The best way to remove a dent from a bumper if plastic is to boil a pot of water and pour it on the area with the dent and then reach in behind the bumper and push it until the dent pops out.
You can also take a hairdryer and turn it on high heat and place it in close proximity to the dented plastic bumper for 10 minutes and then once the plastic bumper is nice and hot, the plastic will be highly flexible and then you can use your hand or the handle end of a hammer to reach in and push the bumpers dent back out.
If it's a metal bumper it will be harder to pop a dent out and will often need more equipment to remove the dent.
To get a dent out of a car with a hammer begin by hammering the dent from the center most or deepest point of the dent.
Hammer the dent with caution as the sheet metal used today on cars is thinner than it used to be and so it could cause further damage if you hammer too much or too hard.
If you can access the backside of the metal where the dent is then that is where you should hammer from to push the dent out.
If you cannot access the back portion of the dent then you want to use a suction cup or dent puller instead.
You can remove door dings by using boiling water, using a plunger or a dent removal kit or a hair dryer with compressed air.
If the door ding or dent is more severe then you should consider having professional paintless dent repair done at a body shop.
To use a plunger to remove the door dings start by moistening the plunger and then dented area, then place the plunger over the dent and push and pull gently to pop the ding out of the door.
To remove the door dings with boiling water pour the boiling water over door ding or dented area and then quickly push the ding or dent out from the interior.
The boiling water is very effective in pushing dents out of plastic bumpers.
To use the hair dryer and compressed air to remove door dings start by heating the ding or dent with a hair dryer and then spray the dent with a can of compressed air and hold it upside down to release liquid CO2.
You can also heat the door ding or dent with a hair dryer or a heat gun and then quickly cool it down with a cold spray which can cause the door ding or dent to pop out.
You can also sometimes get the sharp dent out of a car by heating the dent with a hairdryer until it's warm to the touch and then push it out or pull the dent out with a suction cup or hammer the dent out from behind.
You can also use a bridge puller or use a dent puller to suction the dent outward.
You can often fix a small deep dent in a car by using a plunger, hot water or a hairdryer.
To use a plunger to fix the small deep dent in the car, apply the plunger to the dent and then pull the plunger to pop the dent out.
You can also pour some hot or boiling hot water over the dent and push the metal from behind to restore the metal to it's original shape.
The hot water method also works great for plastic bumpers.
You can also heat the dent with a hairdryer, especially if it's in plastic and then push the metal or plastic back into shape.
The kind of dents that can be popped out are dents that are shallow, round and dents that are not near any edges or creases.
The shallow round dents such as those caused by hail or small debris are often easy to pop out as they don't often have sharp edges or creases, which makes them ideal for paintless dent repair or popping them out.
Larger dents often require more work to remove than smaller and shallow round dents.
The size of a dent that can be popped out are dents up to 10 inches in size.
Dents that are larger or dents in difficult locations, sharp dents or dents that have any significant paint damage often require a professional to repair properly.
Dent pullers don't work big dents or on large or deep dents and they mainly good for removing shallow and small dents that are on flat surfaces.
Dent pullers which are also known as suction cups or glue pullers work by creating a vacuum or using a glue based system to pull dents out from flat and flexible surfaces.
The dent pullers can improve the appearance of minor dents but cannot create a perfect finish, especially on deep or large or angular dents.
The best car dent puller is the VEVOR Dent Repair Kit that can be bought online or through lowes.com
Another best car dent puller is the Manelord Dent Puller Dent Remover with T Bar Dent Puller and the Central Pneumatic Air Dent Puller.
Another good option if you can afford it is to have a paintless dent repair done by a professional who can do a very good job at removing the dents.
To pull a dent without a dent puller you can use a suction cup or a clean plunger.
Moisten the suction cup part of the clean plunger and place the plunger over the center of the dent and ensure the plunger covers the entire area that is affected.
Then press the plunger firmly against the metal and pull it back using a quick and steady motion and the dent should pop out.
You can also do the same with a regular suction cup to help pull most dents out if they're not too severe.
You can pop a dent out yourself in some cases if the dent is not very severe.
Or if you have the proper tools to pop a larger dent out it can be done but in some cases you might have to repair the paint as well unless you go the paintless dent repair route.
A home remedy for car dents is to use hot water and a plunger or suction cup to remove some minor dents.
To get a dent out with hot water start by heating up some water to boiling hot.
Then carefully pour the boiling hot water over the dent and gently push the dent outwards from behind the dent.
You can use a plunger or a suction cup to help pop the dent out as well.
You can also use heat and dry ice to remove some dents.
For minor car dents apply heat to the dent and then quickly apply some cold dry ice to cause the metal to expand and contract which can often pop the dent out.
Dents that are minor often affect the cars value by 5 to 15 percent and larger dents can reduce the cars value as much as 30 percent.
It's often large and multiple dents that affect the cars value by 30 percent or sometimes more.
And noticeable dents that are often visible from 10 feet or more and those dents that affect the paint will often lower the cars value by 5 to 10 percent.
Having the dents repaired and improve the cars value but if it costs more to repair the dents than what you would get out of the car then it would not be worth the cost to have the dents repaired.
Some dents you can repair yourself and other dents need an auto body shop to repair the dents.
Auto body shops have a lot of experience and tools to repair dents in vehicles professionally and can do a better job than you can at home.