RE: Shrinking Metal Body work - dry ice

From: Vincent Bloom (vbloom@ductmate.com)
Date: Tue Oct 30 2001 - 03:15:47 PST


From: "Winget, William A CONT JTFCS5G" <winget@jfcom.mil>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:56:47 -0500

> This pulls the metal together, shrinking the total space, and drawing the
dent out.

I've also heard that you can use dry ice to pop out small dents. Same
concept. Never actually tried it, though. May be an option if you're
concerned about making the steel brittle with heat.

Vince

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