>this? I can't easily get behind it, I don't believe. I've heard
>somewhere about using an ice cube on a hot day to pop out sheet metal
>dents.
>
>TIA

A lot depends on the size of the dent and if the metal has been stretched.
I've seen large, shallow door dents removed with a toilet plunger!

#6 (**permalink**) 03 May 2004, 06:59 pm

The toilet plunger has worked for me! Use a little vaseline around the
edges to get a good seal, pull out the dent, and then rub off the vaseline
before it rots the rubber.

<bkapaun@hotdeletemail.com> wrote in message
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> In article <bffabe31.0405030511.57b1a6f8@posting.google.com >,
> acctforjunk@yahoo.com (Im anonymous) wrote:
>
> >I have a small dent behind my drivers side door. There's no chipped
> >paint or anything, just a dent. Are there any tricks to removing
> >this? I can't easily get behind it, I don't believe. I've heard
> >somewhere about using an ice cube on a hot day to pop out sheet metal
> >dents.
> >
> >TIA
>
> A lot depends on the size of the dent and if the metal has been stretched.
> I've seen large, shallow door dents removed with a toilet plunger!

#7 (**permalink**) 03 May 2004, 08:22 pm

acctforjunk@yahoo.com (Im anonymous) spake unto the masses in
news:bffabe31.0405030511.57b1a6f8@posting.google.c om:

> I have a small dent behind my drivers side door. There's no chipped
> paint or anything, just a dent. Are there any tricks to removing
> this? I can't easily get behind it, I don't believe. I've heard
> somewhere about using an ice cube on a hot day to pop out sheet metal
> dents.

There are companies that do "paintless dent removal".

Click here:
http://tinyurl.com/3f3yv

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#8 (**permalink**) 03 May 2004, 09:35 pm

Im anonymous wrote:
>
> I have a small dent behind my drivers side door. There's no chipped
> paint or anything, just a dent. Are there any tricks to removing
> this? I can't easily get behind it, I don't believe. I've heard
> somewhere about using an ice cube on a hot day to pop out sheet metal
> dents.
>

I've never tried it, but I've been told that if you have access to the area
behind the dent, then you put a deflated ball (such as a soccer ball) behind
the dent and then slowly inflate the ball. This should pop the dent back
out.

Eric

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