Dry Ice

[JJoiner]

Has anyone ever heard of or used dry ice to remove little dings or dents in body panel sheet metal?

 

[DMcPherson]

Ive been a body man for a while and never ehard of that one. ususlly dings are bad because they allmost allways leave a crese. so even if you could shrink it rapidly it wont take it out.

 

[Cooker]

I have heard of it several times over the years but never have seen it done.

 

[PToombs]

I haven't heard about dry ice. I have heard of using a heat gun on dings, but never tried it. Usually when I ding something, it needs new parts! :--)

 

[FLynes]

The dry ice method dates back. I met an old-timer, while I was stationed in California, who has been a body man since the 50's, and he told me that was a trick they used to pop out dents that were NOT creased. If the dent had a crease, you'd need a dolly and body hammer. He walked me through it, but it sounds like too much of a headache. I'd rather get a Ding King.



Frederic

 

[JustScott]

Dry Ice can pop out some hail dents and some others as long as there are no creases. I took some out of my truck, but it works best on a really hot day 100 degrees or more.

 

[DMcPherson]

yeha that would make sense. if the area was hot and to shrink it real fast. maybe heating it then trying. Im kindof curious now

 

[Eric_77]

Wife had a a black Camero when we were dating that got hit with about 20 hail dings nothing very big maybe quarter size and no deeper than 1/64" but on black they really stood out. Bought 5 pounds of dry ice and tried on a fairly hot day (mid 80's) put the dry ice on the spots nothing then got the hair dryer out and heated then tried again nothing. I avoided the heat gun cause I bought that for stripping paint and it does a very good job of that.



I don't know if it needs to be a bigger ding to "pop" or if is just one of those things that has gotten passed down that such and such used to do it. Well I have never met that such and such that actually did it themselves and had it work.

 

[HOBrian]

Usually when I ding something, it needs new parts! :--)

:-laf :-laf :-laf

 

[nps]

I've tried it and have never been able to get it to work.

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

That is how the moblile "Dent Wizzard" does it. You will see him with a cooler in the truck 90% of the time.

 

[BHummert]

I am a tech for Dent Wizard. Dry ice wont work. are a heat gun. You have to push them out.

 

[DMcPherson]

eyah I was going to say, I have never seen dent wizzard with a cooler. we had them do a lot of used cars at toyota when I worked in the body shop, its pretty cool how hey do it with the pic ans mirror

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

I am a tech for Dent Wizard. Dry ice wont work. are a heat gun. You have to push them out.

I saw a guy out of the Norwalk service area dent wizzard do a brand new cadillac CTS at westport cadillac 8 years ago in the parking lot. He absolutly used dry ice as he explained it to me down to the Molecular level of the metal and the way it is stressed in a dent. He used it and had used a body shoe to get it out and aparently the dry ice makes this alot easier to doo.