Used a car dent puller on a boiler panel and it actually worked

Had a stubborn dent on a 3/8" thick panel in a Pittsburgh job last month, and my slide hammer was across the shop. Grabbed a cheap auto body suction cup puller as a joke, but it popped the dent clean out in two pulls. Anyone ever used a tool from a totally different trade like that?

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riley_garcia2d ago

Nice! Guess that boiler just needed a little auto body love.

emma_murray492d ago

Honestly that's a solid trick for thin sheet metal. Tbh a 3/8" panel is pretty thick though, you sure it wasn't gauge steel? That suction cup method usually needs something thinner to get a real grip. Still, getting a dent out with the wrong tool always feels like a win.