Can a Crease Be Removed with Paintless Dent Repair
February 23, 2015
Can Paintless Dent Repair Take Out a Crease?
This is a question I am often asked. Many people want to know if a crease in their car can be removed with the paintless dent repair method. Well… Yes It Can.
With all the DIY, Do-It-Yourself, dent repair videos on Youtube and the places online showing how to get a dent out of your car, the exposure to how professional paintless dent repair is done is limited. Most of those DIY videos will show you that dent repair is done by just “popping” the dent out with suction cups or heat and dry ice or compressed air. So when it comes to having a creased dent in your car it may seem like those methods would not work.
How is Paintless Dent Repair Done?
Professional Paintless Dent Repar is done in multiple ways with PDR tools. We use special hardened steel rods that are used to gently move the metal back out from the inside of the panel. We will use special glue and tabs, that are made especially for PDR so they will not damage the paint, to pull the dents out. This “glue pull” method is not always used to just “pop” the dents out. It is used to pull out the dents to minimize the amount of pushing that we need to do from the inside of the panel. We also use special hammers and tools to “knock down” the crowns and work with the metal on the outside of the panel to properly flatten the area. These hammers are a critical tool in the paintless repair process because of the way the metal reacts when it is dented. It does not just go in but also moves out. This is the reason that the dents don’t just pop out with other methods.
This is the reason that the dents don’t just pop out with other methods.
In this video you will see the Professional Paintless Dent Repair method being used to remove this crease dent from the door of a Volvo. The glue pull method was used to minimize the pushing needed with regular PDR tools and also because of obstructions inside the door panel that made using those dent removal tools impossible.
Someone Kicked My Car and Left a Large Dent
February 16, 2015
What happens when you are in Minneapolis and someone comes up and KICKS the side of your car. You end up with a LARGE DENT about a size 12 shoe that is left in the quarter panel. Just like the one in this Mercedes.
So what do you do? Watch this video to see what happens.
So my customer was downtown Minneapolis one evening when some guy comes up to his car and gives a good swift kick right to the left rear quarter panel. Now he has the large dent in his nice Mercedes. Needless to say he was not very happy with this.
It’s a good thing he brought the car into us at Excel Dent Removal to have paintless dent removal done to repair this dent. With the paintless dent repair (PDR) method I was able to remove this large dent without having to repaint the car. You will see in the video that the PDR method involves gaining access to the back of the panel to push the dents out from the inside. For this large dent in the Mercedes quarter panel it meant taking out the tail light and exposing the opening behind it.
Often with large dents there will be a “crown”. This is what happens when the vehicle gets dented. The metal doesn’t just go inward but has to move somewhere and can cause the metal extrude out. Much like the ripples in the water when a rock is thrown in. You will see in the PDR video that I had to use a special hammer to knock down the crowns to straighten the metal.
Watch the video of the Mercedes Large Dent being removed above to see the Excellent Paintless Dent Repair
If you are in Minneapolis and you’ve have a dent you need removed. You can contact me to schedule an appointment for your repair.
Excel Dent Removal
1550 91st Ave NE
Suite 303
Blaine, MN 55449
phone: 763-780-4000
web: www.exceldentremoval.com
See more large dents removed with paintless dent repair over on my YouTube Channel
Can Paintless Dent Repair Take Out Large Dents ?
February 2, 2015
Is it possible to remove large dents with Paintless Dent Removal (PDR)?
There are a few questions I am often asked about PDR.
- Can paintless dent repair remove large dents?
- Can you repair a crease with paintless dent removal?
- Can dents in a body line be removed paintless?
These are some common questions and misconceptions about PDR. With the new advancements and techniques today, all of these are possible. There is no longer a need to send your car off to the body shop for days to have the costly method of having them repaired and painted.
In this video you will be able to see all three of these types of dents are indeed possible.
This dent in the fender of the Toyota Sienna minivan was a large dent with a crease right through the body line. My customer from Coon Rapids MN had a small collision that cause the damage to the fender.
Paintless Dent Removal was the best method to use for this repair.
If you have had a minor collision or need a small dent repaired, then contact us for an excellent repair.
Excel Dent Removal
1550 91st Ave NE
Suite 303
Blaine, MN 55449
Phone: 763-780-4000
Website: www.exceldentremoval.com
More Large Collision Repair Videos over on my YouTube Channel
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