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If you go the "block" route, you can minimize the paint damage by tightening the block slightly, loosen it, re-position the block over the another part of the dent and then slightly retighten it. Keep repeating. Don't twist the block around the tube. You won't get the dent out completely but you will reduce it and retain most of the original paint.