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    Steaming Stock Dents

    I have tried the iron and wet rag approach with good success on dents. I reread a CMPicon article this weekend concerning stock refinishing and they discussed putting a hose on a tea pot and creating steam to go through the hose. That got me thinking, I have a "Wagner" wallpaper steamer that I bought at HD and thought how I could make that work. Using a air compressor fitting, it threaded on the steamer hose perfectly. It worked like a champ. I steamed dents with precision around cartouches. It was fast and worked great.

    Just thought I would pass that along. I'm probably telling you something that you guys have been using for years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kpnc2001 View Post
    I steamed dents with precision around cartouches. It was fast and worked great.

    Just thought I would pass that along. I'm probably telling you something that you guys have been using for years.

    Kevin
    Maybe some, but not all. Thanks for the great tip and for taking the time to share.

    Joe

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    For pinpoint application of steam the scunci steamer works very well






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    I use the Scunci also and it works great....

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