Small dent repair

Hi there all.

Ok, here it is. I found a very small dent on the rounded sheet
metal over the front wheel well. It is not on a flat surface of
the sheet metal: imagine a dent on a coke bottle and you get the
idea. The dent is about 1/4 inch long (4 mm), same wide, and less
then 1 mm (1/8 inch) deep. The paint is all fine There are no
scratched. It is not big, but it is annoying and would like to
repair it myself.

So I'd like to know how to "pop it back". I assume I could do
this myself as I can easily reach the area from inside the engine
compartment and simply push back on it. Now, I could use my
fingers, but any advice on how I could do this? I heard that some
people heat the area up. But how? Would this help? Any specific
tools to recommend me? For instance, I was thinking using a kid
size hammer (it is small) and slowly rubbing the back of the
sheet metal where the dent is until it pops back. Would this
work?

TIA

 

yes.That's how some of the dentless repair places do it.
or use a heavy spoon.
there are specific body tools for this job,I just don't recall what they
are called.

 

I have heard about a kit called ding king which can be used to repair small
dents.
You might want do more googling on it.
http://www.asontv.com/products/1033509796.html


hth
HNB

 

The tools are propriatary to the Paintless Dent Repair
industry, which is by the way what to look up in the yellow
pages. If they can handle the dent, you will save hundreds of
dollars.

 

the technique is called metal bumping, and you can find metal bumping tools
(dollies and body hammers) at Eastwood.com

http://www.eastwood.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY&itemID=505

Eightupman

 

I use "Dent Wizard" (National chain). They have done great jobs on my cars.
It's an art to say the least. Save yourself some aggravation, and let a
professional do it.

Those dent removal kits "Shown On TV" suck.

G-Man