I've got a few real small hail dents on the hood of my 01 Screw.I dont really want to take it to be fixed unless I have to. My question is, I've heard this all my life but don't know if its true, Will dry ice pop out the small dents? If so how do you do it?

 

As far as I know dry ice will pull out small dents. However, I'm not sure it will work on aluminum. My wife has a '98 Saturn with an aluminum hood that had hail damage and without even looking at the car the shop said the hood would be replaced because it was aluminum. I believe all '97 and newer Ford trucks have aluminum hoods.
Jeff

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Lund Interceptor hood shield
Stull billet grill
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1999 F-150 Lariat 4X2
Reg cab Short box Styleside
5.4L 3.55ls
Deep Wedgwood Blue/Silver
Lund Interceptor hood shield
Stull billet grill
VentVisors
Class III hitch
Ford molded mud guards
Soft tonneau cover
Factory CD with changer
Tinted windows
Factory fog light kit

http://www.my-f150.com/lariatregcab/


Watch out NHL, Jagr and super Mario
Best in the buisness

[This message has been edited by JA_Stang86 (edited 05-11-2001).]

 

C'mon, Supercrewone.......You've nothing to lose.
I offered my local Dent Wizard $120 sorta "under the
table" to repair some hail damage. He did so.
I'm happy. After it was all over and he was handing
me my keys, he smiled and said "dry ice is great
stuff, don't you think?". I didn't make the connection
till MUCH later. GO FOR IT. If it doesn't work, what are
you out?......maybe 20 bux?.......Dry Ice works. Apparently,
it's a "trade secret". The size of dent matters, but most minor
damage just pops out.
Put on a glove. Gently rub it over
the afffected area, taking in the surrounding area by about
2-inches. Work from the dent outward. I feel like a
complete rube. NEVER AGAIN!!!

 

That is funny,that one form of frozen substance will take out a dent caused by another
Where can you get dry ice?? I have a couple of small dents I want to try it on ,,,,,98

 

Growing up in West Texas,we went through our share of hail storms. The first thing to do is go straight to your insurance dealer and make a claim (if you have full coverage) We found out that summer heat will pop a lot of them out and dry ice will also get a lot. We would not always get nice round chunks of hail. We would have such super storms that the ice would get sucked back up several times before it hit the ground and they would be nasty, jagged things that made ugly dents, not just round dings.

 

Howdy!

Interested in purchasing my hood? Let me know..

98Screamer,

Ice is frozen water. Dry ice is solidified carbon dioxide.

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My ride:

Basics:
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Under hood and back:
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- AiRaid intake
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...

Outside:
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- Ford bed rails
...

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- Dual horns (For people who, again, cut me off)
- Dual wheel locks (So I won't be driving home on bricks!)
- Spare wheel lock (So I won't have to use a brick as a spare )
...

Best of all:
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Stephlan

 

If all else fails, take it to one of the paintless dent removal shops. It will not cost that much and you can be in and out in a hour or so. Had it done on my rodeo and couldn't tell that there was any damage.

 

Yes,I do know what dry ice is,but I need to know where the average guy could get a hold of some?
Any suggestions??,,,98
Oh well,,silly me. My fiance can get me some at work. We travel with a show,and they use quite a bit of it every night
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Yokahama AVS/ST's,,too noisy
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[This message has been edited by 98SCREAMER (edited 05-14-2001).]

 

Let your fingers do the walkting thru the yellow pages under "ICE"....