"fixing" a dent

[coopns]

I have a small 7-8 inch dent in the 02 minivan, probably 1 inch depth. I saw this http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-fix-your-car-dent-with-a-hair-dryer-127450/

Guess it wouldn't hurt eh?

Any thoughts?

 

[MGregoir]

Makes sense to me.

I also had a large dent in a bumper cover caused by hitting a porpupine (the impact made a basketball sized dent in the lower left corner but didn't crack anything, and pushed back far enough to split both inner fenders) that I removed by heat-gunning the back of the bumper until it sprung into shape.

 

[bepperb]

Watched a "paintless dent removal" guy fix a dent on a plastic bumper with a heat gun. A lot easier than I would have thought.

 

[Rumble]

I'll have to show this to my wife. A few years ago I had a '91 Firebird that had a series of shallow ripples near the door handle area (most 3rd gen Camoros/Firebirds get these as they're made of flimsy metal). I took an old hairdryer and a cloth with an icecube to do something similar to that video. Wife though I was crazy. It helped a little. The co2 stuff is the way to go I guess. Maybe I should have got a patent on the idea...lol