I had 6 door dings on my 83 300 sd, heard about this guy here in michigan that specializes in this technique. He just got her done and did a awesome job. My car was never winter driven and garage kept its whole life and the paint still looks awesome. Now I would have to say shes close to cherry. Any of You michigan guys who might want this service can pm me . He really did a awesome job. He also told me this repair originated in germany. Go figure huh.

Jim

don,t be suprised in a year from now you have pocky looking paint and or rust forming under the area you had repaired , this technique puts small breaks in the paint. scam in my opinion. check out this area under a some sort of microscope.

Dry ice trick?

what is a dry ice trick?

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Thanks, Juan

first you use a heat gun and heat the surface up a little, then with gloves apply a chunk of dry ice directly to the suface of the dent, the cold contracts the metal forcing it to pop back into shape. Thus being "painless" . Though like the previous poster mentioned, damange might occure on the microscopic level
http://www.buzzhumor.com/videos/11700/Dry_Ice_Car_Dent_Repair_How_To

Have had a tech come to the shop for at least 5 years doing the PDR, and in that time he has done a fair number of repairs on our personal cars. Have yet to have a problem or comeback for that procedure.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

The Paint LESS Dent removal (PDR) Method I use uses Different metal Rods that are used to go behind the dent to smooth it out (NO HEAT) Ice Used

I Have been doing this for Several years and have yet to see ANY Rust or Pockets Form...Unless One Breaks the paint with to Much Pressure...Then You WILL Have Problems

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I have a device called a "Ding King" that I bought on E Bay. It uses an adhesive to glue a threaded rod to the middle of the dent. This rod screws into a sort of platform with three legs which rest on the area around the dent. Once the adhesive has set, you tighten the threaded rod until the dent pops out.

That's the idea, anyhow. I haven't actually used mine yet. It's still sitting on the floor under my desk.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I had a guy come out who used the same method on my old Infinit G20 and Mercedes E320.

The results were amazing.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

I got one of these from Advance Auto, but it came with a hot glue gun and a few sticks. It actually worked, but it does take a certain amount of patience and touch. Larger dents will take several tries. It may not entirely eliminate dents but it can sharply reduce them to the point where only you can notice them. I definitely got my $20 worth on my wife's BLACK (!) car, and I have lots of glue stick left.

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With homebrew first gear start!
85 380SL
Daily Driver Project

http://juliepalooza.8m.com/sl/mercedes.htm

Have you noticed any cracks in the paint from having used it, Strife? I never even considered that until I read it here.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

A friend of mine who used to be a car painter/body man called this "dentless paint removal" He said that a year or to later the paint usually just falls off from the site of the repair.

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1978 BMW R80/7
1997 Jeep TJ

I wonder if the age of the paint has any bearing upon it? I haven't used mine yet. Maybe I will wait a little longer. I have heard a lot of people who seemed very happy with the results, but had not heard of the paint poping off later until I read this thread.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I wonder what happens to a repainted car... Seems to me that the repaint can't have as tenacious a grip as the OE paint... then again, you have two layers of protection from microcracks! More tortuous path = slower diffusion and lower chance of rust, I guess...

JMH

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Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (113k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
1993 300SD (291k)
1993 300D 2.5T (338k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (265k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K)
1985 300D (233K)

My sister has offered to let me experiment on her car while I'm there for Thanksgiving. Maybe I will. I worry about discovering that it is, in fact "dentless paint removal" as somebody said earlier. She doesn't seem to care if the paint falls off later.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles