A heat gun, a propane torch, or a high wattage hair dryer with part of it's air intake partially covered can be used to heat the metal and the paint. By heating the metal and paint where it's hot to the backside of your hand, it will make the dent easier to remove and keeps the paint from breaking or chipping as long as it's not already peeling away from the damage. After getting 95% of the dent out, you can reheat the metal and spray a key board cleaner aerosol can upside down to shrink and tighten the metal for the last 5% or bring the metal back inline if you stretched it out a little too far.
You can also use a small kitchen sink plunger that's wet or add a little Vaseline to the plunger's lip as a dent puller. And I agree with Chase about using a deflated sports ball in the door panel to push the dent out as you slowly inflate the ball. Big box home repair stores and the jungle site also carry hand held air bag pumps they call air shims, air leveler bags, or an air wedge if you want more control.
If anyone has any other dent pulling tips, I'd appreciate it if you would post them in the comments for all of us regular folks. Thanks in advance.
A heat gun, a propane torch, or a high wattage hair dryer with part of it's air intake partially covered can be used to heat the metal and the paint. By heating the metal and paint where it's hot to the backside of your hand, it will make the dent easier to remove and keeps the paint from breaking or chipping as long as it's not already peeling away from the damage.
After getting 95% of the dent out, you can reheat the metal and spray a key board cleaner aerosol can upside down to shrink and tighten the metal for the last 5% or bring the metal back inline if you stretched it out a little too far.
@@JeffsFreedomGarage thanks for the great tips!
You can also use a small kitchen sink plunger that's wet or add a little Vaseline to the plunger's lip as a dent puller. And I agree with Chase about using a deflated sports ball in the door panel to push the dent out as you slowly inflate the ball. Big box home repair stores and the jungle site also carry hand held air bag pumps they call air shims, air leveler bags, or an air wedge if you want more control.
Put a deflated basketball inside the door panel and then inflate it and bam dent out maybe hit it with a little heat before inflating
@@chasegitchell6826 great tip! Thank you.