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    Just wondering...has anyone used the park it in the sun till it's hot and then put dry ice on it trick?

    Just curious..I have some hail dents on my hood that you can't see unless you look for them. But I know they are there and I see them every time I look at it!!!!

    I've always heard the dry ice thing works on dimples...
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    worked on my dads truck, for most, a few didnt come out all the way...

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    • #3
      Am I reading this right? Get the body panel as warm as possible, then put dry ice on a small dent and it should pop out? There are a few hail dents on the Camaro that would be nice to remove.
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      • #4
        Yeah...I guess the idea behind it is that heating it up expandes the metal. Then the supercold of the dry ice quickly contracts it causing the dent to pop out.(Theoretically)

        Science class now dismissed!!! :D
        Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: \"WOW!!!!, what a ride!\"

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        • #5
          You also get those small dents from body flex.
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          • #6
            I have a small dent I would like to get out also. Neighbor hit it in the side with a rock while he was mowing his grass, still won't even confess. Would it be too hard to make it work on a rear quarter panel? Where exactly can you get dry ice?
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            • #7
              I don't think this really works, but they used to have this ridiculous TV commercial:

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              • #8
                Well, some female hit my rear quarter panel with her rear end and dented my quarter panel also without scratching the paint. Praxair sells dry ice, I believe in small quantities by mail order
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                • #9
                  A lot of the time you can get dry ice from an ice cream place. I know I can get some from a Baskin Robbins store. CHeck your yellow pages for dry ice...
                  Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: \"WOW!!!!, what a ride!\"

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