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marcusoverholtzer · Dec 21, 2016

need some suggestions and insight on how to remove tiny dents that are 1/4 to 1/8 in diameter?? Thanks

glennster · Dec 21, 2016

a hammer and dolley will work them out. harbor freight has a set for about 35 dollars. it will do the job. work the dent up from the back side by gently tapping the dent up while you hold the dolly over the dent on the outside. kind of like working on a mini anvil. heres a link
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RandyB(MI) · Dec 22, 2016

Are you , by any chance , talking about hail damage where you can't get to back side to repair?

marcusoverholtzer · Dec 23, 2016

Well these small ones are on the front side panels so yes I can access the rear side.

Goose · Dec 23, 2016

If you can access the back side, body shops used to use a tool called a "Bullseye" to remove small dents back before Bondo when they worked the metal back to its original smooth state instead of using filler.

They're kind of hard to describe, if you're on sociable terms with a body shop you might see if they have one.

504 · Dec 25, 2016

Try a block of dry ice(some Wal Marts have it),sometime that will shrunk them enough for them to pop out.

jeffcat · Jan 3, 2017

Yes like Glennster says. You want to buy a brand new fender hammer and NEVER EVER use it for anything but sheet metal work. Very gentle little taps gives the metal a little rebound. Too hard and it stretches. Those dollies are a wonderful thing. Some times you can take a little piece of hard wood dowel and a piece of hardwood. Lay the hardwood block on the ground and use the dowel and a little hammer to remove the dent. This will not mar the paint. I knew a guy who could take a little tourch flame and pop dents out and not even mess up the paint. Master!

1175AgriKing · Jan 26, 2017

Never heard of a bullseye the 30 years I've been in body/paint work. Must be a nickname. And actually before body filler we used lead as a filler. It's where the later 40's and 50's custom cars got the nickname lead sleds from. Metal thickness then did allow metal to be straightened better. But still not with a filler very often. Being soft it could be worked and sanded like body filler. Except a torch required to apply it.

jeremy in NE · Jan 29, 2017

Got my first hands on training in autobody class running a bullseye. That was in 1993. Instructor loved putting the dents in the fenders for us. You got to use a bullseye and file to
straighten the fender.

1175AgriKing · Jan 30, 2017

Jeremy I searched it. Eastwood has a tool that looks like a long set of tongs with a flat on one end and an offset pick on the other. Is that what you are referring to? I've actually never seen one.

I didn't take classes. I started at a local one man shop in 1985 after school. His dad had been in bodywork since the 1930's. Still had all his lead tools. Not that.

I have an old bodywork manual I bought online to read. I don't remember it being in it. But I'll find it and look. I was painting at that point only so read it more for interest. After 17 years of that I moved to the body side a couple years ago.

I do few small dents. Paintless dents folks take care of that. If I fix a small dent it's because there is no access. In a few cases it might help to level a little more on large panel damage. . I've wanted to learn paintless dent repair more for a little conscience in that area. Using the nylon punch for high spots is as far as I've got!haha. And thanks for posting about it.

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