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16 Sep 2014 17:00 - 16 Sep 2014 17:01 #647811 by NapalmZ
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showed my tank to a motorcycle buddy at work, he stated that there are creases in my dents. because there are creases, the dents wont come out without repainting the bike.

just remembered a motorcycle shop across the street that does paint and bodywork. ill hit them up for a quote. toss some ideas around.

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17 Sep 2014 09:21 #647851 by Kidkawie
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The guys that can pop the dents out go from inside the tank with various tools. It's truly an art. But you have to find the right person to do it correctly. There's some videos on Youtube.

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17 Sep 2014 18:51 #647894 by KZJOE900
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Here is a guy that tries four popular methods. I like the blood pressure cuff idea (starting at the 5:58 mark of the video). Might be worth a try.


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18 Sep 2014 11:00 #647969 by KZTRIP
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out of curiosity from you paint/body folks?
what should it cost (ball park) to pop a small dent and paint a tank, nothing fancy just back to black/white on a KZP?

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18 Sep 2014 18:25 #648013 by NapalmZ
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KZJOE900 wrote: Here is a guy that tries four popular methods. I like the blood pressure cuff idea (starting at the 5:58 mark of the video). Might be worth a try.

NapalmZ wrote: well, dry ice, a computer cleaner held upside down, a heat gun, and some hot glue were used in my ventures to no avail. hot glue got one dent after 2 hours and 6 sticks. my next venture was to be a manual hydraulic rod extender... but i decided that 5+ gallons of hyd oil exploding at work into an oily fragmentation device would not be healthy for my employment. or me.

i didn't try to press the dents out from the inside after watching youtube vids. the paint damage i saw scared me off of that idea.


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30 Sep 2014 10:22 #649198 by thunder92
Replied by thunder92 on topic popping dents on a gas tank
I just recently bought a pop a dent on ebay. Mine was a chinese knockout for like $8.00. Came with glue gun and suction cups etc... After years of having a dent in my beloved vulcan I popped it out in 10minutes! Dent had soft edges and was about 3x2 inches in tank. Ya buddy! :woohoo:

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