@@ronalddean3630 hey thanks for the comment and unfortunately there is a deep shortage of skilled retail technicians in this trade. People don’t want to go to your home and work right in front of you, when the dealers line up 20-30 cars, pay well and they don’t need it perfect. I’ve found many prefer the cheapest fare to get training and yet spend almost all their money on the tools. When it’s the opposite, you need to spend great money on the knowledge and make your own tools. I teach in my course how to make the first essential tools for this work. Fabrication skills is very important for slightly altering the tool face and how it is showing itself through the reflection. I teach to not use LED lights and boards reflectors upfront when studying Pdr, few want to do that. I know my course is expensive for an online course but the knowledge is gold. Sorry I don’t have names to offer in your area. I can only recommend that you personally interview each technician who offers a price, don’t ask someone to come do the work from a price online. Last thing you want is someone working on your car and they’re secretly unhappy with what they quoted online from photos. Thanks and good luck with your project.

@@dentexperts OK, I appreciate your in-depth response. I don't think your course is expensive for online only. Teaching value comes in many forms. Thanks

Oh man thank you for the comment, really appreciate it. Subarus are no joke for how thin the metal is, glad to get it done with that live event too. Yeah I started out working dealers like many of us and working down rows of cars is a lot harder than this cramped space, it’s just something you get used to. All the best bro see ya later !

Thank you appreciate the feedback and i’ll get better at showing the repairs live. I don’t use many tools and I believe many people from the skill craft already know that. It always comes down the details and why you want to see them in clear video. Thanks !

Thank you for the help. I pushed that button to do it sideways and it didn’t take or something. Not easy doing these lives as you can imagine, really throws you off your natural rhythm in repair. When I spot the right dent to do a live with, it means no editing 😊and you gotta love that once in a while. I gotta get a logo card to keep in the background so I truly am represented and once again no editing.

@ my pleasure! I like the live vids for that reason too! The thought of editing 🫣 Keep up the great work and see you in January 🙌🏼

@@straightlines7432 no way it was repainted, this had to factory paint to hold up to this repair. This was truly factory paint and it is surely a myth that old lacquer paint will crack during Pdr. I use leather on all my tool tips and never push with raw steel. Plus I heat panel up quite a bit and paint gets pliable to move it well. This car was on its way to a judging show and with 24k on it, I knew this paint was original and wouldn’t crack. I had a great experience about 20 years ago with an original Cadillac and realized that it’s a myth that original paint is weak. It’s awesome and I tell people it’s like first paint on stucco, it’s not coming off and it’s all about how you push it and how you set up your tools.

@@dentexperts your work is good. I recently got rejected for PDR on a 1985 Mercedes. I have some paint damage and the sheen has dulled in some places. I am torn between letting it go and keeping it because of the rust in certain places, but the dents are not so bad, no holes and just one distorted area over the left front wheel area, about 114 inches or so. I want to try out some of the tools you are using. Thanks

@@FrancescaGarofolin I’m in the San Francisco Bay Area but I can fly anywhere to work on any car. Just look me up under DentExpert in San Mateo, California. Thanks

@@chadparker8890 thanks for the message send pictures of damage to me and i’ll take a look. It’s possible to travel to you just depends on severity of damage. You can send email to [email protected] for assistance with evaluation.

@@bahaha2927 yes I took bumper off a bit and used a torch carefully to heat backside and reform it. Thanks

@@dentexperts thanks. How did you reform from behind? Looking for tips as I am from Sydney and have the exact same damage on my Model Y.

I pushed the dent out and showed it at 03:33. This process takes many hours and couldn’t possibly fit that part into a short video. What’s important is showing the video, that’s hard to do in itself.

thank you and yes exactly, I even prepared the customer for paint crack but was pleasantly surprised. You can't use narrow tapper though because there always is some layer of skim coat. My method of Pdr is different where I don't make a new texture in or around the dent. I always raise the bottom unmolested, then lay it down for the finish. It goes by much faster when you don't have to fix the texture or do heavy polishing. Thanks !

@@pizza_Lady0713 it is called The 24 LightDuty and thank you for asking about it. Here’s a link and I make them myself now dentdial.com/store/ols/products/22-light-duty

@@UndeadBeans contact me through my local business here in San Mateo, California - Dent Expert

Thank you for the message and glad to know you’re learning this great skill trade. It is certainly not easy to learn because it is sculpting reflection and there are many illusions to not believe. My best advice is do not learn using an LED light or plastic reflection board, simply use the natural reflection to study with. If you try really hard and move constantly you can find the big secret in how to see your way to finish it perfectly, it’s all right there in the reflection.

Thanks for the advice 🙏💪🏻

Oh hey there thank you so much , really appreciate the wonderful comment sir and all the best back to ya. I love this Pdr glue pull repair setup. It’s been slowly evolving and as you know we techs in the field need our equipment to be versatile and yet very strong 💪🏻. I like the power tools part and anything else that gives my old body a break. When the equipment works well I feel like I can go on and on with speed$ too. Gotta keep up with the new techs out there 😊 Ok be well and push on brother!

Hey thank you for the message, really appreciate your support and hope you get some knowledge from this latest video. All the best to you, be well push on!

I enjoyed watching every minute of this repair. Incredible results

@@drdentrepair5530hey thank you 😊 I really appreciate that. On these big jobs you bring all this experience from other similar repairs and hope it can apply and when it does it’s a fantastic feeling of confidence.