Pro tip: watching a guy at a swap meet in Ohio fix a dent with a hair dryer and compressed air changed my whole approach to paintless repair

I was waiting for a $10 part at the Columbus swap meet last month and saw this old timer pop a massive door ding out in under two minutes with just heat and a can of air duster, has anyone else tried that trick or was he just that skilled?

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the_wade10d ago

Blew my mind the first time I saw that trick too. Gave it a shot on my old Civic's door and ended up turning a small dent into a weird crater, still haven't figured out what I did wrong.

evangarcia10d ago

Tried it on my old F-150 last year with a hair dryer and a can of keyboard cleaner... worked perfect on a crease above the wheel well. You gotta heat it longer than you think though, like really get that paint warm before you hit it with the cold air.