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    Re: Paintless dent repair...minor rant

    Had a few personal cars PDR'd by two different guys and also when I worked in the car business for many years witnessed many PDR repairs. Don't ever remember any of them doing any buffing other than a little by hand. I too can see a need in certain situations for it to be done. The guy may have butchered it but I would bet he was well intentioned. IMO I would just fix the damage myself and move on but defiantly let them know about the horrendous finish they left!

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    Re: Paintless dent repair...minor rant

    yes some do use a buffer. the one we use now has a dewalt in his van. he said some dent have scuffs that he polishes out when done

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    Another "pro" doing a bang up job I see. Have GF Take pictures done to the shop let them pay for a proper repair by someone. Don't mention you are BF. Provide your estimate for repair to shop and have them pay you to fix it correctly.

    They probably caused damage, panicked, grabbed a buffer and hacked it up.

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    Re: Paintless dent repair...minor rant

    So we got sort of an answer, she finally called them today. They said they would have used a buffer to try to remove any stuck on paint left from what caused the dent. There definitely was some of that so now I understand why. However, as stated, the dents, scraping, and paint, were along the bottom 1/4 to 1/3rd of the vehicle's doors. So it's really weird that they ran the buffer all the way up to the bottom of the windows. Anyway I think Wolfgang finishing glaze on a white pad will fix it. Supposedly it will take out 2500 grit sanding scratches so that should be good enough for holograms/buffer swirls I hope.

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    Re: Paintless dent repair...minor rant

    What's really amusing in a bad way about this is that someone could be so bad with a rotary like this. I mean, me who had no experience with one, ran a friends DeWalt 849 (older model not the newer dual speed down to 600rpm ones) on an old junkyard Honda door with M105 and 205 and put NO swirls in it or holograms while trying to learn how to use a rotary. I suspect this place used a wool pad and some kind of compound and didn't even bother trying to use a filler glaze at all.

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    Re: Paintless dent repair...minor rant

    I could understand some polishing to remove scuffs or paint transfer but if I were a PDR guy I'd limit it to some light hand polishing.

    If we're talking about something that can be repaired by PDR its going to be a small enough area that there is absolutely no reason to use a buffer.

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    Re: Paintless dent repair...minor rant

    Quote Originally Posted by igorlumertz View Post
    Got the same experience before. I got some dents on my car and good thing I were able to find a paintless dent repair shop in San Diego that cater my car needs and bring back my car to blemish-free state. I would really recommend PCH dent repair: Mobile Paintless Dent Removal, San Diego-PCH Dent Repair
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    Re: Paintless dent repair...minor rant

    Quote Originally Posted by Coatingsarecrack View Post
    No thank you i already had Spam for breakfast
    I started off reading thinking "Oh that's an interesting topic......", then saw it's resurrected from 2012!

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    Quote Originally Posted by oneheadlite View Post
    I started off reading thinking "Oh that's an interesting topic......", then saw it's resurrected from 2012!
    So it can't be an interesting topic if it was originated in 2012?

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    Re: Paintless dent repair...minor rant

    Quote Originally Posted by igorlumertz View Post
    Got the same experience before. I got some dents on my car and good thing I were able to find a paintless dent repair shop in San Diego that cater my car needs and bring back my car to blemish-free state. I would really recommend PCH dent repair: Mobile Paintless Dent Removal, San Diego-PCH Dent Repair
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