soft dent in door repair????

[bdavis]

my door skins seem to "pop" in. I can access the door skin from the inside and pop it out, but over time it sinks back in. The door skin is supposed to be convex but its like it wants to be concave or at lease flat. Any ideas on how or why this is happening and how to repair it?

 

[Gerbow]

Same problem with mine, but only occasionally. Mainly when its very hot and the side thats in direct sun. So far just been popping it back out from inside. Thought about maybe tackin some flat stock or something inside.

 

[Zillacon]

If your paint is nice and you dont want to screw it up get some small flat Alum flat stock or angle from your local hardware store, cut to length and put some 3m double stick tape to it and put it inside the panel to give it some support.

 

[bdavis]

My paint is not nice. I am in the process of getting it ready for paint and wanted to solve this problem before I painted it.

 

[Zillacon]

My paint is not nice. I am in the process of getting it ready for paint and wanted to solve this problem before I painted it.

Put some heat in that area until it is dull red then put a wet cold wrag on it to tighten up the steel. Dont do the whole area that is popping just do a small circle. You may have to do a couple of spots.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN4RosIrEPg&feature=related

 

[Scoop]

Before you try heat, try a basketball! ;D

Not kidding - deflate a basketball and insert it in the door with interior panel removed and the window rolled up. You may have to put a brace across the access hole to support the basketball over the dent. Carefully and SLOWLY inflate the ball and it will gently push out the dent using even pressure. Use enough pressure to push it out far enough so that it does not pop back in. I just recently repaired a door using this method.

 

[Zillacon]

Before you try heat, try a basketball! ;D

Not kidding - deflate a basketball and insert it in the door with interior panel removed and the window rolled up. You may have to put a brace across the access hole to support the basketball over the dent. Carefully and SLOWLY inflate the ball and it will gently push out the dent using even pressure. Use enough pressure to push it out far enough so that it does not pop back in. I just recently repaired a door using this method.

Not the problem he is having!

 

[bknbronco]

they makew panel adhesive that is sposted to be strong as a weld. Id glue a piece or two of some aluminum angle in there. maybe some 1/4" angle

 

[badmuttstang]

As Zillacan stated the metal need to be shrunk it has been stretched and if paint is not an issue then heating like he has suggested is the best option if you have good paint you can use dry ice to do the same thing without messing up the paint

 

[thegreatjustino]

Another vote for correctly heat shrinking the metal. Somehow your door skin got stretched and the stretching is now allowing it to "oil can."