Removing hail damage with canned air?
#1
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I saw a video here (3rd video down)
http://www.wisebread.com/remove-car-...ly-and-cheaply
Where they use a lighter and a thing of canned air to remove a fairly large sized dent from a car. My blazer has a bit of hail damage on the hood and I was wondering if anybody has tried this.
I'm more wondering if it will work on golfball sized hail spots vs. the video with a fairly easy dent.
http://www.wisebread.com/remove-car-...ly-and-cheaply
Where they use a lighter and a thing of canned air to remove a fairly large sized dent from a car. My blazer has a bit of hail damage on the hood and I was wondering if anybody has tried this.
I'm more wondering if it will work on golfball sized hail spots vs. the video with a fairly easy dent.
#2
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Location: Oklahoma
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I've never heard of anyone doing this but i'm intrigued to know if it actually works.
#3

Those videos really didn't show much. I think it's a hoax. I think they were popping it out from behind... notice the camera is tight to the spot & never shows it from any other angle. Everyone who tried it said it didn't work. Professionals were calling BS on it too.
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#5
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So I tried it on like 6 hail dents and my verdict is....maybe...not really. I think it worked on those dents in the video because they're on a door panel spread across a large area. Everything in the video did happen, except the dent didn't really come out. Some of them became slightly less noticable.
I think the hail dents stretched the metal, while the ones in the video were just bent metal so it was easy to revert back.
Verdict: Not really...can't hurt to try.
I think the hail dents stretched the metal, while the ones in the video were just bent metal so it was easy to revert back.
Verdict: Not really...can't hurt to try.
#6
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So I tried it on like 6 hail dents and my verdict is....maybe...not really. I think it worked on those dents in the video because they're on a door panel spread across a large area. Everything in the video did happen, except the dent didn't really come out. Some of them became slightly less noticable.
I think the hail dents stretched the metal, while the ones in the video were just bent metal so it was easy to revert back.
Verdict: Not really...can't hurt to try.
I think the hail dents stretched the metal, while the ones in the video were just bent metal so it was easy to revert back.
Verdict: Not really...can't hurt to try.
it will work an the thin metal on the dors, but not on the hood or fenders, the same concept can be acheived with de-icer and a heat-gun.
get the metal really cold with the de-icer, and use the heat-gun on it, the extreme change in tempature will make the metal to pop out.
#7
holy crap,
i have had 1 little dent in my driver side from a damn shopping cart since i bought my blazer, im going out side right now to try this and im going to video it.
its worth a try lol
if it works ill post it up, if it doesn't ill hang my head in shame.
i have had 1 little dent in my driver side from a damn shopping cart since i bought my blazer, im going out side right now to try this and im going to video it.
its worth a try lol
if it works ill post it up, if it doesn't ill hang my head in shame.
#8
didnt work lol
#9
As I figured. Saved me $5 since I was gonna try it just to prove/disprove it for myself. So where is the video?
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