SOB Bonehead of the day award goes to me...

[ZeroHour]

is there a way to pull a dent out of an aluminum garage door? Not a flat panel its textured so suction cup is out.



Got in a hurry coming up the driveway and misfired by about 3"

[boommer]

i dont know of a way but im sure the wife wont notice and you can blame her in a few days

[Lockon]

You can try drilling a small hole, put a sheetmetal screw in it about half way, pull it out with some vise grips, remove screw, fill with JB weld, and repaint

[BoatBuggy]

Oops.....

If you can find some caulking that will match the color of the dook, then one option is to can drill a small hole that you can hook something in to pull the dent out.

[ZeroHour]

The create a dent puller was my thought as well. As for blaming the wife...its a bit too high up like prop level lol

[RoadrashPaul]

Can you just beat it back out from the inside?

[ZeroHour]

double walled

[buzzking]

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Been there.

[LuckyMesscun]

I'm gonna be the typical messcun and say BONDO!!!!!!

[RoadrashPaul]

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Is it steel backed or just insulation? If it is just vinyl insulation you can get that out, beat out your dent, and then put the insulation back in. I wouldn't think it would be a steel backed door in a residential application but it could be.

[unclemark]

Im with Paul pop it out from the inside, double wall should be close enough together that if one side was dented it probably went to the other layer too... maybe...

[RL840]

Before you drill and pull, try gluing a nail with silicon or some other glue that you can remove later and try and pull it out with that first.

[Carlos H]

leave it alone.Dent is not hurting anything

[Jiggumup]

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Did that on a date once...ended up with a black eye and she never spoke to me again. Oh drunken college memories!!

[Dando]

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Drill the hole on the inside.
and...yep, you're a bonehead.

[Chris M]

I wish I had a little dent in mine. I came home from fishing one night and hit the door button so the garage light would come on. Well the door actually went down about 8 inches and I caught the bottom of the door on the motor. Ripped the whole damn thing down.

[Dando]

Take a buffer and buff the dent. Get it good-n-hot. Might come back on it's own while you're buffing it.

[ZeroHour]

Actually I just drilled it from the inner layer and took a small dowel and tapped in back out.

I filled the inner side with a pinch of JB weld and were good to go.

Thanks everyone!

[basscat21]

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Agree, as long as it is not effecting the seal of the door.....leave it...

My garage door has so many dents in it.....it looks like a pattern......

My kid with Hockey pucks...............

[The Old Man]

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I did the same thing last year and I'm still catching hell from my wife. I'm thinking about getting a new door just to make it stop.