Good Day,

Anyone have any experience removing dents from old brass fire extinguishers? I have an old 2 gal foam fire extinguisher that has a few dents in it, worst about 5 mm deep and 75 mm long. Googled "removing dents from fire extinguishers" and found nothing except removing dents from a tuba. Plenty of polishing info on line but I am actually going to repaint it the correct blue colour once restored. Going onto a vintage truck. Thought about heating it up and cooling the dented area quickly to anneal it a bit then push it out with a shaped bit of wood. Don't want to stuff it up however and anyone's experience would be most appreciated. Likewise the base is a bit battered and thought about annealing it, removing the wire ring, then bead rolling it if I can find someone locally with a bead roller.

Cheers,
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