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Fixing Dints Using Dry Ice???

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Fixing Dints Using Dry Ice???

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http://www.filecabi.net/video/20494805.html

Anyone heard or seen of this before....Got a phew dints on the 4runner that could use this treatment if it works.
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i would need a tonne of dry ice for mine. :D
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Post by junior80 »

I'm gunna get some dry ice this weekend and try this.
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Post by grimbo »

you are a life saver. i have been looking for that. I knew you could do it with some sort of ice. it is an old hot rodders trick. Wasn't sure if it was an application of heat first then apply a bit of ice or just dry ice.

Will try and give it a go on the weekend and let you know how it works
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Post by Bad JuJu »

You can also get aerosol format of liquid nitrogen :twisted:
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Post by nicbeer »

i know dry ice bombs work ok for moving panels but maybe not the way u want it to work.
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Post by GQ4.8coilcab »

nicbeer wrote:i know dry ice bombs work ok for moving panels but maybe not the way u want it to work.
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Post by Jeff80 »

Bad JuJu wrote:You can also get aerosol format of liquid nitrogen :twisted:
Anyone know where you can get this from?
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Post by smileysmoke »

canned air for computers comes out super cold once ran for a few seconds.. good for freezing the new noobs :D
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Jeff80 wrote:
Bad JuJu wrote:You can also get aerosol format of liquid nitrogen :twisted:
Anyone know where you can get this from?
I don't imagine it would be that easy to obtain. It could be quite dangerous.

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Post by dogbreath_48 »

Jeff80 wrote:
Bad JuJu wrote:You can also get aerosol format of liquid nitrogen :twisted:
Anyone know where you can get this from?
I think it's used with electronics - so maybe somewhere like jaycar.
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Post by Utemad »

smileysmoke wrote:canned air for computers comes out super cold once ran for a few seconds.. good for freezing the new noobs :D
Not so good for the old noobs I suppose :lol:
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Post by festy »

dogbreath_48 wrote:
Jeff80 wrote:
Bad JuJu wrote:You can also get aerosol format of liquid nitrogen :twisted:
Anyone know where you can get this from?
I think it's used with electronics - so maybe somewhere like jaycar.
That's freon, not liquid nitrogen. Still pretty cold though ;)
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Post by Jeff80 »

festy wrote:
dogbreath_48 wrote:
Jeff80 wrote:
Bad JuJu wrote:You can also get aerosol format of liquid nitrogen :twisted:
Anyone know where you can get this from?
I think it's used with electronics - so maybe somewhere like jaycar.
That's freon, not liquid nitrogen. Still pretty cold though ;)
Yeah, thats what I thought. Didnt think you could get liquid nitrogen in a can...
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Post by BIG MACK »

im not sure what is in it but you can get a can of something from plumbing store that is used to freeze pipes
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Post by the gun »

That's freon, not liquid nitrogen. Still pretty cold though ;)[/quote]



It wont be freon as it is a cfc.
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Post by gqswb »

It tetrafluoroethane in the freezer spray.

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Don't think it'd fix the ding in my sill :cry: :cry:
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Post by fool_injected »

Good method for fixing hail damage

ps Dry Ice now comes in pellets ideal for this, about $6.50 a kg from BOC
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Post by Cluffy »

Some dirty maggot kids nailed my girly's surf with a rock just below the rear side window, will try this and see if it works.
looks like an easy solution.
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Post by Pinball »

hell i'll give it a go on some of those bitch places to get to and pop.

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grimbo wrote:you are a life saver. i have been looking for that. I knew you could do it with some sort of ice. it is an old hot rodders trick. Wasn't sure if it was an application of heat first then apply a bit of ice or just dry ice.

Will try and give it a go on the weekend and let you know how it works
How'd you go with it Grimbo? did you end up getting a chance to try it on the weekend?
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Post by junior80 »

i tried it and it didn't work. i held a 1.5kg bag of the pellets on the door of the cruiser for about 15-20 minutes and no go. the dent looks like it's from a small ball pein hammer and the ice bag had a surface area of a small saucepan.

and yer, dent still there.

but, i did make my orange juice fizzy. and blew up some coke bottles.
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Post by mattstar »

I think the idea is to have a small surface area of ice in the middle of the dent, not a whole bag, to cause the metal in the imediate area to contract, thuss pulling out the dent
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Post by fool_injected »

heat the panel first with a hair dryer
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Post by JBE »

I trried dry ice yesterday on a dent similar to the one in the video. I only put two or three pellets into the centre of the dint. It didn't pull the dint, but changed its shape slightly. I played around with for naother wile, but couldn't fix the dint. It either requires more experience or doesn't work at all.

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Post by grimbo »

TWISTY wrote:
grimbo wrote:you are a life saver. i have been looking for that. I knew you could do it with some sort of ice. it is an old hot rodders trick. Wasn't sure if it was an application of heat first then apply a bit of ice or just dry ice.

Will try and give it a go on the weekend and let you know how it works
How'd you go with it Grimbo? did you end up getting a chance to try it on the weekend?
didn't get a chance to do it, will try this weekend.
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JBE wrote:I trried dry ice yesterday on a dent similar to the one in the video. I only put two or three pellets into the centre of the dint. It didn't pull the dint, but changed its shape slightly. I played around with for naother wile, but couldn't fix the dint. It either requires more experience or doesn't work at all.

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Post by bucketofbolts »

i wonder of thought of that,

dry ice is hard to get, i have tried in the last few weeks and no luck around newcastle area, i did a search of dry ice suppliers/newcastle and everywhere that siad it had it, i rang, "na mate we don't do it anymore"

someone's gotta be able to get it,

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