paintless dent removal

[SNP209]

I bought some basic tools (more to come) and I'm dying to start doing the PDR.

I watched many, many videos, watched a guy who worked on my daughter's car (that's when I got 'infected') and I have basic ideas as to how to do some of the dents (some not )


So I guess I need to give it a go .. intending to buy a hood or some panel from the wrecking yard and take it from there.

Wish me luck.

Awesome. Try to get some aluminum and steel panels to work on so you can get feel for how they differ.

[98CayenneTA]

PDR is absolutley a art. That sh!t is hard and the good pdr guys make it look so easy but it is insanely difficult.

Just reading the line board on a basic golf ball dent is a feet let alone some of this stuff these guys can get out on hard body lines....Ooofta

[4getgto]

Anybody remember this guy ? He made painting look sooooo easy everyone thought they could do it....
Painting just like PDR is an art.

[Danube]

Same as watching a musician playing an instrument .. looks se easy.

Learning is s long process and I'm happy to goo that path ..!

[sfckelley]

Today I went to a guy who does paintless dent removal.

It was on various panels on my daughter's car, nothing major.

The guy used different tools and I closely monitored his work.

I felt like I could do the same if I have tools.

What are your experiences?

Any of you have any experience in paintless dent removal ?

Any suggestions, advises, opinions ?!

Thanks !

My 2018 GT350 got dented up when a shelf in my garage collapsed. I was determine to fix it myself, so I watched a bunch of videos, bought a kit from Amazon and started my repair! Well several frustrating hours later, the dents had increased by more than a few from me not knowing where the tip of the tool was. I called a dent guy who came out and less than an hour later removed the original 4 dents plus all the damage I had done - those folks are skilled craftsmen!!! It really is an art!!!

[Danube]

My 2018 GT350 got dented up when a shelf in my garage collapsed. I was determine to fix it myself, so I watched a bunch of videos, bought a kit from Amazon and started my repair! Well several frustrating hours later, the dents had increased by more than a few from me not knowing where the tip of the tool was. I called a dent guy who came out and less than an hour later removed the original 4 dents plus all the damage I had done - those folks are skilled craftsmen!!! It really is an art!!!

It's as artistic as car detailing.

It's rather knowledge combined with lot's or practice, trial and error and all that went into us becoming good car detailers.

I know it's take a lot of time, but I find it 'connected' in a way with car detailing.

I wouldn't do it for living (as I don't do detailing) .. but as an old petrol head I'm tempted.

I'm ready to invest time and patience.

It'll pay off in the end I know.

[Danube]

I pieced together a kit that uses allot of hot glue and these plastic plungers that hook to the tools to pull the dents out. They all have been fairly good at getting out larger to medium dents.

It appears to me now (after some experience) that glue pulling is the easier part.
Tapping on the highs requires a lot ...

[SNP209]

It appears to me now (after some experience) that glue pulling is the easier part.
Tapping on the highs requires a lot ...

Tapping down comes with lots of practice and muscle memory. Depending on the panel you're working on it can become very frustrating.

For example aluminum hoods flex a lot and when attempting to tap down highs your tap down bounces right back at you and you need to hit it even harder to move the metal. Steel is more rigid and requires less force to move the metal.

Are you using a PDR light?

[John U]

I've had very good luck pulling small dents with the "glue" kits for $16 on Amazon.

[Danube]

Tapping down comes with lots of practice and muscle memory. Depending on the panel you're working on it can become very frustrating.

For example aluminum hoods flex a lot and when attempting to tap down highs your tap down bounces right back at you and you need to hit it even harder to move the metal. Steel is more rigid and requires less force to move the metal.

Are you using a PDR light?

I certainly do.

The lines are so helpful, a tiniest dent is visible under the light.

For this particular dent (pictured) I thought I can do it from behind, but there is another layer of metal on the inside, so has to be glue pull.

As you know the surface has to be cleaned with alcohol so the hot glue sticks as it should. Also, to remove the glue, alcohol is needed again. My issue is that the car has ceramic coat, so alcohol is no, no I believe .. ?!?