dry ice or air dust dent removal. HELP!

[ssanc153]

some bozo decided to run a shopping cart or someone backed into driver side lens and made a dent on front of driver fender. i'm not too worried about it but wanted to ask if the dry ice or air dust trick will work well or is this more of

[XcluziveAZN]

i heard dry ice work better alot of people tried and said it doesn't work with air dust

[JoshM]

Air dusters worked on my 240sx for smaller dents.

[cp[mike]]

depends entirely on what the dent looks like.

[steelbluesleepR]

the dry ice will remove more heat from the panel, it is frozen c02 and is -170*f i think. the stuff in the air duster is liquid co2 (or liquid propane, or similar) and is not nearly as cold.

[XcluziveAZN]

Canned Air is not CO2 i think

according to wiki it's
"liquified difluoroethane, trifluoroethane, or tetrafluoroethane in a spray can"

I dont know what that mean Not a chem major.

[ssanc153]

Canned Air is not CO2 i think

according to wiki it's
"liquified difluoroethane, trifluoroethane, or tetrafluoroethane in a spray can"

I dont know what that mean Not a chem major.

just have to since i'm a bio tutor
difluroethane is 2 flourines on an ethane molecule tri is three and tetra is four!!!
but if you look at the side lens for the blinker the dent is right in the middle if it at the very front of the fender.its really thin about 1/2 - 3/4 inch from top to bottom and 2-3 inches long (from front of fender back)

[NAiL05]

It can be done if done properly. If not you can fuck it up. Doesnt hurt to try since its already fucked anyway. Get some heat on the fender around the area moving in a circular pattern and immediately put the dry ice on there. Thats the proper way to do it. Heat expands the molecules while the immediate cold makes them contract and eventually pop out.

[ssanc153]

It can be done if done properly. If not you can fuck it up. Doesnt hurt to try since its already fucked anyway. Get some heat on the fender around the area moving in a circular pattern and immediately put the dry ice on there. Thats the proper way to do it. Heat expands the molecules while the immediate cold makes them contract and eventually pop out.

so i apply heat to the dent in a circular motion to heat the area right? after that i'm assuming that the ice is placed in the middle to have and even contraction of the metal? or is it also in a circular motion?

[Tucker]

Dry ice works wonderfully. There is an article on this dry ice website. The main steps are:

1. Heat the dent with a hairdryer
2. Apply dry ice to the center of the dent
3. Sit back and watch it work (you may need to apply 2 or 3 times to get it to work all the way)

Hope this helps!

[stretch JDM]

i had a simular problem like that. i got the as seen on t.v." pops a dent" it did what i needed it to. for 20 bucks at the autozone its worth a try. dont bash me on this , like i said it worked on my ding.