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Dent Repair Process.
PDR, also known as Paintless Dent Repair or Paintless Dent Removal, is the method used to repair hail damage, door dings, body creases, and minor dents on a vehicle. As its name suggests, PDR does not involve any paint or fillers. Compared to standard dent repair, paintless dent repair restores a vehicle to like-new condition in a way that is faster, less expensive, and even more environmentally friendly
The PDR technician will first assess the damage. The goal is to find out how big the dent is, how it can be accessed, and whether PDR will work.
The next step involves gaining access to the back side of the dent. Parts of the vehicle, such as headlamps, may have to be temporarily removed to access the car panel. Once there is a clear pathway to the dent, the process can begin.
Slow pressure is used to gently push the dent outward and restore the exterior to its original condition. It might sound simple, but PDR is a carefully honed craft. That’s because without the required training, an amateur could easily push too hard and cause the dent to bulge outward.
PDR is a great solution to fix most minor dents, door dings, body creases and hail damage. As long as the surface of the paint work is intact, PDR is normally the best option.
If the dent is too deep or the paint has been damaged, a combination of paintless and traditional repair methods may be required.
A PDR service will typically take a few hours to complete, depending on the severity of the dent. As a result, many shops offer same-day service.
For bigger jobs, such as hail damage covering the entire surface of the vehicle, PDR can take a few days.
As we’ve already mentioned, PDR is more efficient and less costly than traditional dent repair.
Conventional dent repair is achieved through working the metal, filling the dent, sanding, and then painstakingly re-painting and blending. Using this traditional process to repair the dent is far more time consuming, labor intensive, and expensive than PDR.
That said, in some cases, both traditional methods and paintless dent repair are required to repair the vehicle to its original condition.