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As you may know my bike fell on me a while back and my knee put a pretty good size dent in the tank. I was given lots of advice on what to do everything from put a sticker on it, to send it to Norm to get it fixed. Since the dent didn't scratch or break the paint I was pretty determined to find a way to pull it out without repainting it. My last attempt was a product called "The Ding King/Twist a Dent." Now I'd heard that these things were crap and didn't work, but I figured for $20 it was worth a shot, and I'm glad I gave it a shot. Even though the dent isn't perfect I'd say it looks a whole lot better than it did before I started. I think I could have gotten even better results had the dent not overlapped the contour line in the tank.
Here's a pic of the product I used.
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Here's a pic of the piece glued on. I wanted to show this because it was much trial and error that led to the perfect amount of glue to get a good hold. I found two complete pulls of the trigger on the glue gun gave me the best amount. I also found that it will hold better if you don't press it on too hard. You want a thick amount of glue between the tank and the piece with some overflowing around all the edges. I also found that even thought the directions tell you to wait 5 min. before pulling the dent, I got better results by waiting more like 10 min. One last tip is to start around the out side edge and work your way into the center of the dent as it gets smaller and smaller.
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Here are a couple final pics of the before and after. I'd say it took about 15 or so pulls to get it to come out this much and even though it's not perfect I think it looks a lot better. At least now I can live with it till winter when I plan to get it fixed properly.
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Here's a pic of the product I used.
Here's a pic of the piece glued on. I wanted to show this because it was much trial and error that led to the perfect amount of glue to get a good hold. I found two complete pulls of the trigger on the glue gun gave me the best amount. I also found that it will hold better if you don't press it on too hard. You want a thick amount of glue between the tank and the piece with some overflowing around all the edges. I also found that even thought the directions tell you to wait 5 min. before pulling the dent, I got better results by waiting more like 10 min. One last tip is to start around the out side edge and work your way into the center of the dent as it gets smaller and smaller.
Here are a couple final pics of the before and after. I'd say it took about 15 or so pulls to get it to come out this much and even though it's not perfect I think it looks a lot better. At least now I can live with it till winter when I plan to get it fixed properly.
