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Garage door dents stryped 05-05-2008
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Posted by aemeijers on May 5, 2008, 7:08 pm
Norminn wrote:
> stryped wrote:
>
>> I installed a used garage door on my shed. It has a few dents and
>> creases in it and I was wondering if there was a trick to getting some
>> of these out?
>>
>>
> Bondo?
Ball peen hammer while somebody holds a small hand-held anvil on the
other side of the dent. Just like body shops used to do 20-30 years ago.
You may even still be able to find the tools at an auto-body supply
house. Unless you are a natural at it, it'll probably looks worse when
you are done, and you will probably need to putty and paint some anyway.

It's a shed. It is supposed to look well-used.

--
aem sends....

Posted by The Streets on May 5, 2008, 7:08 pm
> stryped wrote:
>
>>I installed a used garage door on my shed. It has a few dents and
>>creases in it and I was wondering if there was a trick to getting some
>>of these out?
>>
> Bondo?

I've taken dents out of a few metal garage doors (don't ask). Best approach
I've found is to go slowly and try to reverse the process that caused the
dent.
I.e. try to "un dent" it starting with the part of the dent that was caused
first.
Similar to the approach you'd use with a dent in a car. Won't ever be
perfect,
but with care (and a not too large dent) can be made pretty good.



Posted by Lou on May 5, 2008, 9:13 pm
Can you use a suction cup?
Or how about dry ice?
Another may be hot glue on the end of a flat object.
Lou

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Posted by Erma1ina on May 5, 2008, 11:02 pm


Lou wrote:
>
> Or how about dry ice?

I've never tried it but here's a page with a video on using dry ice to
remove dents on an auto body:

http://www.wisebread.com/remove-car-dents-quickly-and-cheaply

Posted by Lou on May 6, 2008, 6:56 am
> Lou wrote:
>
> > Or how about dry ice?
>
> I've never tried it but here's a page with a video on using dry ice to
> remove dents on an auto body:
>
> http://www.wisebread.com/remove-car-dents-quickly-and-cheaply


Wow, I'm glad you found that. I've never tried it either.
Lou

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