What is Paintless Dent Repair
Paintless dent repair (paintless dent removal) is a method of removing minor dents or hail damage from a vehicle with minimally invasive auto body techniques. If the paint surface is still intact, meaning the damage has not pierced the foundation of the paint, paintless dent removal is an ideal solution for most timely and cost-effective repair.
How Does Paintless Dent Removal Work?
The visible damage area of a dent is often just a fraction of the actual damage existing within the surrounding paint and metal. A quarter sized dent may appear small, but the surrounding area of the dent is also impacted. Specialized PDR lighting systems, usually fluorescent or LED, provide a fully transparent view of a dent and the surrounding area. Once the extent and surface area of the dent is identified, the technician uses specialized tooling based upon the position, size, depth, and accessibility of the repair surface. In this video, you’ll see a list of 10 tools every PDR technician should own:
Paintless Dent Removal Tools
Paintless dent removal (PDR) techniques require metal rods and body picks to push and pull dents out of a panel. Because the surface of the paint is fragile, the repair focuses on accessing the back side of the dent. Various tool configurations provide both reach and ergonomics for unprecedented access to small, and otherwise impossible to reach dents.
Hand-eye Coordination and Fine Tuning
Experience is the cornerstone of all professional paintless dent repairs. Understanding which tools and techniques will provide the cleanest possible result is essential. Tapping down the repair, texture matching, and a perfect result requires extreme patience and delicate hand-eye coordination. Applying too much pressure could crack the paint, stretch the dent, compromise body lines, or cause splitting or cracking.
How Does Paintless Dent Removal Save Money?
Paintless dent removal is a life-safe for not only auto body repair shops but also consumers and insurances companies. One hail storm could essentially total a vehicle, with hundreds of surface level dents. An auto body technician with paintless dent removal training eliminates the need for the tedious and expensive process of traditional dent removal and filing processes which require an entirely new application of paint. The difference results in thousands of dollars in savings. Drivers can avoid paying big deductibles and rate increases because PDR provides a localized, non-intrusive remedy for damage which is otherwise only cosmetic or doesn’t justify a repaint. During hail season, paintless dent removal technicians travel around the country which minimizes the burden of auto shops when a large scale storm hits. That means drivers get their vehicles back sooner, spend less out of their pockets, and overall alleviate the strain on insurance companies and reduces premium rates.
What Kind of Damage is Fixable with paintless dent repair?
Small dents and dings in which the integrity of the paint is still intact is an ideal application for paintless dent removal. Even the repair of large dents in doors, hoods, quarter panels, and other body panels is often possible.
Where Can I Get Hail or Paintless Dent Removal in Wisconsin?
Every dent is unique. Not every dent is fixable with paintless dent repair, but every dent is fixable. Talk to a pro at Syverson Auto Body in Sparta, WI and get a free estimate and over 40 years of auto body repair expertise.
