In a message dated 12/5/2003 5:59:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, mail@woodworkingboy.com writes: What about making up two wooden blocks each the shape of half the tube diameter, putting in some hard rubber padding, and then clamping the blocks over the dent to push it out? That will still scratch the paint. If it is tight enough to force out the dent when clamped, it will be tight enough to squish the paint too. In my limited experience, those blocks reduce the dent, but don't eliminate it. It usually requires some filling and sanding to get it right. Perhaps someone else has a better method. I know someone once told me that if you freeze the spot with liquid nitrogen that the dent will pop out, but I can't see that happening without also cracking the paint--plus, I don't happen to have liquid nitrogen around the house. Lou Deeter, Orlanod FL