My project car's dent repair taught me to trust heat guns

I was set on using filler for a fender dent. A buddy made me try a heat gun and it worked in minutes. What repair method did you switch to after seeing it in action?

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aarons362d ago

Totally get that, heat guns can feel like a cheat code sometimes. Had a nasty crease on an old truck door that I was sure needed pulling, but a careful heat cycle and some light pressure from behind made it pop right out. It completely changed how I look at smaller body dents now. Still keep the filler for the bigger stuff, but the heat gun is always my first try.

dylan_green582d ago

Watched a buddy try the heat gun trick on a fender bend last Tuesday. It made the paint bubble before the metal moved an inch. @aarons36, your truck door might have been lucky, but most times I see this, it's a fast way to ruin good paint. Heat guns seem fine for plastic bumpers, but on sheet metal, you're just asking for trouble. I'll stick with a dent puller and save the heat for stripping glue.