The developmentDent Repair Techniques and Tools

Dent repair, also known as paintless dent removal, is the process of removing dents without removal of paint. Therefore it helps maintain the facory finish. Removing dents involves special messaging techniques.

The inudstry has developed special tools used for pushing to pulling dents. The general principal is to remove the stress causing the dents or blending the dents to look presentable. PDR technicians need to be efficient and most ensure they have a full kit of the various types of tools.

Types of Dent Repair

Pushing Dents using Special Tools

The original method of pushing dents was to use self made tools. Paintless dent removal techniques developed in the early years of mass production of the factory assembly lines.  This effectively helped reduce the need to return vehicles. The paintless dent removal (PDR) industry since then has exploded with huge variety of pdr tools from rods to whale tails. Basically these tools push the dents from the inside out. 

Glue Pullling

Unbeknown to many, glue pulling is the most common method to pull dents from the outside. It’s quite often claimed that dents are sucked out.

However, the modern method is to use special glue to pull using special glue that is melted by heat guns onto glue tabs that are  

Hot Box and Shrinking Machine

Heat can be applied to the dent to either loosen larger dents or shrink and remove the smaller dents by loosening the stess from around the it’s stress points.

Blending

Blending is the process where special hammers or other similar tools. These are used to blend the metal to look good and back in place.

Hot boxes and Shrinking Machines

Heat induction used for many years in opanel beating is now being used in the paintless dent removal industry. It is a necesary addition to the PDR technician tool kit. There are different types of these tools applying to steel or aluminium panels.

Lights

Lights have improved dramatically from flourescent to LED lights. From portable lights that can attach to the panel using pump suction to light on adjustable stands.

Ice

Ice causes metal to contract and it has been used to contract the dent if required.

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