I showed my husband that video (he was a panel beater) and he barely looked up and just matter of factly said "those things have really good suction cups on them"
Yeah "high spots" or "outties" can happen but I'd doubt it with a wide soft dent like this, especially with just using tape. The tape seems strong enough to pull the dent out but it would have to really stick bad to pull it high, especially across that big of an area.
I remember a gif from years ago of a dude using tape to get pen ink of a puffer jacket by sticking tape on it and ripping it off repeatedly; it works, right up until the point the jacket has a huge gash torn in it.
I do paint less dent repair for a living. If the paint isn't broken this would be fine on most dents like this. However dents are hard to get on camera due to multiple angles. I'd bet at least a small part of this dent is still showing. Still worth it to fix most of it at the cost of some tape, as long as the paint isn't broken. I can't speak for duct or gorilla tape, but this kind is really unlikely to pull paint off unless it's a bad repaint post manufacturer. There's always the extremely rare and or exceptional cases though.
Edit: I meant "unlikely"
Hi, metalworker here, while this will pull it out temporarily, it will never be permanent. If you can pull a dent like this with that small of force it will just do what is called oil canning, and pop right back the other way given a small amount of pressure/temperature change
The tape can, it's just a bizarre way to do it. Typically people use a plunger or some sort of suction cup in amateur fixes. The professional way to do it after you strip some paint off would be with a either some wiggle wire or a nail gun/stud welder depending on what you call it. In order to stop it from pulling back you have you heat shrink a point in it to tighten the metal and pull the molecules together. You can do it with a torch as well, heat the metal up very hot in a small point then quench and it will shrink the panel and freeze it in place
You're welcome, that part isn't my job anymore, it's what I used to do a long time ago, but as always give respect to the trades. A good body man for cars that doesn't just slap filler on everything to fix it is/should be worth his weight in gold. I did bodywork on show cars not regular vehicles so my view of it might be off
Packaging tape should not peel car paint... Don't be ridiculous. Its either a 20yr old sun baked car, or a rattle can job the previous owner did if it's that easy to peel a car. Vehicles have a base coat and then a sealing top layer called a clear coat. Clear coat doesn't peel easily unless it's old or UV baked.
Hell you'd see felons tape their whole car only to rip it off just to repaint it. Meth heads alway figure out the easiest way to do something... this ain't it.
I swear some of you guys live life in a GTA session.
So as someone who paints cars.
This most likely would not pull the paint off. There's too many variables.
The paint and clear coat would have to be OLD in order for clear tape to pull it off. Either old or freshly painted.
That being said. The dent will not 100% disappear. Nor would this method work all the time. Dents are extremely annoying and pull and push metal all different ways.
The angle they're filiming this is very deceptive. On top of it being white, which hides the imperfections too well
You might still have to replace the door (especially with how deep the dent is)because the bar that’s in the door that helps protects you from side impacts could still be broken and fixing the send won’t keep you safe from future impacts ( it’s unsafe if the bar is broken)((I know this because it happend to my car door and I had to have the door replaced because the bar was broke))
A plunger would've gotten it done, too.
I've seen a video where a guy uses a suction dildo to pop the dents out.
The video we didn't know we needed lol
[I'd probably wave it around and laugh, too](https://youtu.be/g30EjsjZrBs?si=tdg2FNcfMiTWX2FV)
Multi Tool suction dildo, sign me up.
How fortunate that he happened to have it lying around.
I showed my husband that video (he was a panel beater) and he barely looked up and just matter of factly said "those things have really good suction cups on them"
Does it need to be wet to work?
Like, with hawk tua material?
Yea my luck i’d rip all the paint off
Can relate, either that or the dent would just invert
That is… faiiiiiirly hard to do.
*cracks knuckles* Watch me fuck this up in record time.
I do thos for my job , y'know
Fun fact: the term for an inverted dent is a 'dunt'.
As in "it still dunt look right" ?
Take my upvote
Yeah "high spots" or "outties" can happen but I'd doubt it with a wide soft dent like this, especially with just using tape. The tape seems strong enough to pull the dent out but it would have to really stick bad to pull it high, especially across that big of an area.
I remember a gif from years ago of a dude using tape to get pen ink of a puffer jacket by sticking tape on it and ripping it off repeatedly; it works, right up until the point the jacket has a huge gash torn in it.
I do paint less dent repair for a living. If the paint isn't broken this would be fine on most dents like this. However dents are hard to get on camera due to multiple angles. I'd bet at least a small part of this dent is still showing. Still worth it to fix most of it at the cost of some tape, as long as the paint isn't broken. I can't speak for duct or gorilla tape, but this kind is really unlikely to pull paint off unless it's a bad repaint post manufacturer. There's always the extremely rare and or exceptional cases though. Edit: I meant "unlikely"
Hi, metalworker here, while this will pull it out temporarily, it will never be permanent. If you can pull a dent like this with that small of force it will just do what is called oil canning, and pop right back the other way given a small amount of pressure/temperature change
Thank you. How would you do that? Something obviously was suction, like a toilet plunger? Couldn't possibly work could it?
The tape can, it's just a bizarre way to do it. Typically people use a plunger or some sort of suction cup in amateur fixes. The professional way to do it after you strip some paint off would be with a either some wiggle wire or a nail gun/stud welder depending on what you call it. In order to stop it from pulling back you have you heat shrink a point in it to tighten the metal and pull the molecules together. You can do it with a torch as well, heat the metal up very hot in a small point then quench and it will shrink the panel and freeze it in place
Oh dear. Okay that all sounds really complicated but thank you very much. I think I will have to stick to my day job. 😬🙏🏼
You're welcome, that part isn't my job anymore, it's what I used to do a long time ago, but as always give respect to the trades. A good body man for cars that doesn't just slap filler on everything to fix it is/should be worth his weight in gold. I did bodywork on show cars not regular vehicles so my view of it might be off
I sincerely doubt that. You sound like you know exactly what you are doing. Thank you very much.
different kind of suction.
Good way to rip off your paint, or at least your top coat.
Yup - hot water and a plunger would be much better
Aaaaaand it's back....
I wonder how many cars will have damaged paint shortly after people see this post.. 🤔
Packaging tape should not peel car paint... Don't be ridiculous. Its either a 20yr old sun baked car, or a rattle can job the previous owner did if it's that easy to peel a car. Vehicles have a base coat and then a sealing top layer called a clear coat. Clear coat doesn't peel easily unless it's old or UV baked. Hell you'd see felons tape their whole car only to rip it off just to repaint it. Meth heads alway figure out the easiest way to do something... this ain't it. I swear some of you guys live life in a GTA session.
Thank you, "Actually Man". Finally found one out in the wilds of Reddit.
You've been on reddit less than a year with more karma than me. I'm sure you've seen much - but you ain't seen TOO much if I'm anything you've found.
Wow the bots are known today. Not even trying
wouldnt the tape ruin the paint finish?
So as someone who paints cars. This most likely would not pull the paint off. There's too many variables. The paint and clear coat would have to be OLD in order for clear tape to pull it off. Either old or freshly painted. That being said. The dent will not 100% disappear. Nor would this method work all the time. Dents are extremely annoying and pull and push metal all different ways. The angle they're filiming this is very deceptive. On top of it being white, which hides the imperfections too well
Till the paint comes off, very adventurous on a factory white.
Aw at the end it comes back
The body shop, right before they charge your insurance company $1500.
If it was only that easy
How do you get a dent that big with no scratches?
Breathe on it and the door will pop right back in.
You might still have to replace the door (especially with how deep the dent is)because the bar that’s in the door that helps protects you from side impacts could still be broken and fixing the send won’t keep you safe from future impacts ( it’s unsafe if the bar is broken)((I know this because it happend to my car door and I had to have the door replaced because the bar was broke))
If he shut the door.. just a little harder than usual Dent would have come out the same. Not that I’m saying this was staged or anything
Will it works to 90’s Volvo?
What if the door came off?
It's like magic! The dent just vanished into thin air! 🪄✨
Pretty neat. A plunger is still quicker
Don't try this on an old car or if your paint is not factory original.
Coulda just used a dildo and been done in 5 seconds.
What dent?
I feel like that might take off some paint
So he's a dentist