Fixing bump in car bodywork

You may not need heat - it may just pop out. The challenge is to apply enough force over a fairly wide area to achieve that without creating a new dent.

Panel beaters have fairly specialised tools. It may be worth seeing if there is a recommended mobile dent remover in your area

It also depends on the dent - if it has soft rounded edges then it may pop out. If it has a sharp crease on the edge it may not.

One method I've had some success with is the pull out method. You stick a plastic pad to the middle of the dent using a hot glue gun and then use a slide hammer connected to the pad to gently pull it out.

Something like :-

If you already have a hot glue gun and some IPA

I have seen some where they heat it with a hot air gun, then spray it with freezer spray - the sudden shrinkage often pops the dent out.

Enough to not melt or bubble the paint. I wonder if some smart person might have a suction device that did this? Is it joined to this strut, as if it is, then it could also be slightly bent and I'd not fancy your chances getting a flat result. Brian

My first thought was to use a sink-plunger. == Dave W

Try one of the companies who advertise to do it, I used one and was surprised how cheap it was £50 from memory for one in the door - I assume a shopping trolley or similar.

The chap projected a pattern of lines and used a tool like a bent metal rod to push it out. He gained access by removing the rubber seal. The lines indicated when the dent was ‘out’.

The end result looks perfect.

I doubt it took 30mins.

It was done on my drive.

I don’t recall the company but I suspect they all use similar methods.

I have successfully done that: used a sink plunger to pull a dent. It needs a good wetting to stick, and not just a pull but a huge heave -- and my dent popped out. YMMV.

Thomas Prufer

better just keeping your dents...I do

cars are a thing of the past anyway and so last century

Me too, who cares.

indeed...I buy cars with dents cheap

A friend suffered a blow-out and spun backwards into the central reservation of the motorway. Her boyfriend and I cut the nearside rear corner out and replaced it with a section from a scrap car. For a couple of years, she drove around with one corner of the car a different colour and rough filler over the joints. She said that other drivers seemed to think that she clearly didn't care about damage to her car and gave her a wide berth.

Good instructions here...

I buy cars new and don't care about the value because I keep using them for a very long time.