Re: How to repair hail damage on my trucks
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Originally Posted by egaray281
last night i was watching fast n loud on discovery channel and they bought a car with a lot of hail damage and the person doing the body work said he was gonna do an old technique which was heating the dents with a small propane torch and i guess he was tapping them out and that supposdly it works cause metal has a memory to go back to its form? not sure if i made any since but you might want to look into that might be some thing you can do yourself and save some money?
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I have seen this method used with success. The "circle" right around the dent is warmed and tapped to shrink the metal, it's a little tedious. You need an old school guy. Most current "body men" simply replace plastic bumpers for a living.
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