did it work caribe76?

 

Take a hairdryer and warm the dented surface for 5 to 10 minutes. Then take a bottle of compressed air and holding it upside down spray the dented area. Let it sit for a minute or so and the dent should come out due to the metal contracting and expanding. You can also substitute the compressed air for dry ice.

 

actually, it's the exact opposite of what myrtle suggested...

freeze with canned air, THEN heat dry it

this only really works with large dents:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miNykNl-0NM

 

I've always wanted to try that on my MDX, but too scared to ruin the paint...

 

I tried the upside down down thing before. didnt work. maybe b/c it wasnt huge dent, i duno. just a waste of $8.00 lol

 

fyi, those compressed air cans are nowhere near that cold, their only about -25 deg. F, its not liquid CO2, its some long chemical I cant remember, but its alot warmer.

the techniques still work though, but the important part is where the dent is. If its right in the middle of a body panel and isnt really huge or really small, thats perfect. were looking for a few inches of diameter here. If its wrinkled it wont work as well either.

 

it doesn't matter which order you heat or freeze the dent, just as long as you do one right after the other. I have seen it done both ways

 

i have an annoying dent on my hood from this idiot co worker of mine jumpin on my hood[:@]

but i don't wanna try that hair dryer thing because i'd rather just get it professionally removed

 

Getting it professionally done costs way too much and if you have the tools necessary you should atleast try it

 

the compressed air is just that, compressed CO2; the reason it gets cold is a the sudden change in volume and pressure by turning it upside-down. It is still just CO2, but just a lot colder. Unless of course you bought a chemical based compressed air for special cleaning.