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Fixing Dints Using Dry Ice???

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:37 pm
by TWISTY
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.

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:02 am
by Zute
cool :cool:

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:15 am
by dirtyGQ
i would need a tonne of dry ice for mine. :D

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:24 am
by junior80
I'm gunna get some dry ice this weekend and try this.

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:42 am
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

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:30 am
by Bad JuJu
You can also get aerosol format of liquid nitrogen :twisted:

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:51 pm
by nicbeer
i know dry ice bombs work ok for moving panels but maybe not the way u want it to work.

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:28 pm
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.
good times hey 4wdnut

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:52 pm
by Jeff80
Bad JuJu wrote:You can also get aerosol format of liquid nitrogen :twisted:
Anyone know where you can get this from?

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:32 pm
by smileysmoke
canned air for computers comes out super cold once ran for a few seconds.. good for freezing the new noobs :D

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:40 pm
by Hekta
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.

Hasta La Vista, Baby :cool:

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:59 pm
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.

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:00 pm
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:

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:38 pm
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 ;)

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:54 pm
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...

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:00 pm
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

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:36 pm
by the gun
That's freon, not liquid nitrogen. Still pretty cold though ;)[/quote]



It wont be freon as it is a cfc.

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:48 pm
by gqswb

Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:09 am
by Goatse.AJ
Don't think it'd fix the ding in my sill :cry: :cry:

Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:21 am
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

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:24 pm
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.

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:57 pm
by Pinball
hell i'll give it a go on some of those bitch places to get to and pop.

Spock

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:22 pm
by TWISTY
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?

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:51 pm
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.

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:04 am
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

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:12 am
by fool_injected
heat the panel first with a hair dryer

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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:31 am
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.

Cheers
Joachim

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:58 am
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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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:21 am
by bj42turbo
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.

Cheers
Joachim
Maybe its a story the dry ice salesmen have thought up to sell more dry ice :D


Dazz

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:42 pm
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,

cheers ray