Has anyone ever used dry ice to remove a hail sized ding or a door ding from their car? I noticed I have a ding on my new Pontiac back by the fuel door. Plus I got some little dings all over my FC.



I have heard of autobody repair shops doing this. They take a small piece of dry ice and long hot dog tongs or other tongs and rub the ding with the dry ice. The dent may or may not "pop" right out. I am afraid to try it on my Ponti cause it has abyss metallic flake in the paint adn I just can't bring myself to experiment on the seven. There is a guy a work with and his beater car is ate up with hail marks, he said I could practice on his car but I wanted to see if any of you all had heard of this or done this.

 

I saw them on monster garage try to use a torch and ice water...then ended up severely warping the metal, and having to cut it out



but other than that, I have no idea

 

LOL I saw that one too! Where they were turning the 2000-2002 Impala into a Zamboni!



That guy farked the roof up bad with the torch and ice water! That is precisely what I am trying to avoid doing. Not that I would use a torch in the first place

 

call dent dr. 50 a pop

 

i heard from some lady that regular ice works. but that was a long time ago im not to sure if shesaid dry ice or regular ice. even though they have a huge temp difference. also depends how long the dent was there. cuz the metal my just stay that way on the seven since they are older cars. theres nothing wrong with trying though

 

thats a trick we used to use when working on aircraft. Every once in awhile some idiot mechanic would drop his wrench on the wing or tail and it would dent the thin aluminum. Dry ice pops it right out. But, with thick metal on most cars, its not going to miraculously make the dent go bye bye. Call up a dent pro or any dent puller, pay the 50 bucks. Dry ice is like 30-40 bucks a block anyway.

 

I thought it was the one where they turned the pt cruiser into the

chipper?



anyhow im moving this topic, and while I have heard urban myths of

this dry ice thing, I have never heard of someone doing it succesfully.

 

That sounds like the slosest thing to a rational explaination I've ever heard on the topic!



If it really worked, wouldn't everyone know about it? Wouldn't dent repair men use that instead of pulling interior panels and using body spoons and such?

 

someone try it and give us some feedback

 

ive tried it with dry ice and blocks of ice, the only thing I got was

cold.