can push out by hand but seem to pop back in, or if you touch lightly pop
back in on there own you can usually heat and shrink to pull the dent
tight again. On trampoline dents you will have to get the shape of the
roof back before trying to shrink anything. As it gets close to its
original shape you are going to run in to areas that just do not want to
take the correct shape. Kind of like an old mason jar lid that pops in
and out when you push on it after the seal has been broken. These are
areas that are candidates for shrinking. I am no expert, just learning
through my own trial and error. And I was not afraid to use a little
filler on some low spots. Heck some of the high fill primers and a large
sanding block will get a lot of wavy spots out of the car. And as thin as
the metal is, they are very wavy.
By all means beat on a practice piece for a while before pounding on your
car. And buy a hammer and dolly set. I have a harbor freight set that
works great and cost almost nothing, and bought myself a Martin set $$$
that does not do any better job for me. But i guess a lot depends on who
is swinging the hammer. Good luck
> Wow-thank you all for the responses!
> I have never tried shrinking metal but I'm gonna try it. So I should pound
> out the dent first before the heat then ice - correct? It seems like a
> dumb question but I just want to be sure that I do it right
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harry Connors Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:26:28
> To: Subject: Re: [2cylinderhondas] Body Work
> That is what I was going to recommend, an industrial strength heat gun
> with ice wrapped up in shop rag. Heat dent from middle out (in circle)
> and quickly apply ice to middle of dent. Depending on metal normally
> only requires one try. Harry
> On 18.03.2009, at 02:45,
mckinney@...
wrote:
>> Just did a bunch of body work to my little sedan. I was able to shrink
>> many panels using an industrial heat gun and ice. The area I tried
>> with a
>> torch did not go to well. I would suggest trying a propane torch
>> over oxy
>> accet. set up.
>> > I think some kids used my Honda 600 Sedan for a trampoline. the
>> roof has
>> > so many dents that I can't see how I could fix it. Does anybody
>> have any
>> > suggestions?
>> > Thank you,
>> > Tom