<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by LUDED1:
I had one in my passenger door... A company like dent doctor got it out and it looks great!!!!! he use a heavy duty roller on the inside of the door. I think that it was made out of rubber!!! </font>
Like Pete said, taking out dings at home can be more trouble that it’s worth.
But for “soft� dings that are accessible, I’ve found great success using wheels off my skateboard and my rollerblades(they’re rotting away in my garage anyway..finally seeing some action after all these years J). I guess they’re the homemade versions of the rollers that your body guy used.
What I basically do is grab the middle of the wheel, basically the bearings, and roll back and forth over the dent(from inside the panel) as many times as possible. Cover your finger tips(I use my index and my thumb) with some tape or wear gloves cuz they start burning. You can feel it as the wheel goes over the dent. I alternate between the two wheels depending on where the dent is. For dents on the front fenders, for example, the wheels are perfect.
For harder to reach places, I’ve used wooden spoons(haha..sorry mom) wrapped in masking tape to “scoop� out dings here and there. I’ve messed up with metal tools(used too much force and created dimples protruding out, exacerbating the situaion), and I’ve found that using wood or urethane, as in the case of the wheels give you more allowance for using too much pressure or force.
Now I’m trying to figure out a way to create a device that can hold these wheels steady while you roll back and forth.
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