Dry Ice dent removal ?

I have some dents in a pair of head light buckets that I`d like to take out , I have heard of this method before , but does anyone know the procedure ?

 

put the dry ice in your drink and sip until they look straight?

 

i dont know how to do the dry ice bit but me and my dad took some non stick spray and poured some melted led into the back side of the headlight buckets on his old car and when it cooled we just hammered the led around the dents and they came right out but make sure your in a good ventilated area

 

Its a myth. If it worked there would be dry ice kits at the local paint and body supply.

 

Then how do Dentbusters and places like that offer paintless dent repair?

 

Dentbusters drill holes so thy can get behind the dents and work them out with rods. don't forget thy are working on newer cars that are paper thin.

 

Look on youtube. You heat the area with a hairdryer then spray it with a can of "air' used to clean keyboards. Hold the can upside down to get liquid spray. The quick change in temp "can" pop out small dents.

 

very few things would be as easy to fix with a hammer and dolly as a dent in a headlight bucket.

 

Is that how those paintless dent removal places do it? Hmmm, tell us more. I have no idea about the dry ice thing but I used to fill motorcycle tanks with water and put them in the freezer on a regular basis. The ice would push a dent right out.

 

i'm not sure if it would on the thicker metal of a headlight, but it worked on my wife's honda a few years ago. i waited for a hot summer day , parked in the sun , covered the small hail dent with a bandana (just one layer) and put a small piece of dry ice on it. popped right out.

 

Paintless dent removal can also be done on old cars (thicker sheetmetal) with someone who knows their ****. We had a silver dollar size dent in a rear fender of a black, perfect, '40 Ford removed. If they can get to the backside of the dent, it can be removed. If the paint is cracked, it is too deep for the tools they use.
Most guys who do that work won't touch older cars. Dry ice can, and will work, but it takes practice and the correct conditions to do so...

 

I've done the dry ice trick on a hail damaged roof, but I don't know how well it would work on a headlight bucket. Seems to me that the thick metal and compound curves would prohibit that. Worth a try, though. The most you'd lose is a couple of bucks for a chunk of dry ice. Just get the ****er good and hot with a heat gun or by putting it in the oven at 150 or so for a half hour, then wrap the dry ice with a cloth and lay it on the dent. If the metal isn't stretched too badly, it may pop out.

 

Hey,

Don't waste your time with ice, on a high crowned panel like a headlamp bucket it won't work!

Remove the lamp and with a dolly who's surface most closely matches the inner surface/shape of the bucket, press up on the dolly, whyle tapping around the edge of the damage with a round headed, flat faced body hammer. Press hard, and tap lightly stopping often to note any progress.
Run your hand over the area often, to check if the dent is comming up. If your careful, and go slow, you should be able to repair this with little or no filler.

Paintless dent repair IS used on old vehicles, but multi layers of old paint can be a problem as it's quite brittle. I have never used dry ice, nor heard of a professional body repairman, or PDR guy use ice! Save it for your bartender!

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"Spending A Nation Into Generational Debt Is Not An Act Of Comp***ion!"

 

I seen a bud put a Mustang tank in the freezer , he put the gas cap back on first , only thing it did was blow the backbone saddle out ( LOL ) . The small dent was still there , never to fit his 64 Pan again . Dang he was furious .

 

How do you keep your ice dry? Mine always melts. Sheeshh!

 

I will go out to the garage and try this right now.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6AZoN0c6lI

 

It will not work because once the metal is hot again, the dent will come back.

 

I never believed in the dry ice trick. I bought a new cycle in 2002..1800cc..cruzer in black. A few months later..I come out of a food store..there s dent in the tank. I guy comes up..says some dude was looking at the bike..talking on his cell..and dropped his phone on my tank. He split quick before I came out..I was pissed and sick.

Mid July here in AZ..I bought a couple pounds of dry ice..thought it was a waste of time..but I was desperate. 110*+..left it heat up a few hours. I practiced on my old Travelall..to see if it would screw up the paint. Seemed OK

Started the ice treatment. WEAR good gloves as the dry ice will rip your skin off. After sliding the ice for an while it I could see the dent still..a cupped shape with a pin sharp dent on the edge of the cup.

I went in to get a cool drink,,went at it again..thought I better get some gl***es cause I need reading gl***es and couldn't see the dent..thought the sun was getting to my eyes.
Holly ****..it worked. The pin sharp dent is still there..but almost not noticable..It pulled it out some..but the cup dent is gone..

Been that way ever since..hardly can see it if your not examinig the tank.

A cycle tank is thinner than some fenders..so maybe this worked cause of that. I am going to try it on a small dent in the aluminum hood on the Jag..but I only can see that little cupping from the drivers seat..staring down that long hood..

The ice expands the metal..which will come back to it's shape. It will not come back..metal memory of the pressed shape is quite a bit stronger.

Try it..might work if the metals thin..get it real warm..wear gloves..start slidin' the ice..

 

I would do exactly what Pimpin Paint said, it will work for sure and shouldn't take too long.