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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 08:27 AM
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Question Fixing the dings?

The best way to fix small scratches and dings that require paint?

BTW: My L is ding-less, but our minivan is a mess and it's newer.
My wife is ordering the paint today. There is like 100 small scrathes (from the kids bikes) and I told her I could fix it

I'm thinking my dremel may come in handy here.

Tips and suggestions please....

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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 10:56 AM
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I have all kinds of dings and dents in my truck. I'm just going to leave them. More money to spend on go fast mods.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 11:43 AM
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Anyone ever try using a hair dryer (or the likes) to heat up the area, then immediately putting ice on it to pop the ding?

Dunno if that's an urban legend or what... was thinking of trying it on a ding that I have (only one) in my pass door...
 
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 08:15 PM
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 08:17 PM
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Originally posted by MaxPower
Anyone ever try using a hair dryer (or the likes) to heat up the area, then immediately putting ice on it to pop the ding?

Dunno if that's an urban legend or what... was thinking of trying it on a ding that I have (only one) in my pass door...
Use dry ice.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 09:16 PM
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Look for a good paintless dent repair place. They can do wonders at really reasonable prices (at least in my case). They probably can do a fair job of touch up and compounding out scratches also. However, depending on the color I wouldn't expect too much out of touchup other than to cover exposed metal and roughly match in color
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