Compressed Air Dent Removal

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DJ_B_Easy
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Anyone ever try this? Any risk of damage to clear coat or paint from the extreme frostiness of the liquid CO2?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILVWPzO_swY[/youtube]


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That was pretty cool!

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Old vid is old.

Anyway, I wouldn't imagine that it would damage it since it's just cold compressed air and a hair dryer. You can always test it out on a 100+ degree weather in a pick-n-pull lot or an old body part in your backyard and tell us the results. I don't believe anyone on here has tried it, in the 7 years I've been a member.

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Well when you flip it over it comes out as liquid CO2 and I believe its somewhere near minus 150 degrees farenheit IIRC. Thought that could possibly be a bit much for the clear and paint.

Going to give it a shot in a bit, ill let you know how it goes.

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Well.

It did nothing to 2 shopping cart attacked areas. I have 2 rows of 3 dents from shopping carts on each side of the car. Like they guy said in the video, they are slightly creased so it didnt help at all.

It DID work on an area on my rear fender where a handicapped person used my car to break their fall (not kidding). It was a long oval shaped dent that didnt appear to be creased. However when it popped out, there is a slight crease at what was the bottom of the dent. I guess the crease wasnt really full into the dent, so the dent popped, and the crease didnt.

In case anyone was going to ask, I tried pics and they didnt show the dent at all.

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Glad it worked at least partially for you!


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