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Repairing hail damage

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Gliderman8

Gliderman8

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I have some hail damage on the hood of my car. Has anyone been successful at repairing hail damage at home?
I did some looking on the net and found that some people have used dry ice to shrink the small dent and they claim when it shrinks it "pops" back up.
I am skeptical that this method works but of course it doesn't hurt to give it a try.
Any suggestions?
 
there are many youtube videos about that - also hair dryer and compressed air (use that to search)
 
All the upper surfaces on our Honda Pilot, Chevy Venture and most tragically my MGB suffered hail damage this week. It will be interesting to see what the body shops say. The Pilot looks the worst to the naked eye but all three cars got hit hard. Very extreme, sudden hail storm lasted about 20 minutes. Will they "total" a car if the cost to fix the hail damage exceeds the value of the car? ( thinking Venture and Pilot)
 
Dry ice does it. Can't hurt. Better than a hammer.
Watched it done once, oh, 45 years ago. Chunks in a bucket, tongs, body man tonged out a piece, set it in the slight depression, set another, set another, by the time he'd got to three, first one went "pop" and dry ice was on the ground.
Picked it up and continued.
I was a believer.
 
Thanks... I intend to give the dry ice a try... not much to lose.
Oh yeah, the dents are NOT on my TR6 thank goodness!!
 
Dont get many hailstorms here in NJ, but we do have hickory nuts and horse chestnuts that will dimple a car. I had a '92 Buick Roadmaster that eventually wound up looking like a powder blue metallic golfball because of them. Wish I had known about this little trick back then. Both the trees and the car are gone now, but it's still a good thing to keep in mind.
 
Google paintless dent repair also. The dry ice will work as long as the metal has not retained a new memory. The metal will retain its old memory as long as the vehicle does not cycle through hot and cold. Such as morning dew and heat of the day for a week or so.
 
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