There’s a good chance that your sleek, brushed stainless steel fridge or dishwasher has at least one unsightly dent in its otherwise pristine metallic surface.Maybe you used a moving company with three-star reviews (and no insurance). Maybe you dropped a pot and it clattered against the front of your fridge, or you carelessly opened the dishwasher door too quickly. Or perhaps your rowdy 5-year-old nephew slammed his scooter straight into the fridge, even though you told him a thousand times not to ride it indoors.From deep, angular dents with hard edges to soft, shallow pits marring surfaces, dents are a reality of owning stainless steel appliances. The heart aches at the sight of them — no matter how small they are — and the mind drifts toward the very question many of us at Wirecutter have asked ourselves: Can I remove that horrible crater from the appliance I spent hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars on?In search of an answer, we spent an afternoon smacking a stainless steel dishwasher with a hammer and trying some of the internet’s most popular dent-removal hacks and products.