I've heard of this but they heat the area up just a little and use a
plunger type deal to suck or pop up the dent. But I think this it's for
the new car bodies with a thickness of a piece of paper. I don't think
it would work on our rigs. Those small little dings on his truck...I'd
just use some filler.
Pee-Wee.
Randall J. Krebs wrote:
>Ryan,
>
>I was on a Triumph website where they suggest that for hail damage you could
>heat up the area at the edge of the dint and it would pop out. Then
>immediately apply a wet rag to the area. Naturally your paint is burnt.
>
>I have not tried this, so . . . . . .
>
>Randy
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Chansler" <rchansl@attglobal.net>
>To: "Ryan Sain" <rsain@gte.net>; "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:07 PM
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Ding spots - covered by other sheet metal?
>
>
>
>
>>Ryan,
>>If they're not too deep you can do as Lee recommends and just fill them.
>>
>>
>The
>
>
>>old method of dent pulling is to drill a hole in the metal and put a screw
>>in it and use a puller to pull the metal out. Then you have to fill the
>>hole. The new method is to weld pins to the metal with a stud welder, pull
>>out the dent with a puller, and then clip off pins. This new stud welder
>>
>>
>is
>
>
>>about $200 bucks so it may not be worth it for you to buy one just for one
>>job. Look at the Eastwood site as Devin recommends and you can see the
>>
>>
>stud
>
>
>>welder.
>>Not sure what the recommended maximum thickness is for body filler.
>>Bob Chansler
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Ryan Sain" <rsain@gte.net>
>>To: "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>>Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 3:30 PM
>>Subject: [oletrucks] Ding spots - covered by other sheet metal?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Well,
>>>
>>>Please look here:
>>>
>>>http://www.wsu.edu/~rsain/dingspots.jpg
>>>
>>>In this pic (not of my cab - but another list member's) I put some green
>>>dots where I have a few small radial type dents. Given that all these
>>>
>>>
>>spots
>>
>>
>>>have a piece of sheet metal covering them on the opposite side of the
>>>
>>>
>>cab -
>>
>>
>>>how the %$^# am I supposed to hammer them out? Or do I?
>>>
>>>Should I just cut a little section out of the metal on the inside so I
>>>
>>>
>>have
>>
>>
>>>access then hammer away? Or should I simply fill em and forget em?
>>>
>>>None are bigger than .75" in diameter. The truck is a 59
>>>
>>>TIA,
>>>
>>>- Ryan
>>>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>>>
>>>
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