Remember when we used to fix dents with dry ice?

Back in the 90s at my shop in Portland, we'd blast a dent with CO2 from a fire extinguisher to pop it out. Now everyone just uses a glue puller and a slide hammer. Does anyone else miss that old way or am I just getting stuck in my ways?

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jennys721mo ago

Jump right in with what @emmaj33 said about it cleaning up way better than a puller. The dry ice method just has that one heat trick that works on bigger dings where the puller gives up. I tried it on a minivan side panel last spring and the dent popped out so smooth it looked like it never happened, no hammering or prying needed. It's wild how the cold shock can fix something in minutes that takes an hour of fighting with a slide hammer. You probably already know this, but a can of compressed air held upside down works almost as good if you can't get dry ice.

emmaj331mo ago

Oh man, I used to think dry ice was just a gimmick and the glue puller was the way to go. But last winter I tried it on an old truck door and it popped that dent out way cleaner than any puller I've used. You might be onto something with the old school methods.

adam_lewis1mo ago

That 3 inch hail dent on my buddy's F150 hood laughed at my glue puller for an hour last summer. Dry ice popped it out in 10 minutes flat, no paint damage, no drama. Felt like a magician with a party trick instead of a tool guy.