DIY Paintless Dent Repair (PDR) w/ CHEAP Amazon Products!

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@christophermisiano5769 9 ай бұрын

PDR tech here. Some of those dents have crowns those need to be tapped down to relieve pressure off the dent. Try the black glue and make sure surface and tabs are super clean. I've been doing this since 98 it is an art. Board placement is everything. Also cross checking is very important dents need to be looked at vertically as well as horizontally.

@bmwflyfisher 9 ай бұрын

Agreed. I just bought a similar kit because of a HUGE (3.5”) door ding crease from a windy day at the park. It happens. I can tell you the lifter is not bad. The tabs SUCK in these kits. Also, the glue sticks are horrible. Buy some good glue for your temperature and humidity area. If you buy a crease or round tab variety pack, Anson Tools puts in 4 of their round tabs. All were fantastic. Tapping down seemed workable in the kit. Watch Dent Time…He has some great tutorial videos for free. As this Tech said…The light board placement is critical. Overall, the OP of the video had a great start, and it looks like you watched a video or two. Btw, even the weak pulls from the tabs still move the metal…Might be very small, but it always moves a little (except crowns). As the Tech said…Without the crowns being tapped down…And the sharp pointed dints being tapped into a larger shallow dent…Sometimes the metal just moves to a point and stalemate. Alleviate the stress…If you over do it…Pull it some more. Again, I’m not a professional. Just took out a simple door ding, a deep door ding on a body line, and then a door ding on a hard body line with a LONG CREASE. I got them 98%. I had to watch the Dent Time videos 2-3 times. Great job starting!

@ray6976 8 ай бұрын

Yep..that is an art. Those same tools in someone experienced hands and it would be perfect. Should have taken a hammer to some random sheetmetal first to practice.

@MasterOfNoneMechanic 8 ай бұрын

If it is more than a simple door ding, I'd hire a pro like you. Or if I were looking for a perfect result. I just wanted to show, if you handed some cheap tool to a complete novice, what he could realistically do.

@edwinmedina4338 8 ай бұрын

Starting my PDR Journey here, it's not for the faint of heart! It's overwhelming with just the tools alone not to mention understanding and manipulation of material and panels

@42bill 7 ай бұрын

@@MasterOfNoneMechanicin a nutshell, every dent that you tried to use a dent rod on, was made worse. Not better. Which is what you did conclude in your video. As for your glue pulling, you did get lucky with that first round soft dent and it came out 90%. But that will encourage others to try this, and if your glue tabs actually stuck how they are supposed to, you would have made many high spots which then have to be tapped down, which is 90% of the job on a typical glue pull. It also takes many years of experience to do.

@teslamr7333 9 ай бұрын

Great video, I had this huge dent on my plastic bumper, I couldn’t believe just using boiling water and elbow grease took out the dent.

@carpathia1221 6 ай бұрын

I like that you showed real struggle and not some "impressive magic" look-what-I-did-I want-a-cookie-now...like a lot the of these "pros" on youtube. I'm looking to do this myself. Good job!!!

@valliwulf 13 күн бұрын

@@carpathia1221 two things, the pros on KZbin don't want you to know how it's done because it's actually really bloody hard really really hard to learn. The more people that think that they can do it because it looks easy the more chances are going to absolutely f it all up and then bring it to somebody to fix it and then complain that it costs more than when they work quoted or originally. Pros also make it look easy because they've done the job for a good 10-15-20 years and it does look easy because they make it look easy, for them it is easy but it took 10-15-20 years to get there. Not a 5-minute KZbin video.

@thadsgudenuff 2 ай бұрын

Seriously, thanks for posting this video! When any craftsman is good at what they do, they tend to make it look too easy. So I really liked seeing the results you were able to get with minimal equipment. I'd also like to give a shout out to the pros that gave advice in the comments. I live in the area western NC that was damaged by the recent storm. Lots of cars and trucks are damaged. Including my vehicles. I'm going to give this a try.

@ShellShockerSporanox 8 ай бұрын

Enjoyable video lol, I like how you break it down into small, simple steps and narrate clearly.

@CaptainSwoop 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for an intelligent, well presented, very helpful video. All the best from Australia.

@ritamachia3354 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. Exactly the kind of information I was looking for.

@mk3ferret 4 ай бұрын

Paint and body guy here And there's a reason I learned paint and body work

@tomperkins5657 3 ай бұрын

I cannot tell you what a blessing this video is. You make SO much sense. As we speak I am ordering the Amazon products as well. I would say the three or four other videos I "used" were duds - especially the toilet plunger. You have to have a "perfect" dent where the cup covers it completely or you get no suction. Stay tuned!

@kumaSOevl 2 ай бұрын

Amazing video and commentary. This is probably the best PDR video I’ve seen

@jakesbaked4206 9 ай бұрын

The passenger side fender turned out real good

@richardthenurse Ай бұрын

thanks for this practical show and tell video. I just purchased the kit and will try it out. It 's cold outside so I may wait till Summer. I like that you are no nonsense and do not work from ego, or like many other video's that say, "I know something you don't know". (and can't know). Keep up these great video's.

@trytellingthetruth.2068 11 ай бұрын

When using tools (bars) you should also use the reflective board. It gives you a much better chance of seeing where the tool tip is in relation to the area you're trying to left. Good work on the glue pulling. 👍

@67scout73 5 ай бұрын

From one beginner/experimenter to another - watch more training videos. You will learn how to use the glue tabs in conjunction with tapping down high points to get excellent results. The dents on your Miata are relatively easy to repair once you have a strategy that works for you. I agree that some pads are needed to prevent dimples, as well as more training as to where to place the tool. Thank you for the video, I appreciate the candor and courage required to show an absolute beginner at anything, to show real world results as a beginner. I will purchase some of the tools you linked to add to my small Amazon kit. I have also made my own tools along the way to accommodate the specific needs of my Miata's dents. I found that a 1200 watt Magnetic Induction Heater Kit was/is extremely useful in shaping the exact shape of tool needed for any given dent, and then I add that tool to my collection. On a side note, that same tool has infinite number of uses - one of my favorite tools limited only by the bounds of your creativity. It can even be used to heat up body panels by being placed over the panel, despite being parallel to it rather than encircling it.

@lorddiablo8575 3 ай бұрын

I did it before and actually its not that easy as on KZbin. You got to be patient and work on it ! You also need to get use to the Sliding hammer which is a very good tool. Pulling the dents out from the fender ( near wheel edge ) is very difficult as it is bended inside and the edge holds very strong so you need to use the PDR rods with different rubber tips meanwhile use hammer to make crowns go down .... As a beginner, you'd done a great job ! Thanks for sharing .... Good Luck to your upcoming PDR projects !

@Starry_Night_Sky7455 4 ай бұрын

Im happy that car is getting some love.

@bcr003 4 ай бұрын

Mission accomplished... 100%. As someone that's never done this but curious what I likely will experience, this video is magnificent! I at least now know I'll hire a trained eye and focus on making my living doing what I'm better at.

@ReptilWithIpods22 6 ай бұрын

you said you don't like the slide hammer... right as it produced the best individual result in the whole video pulling up that big drivers side dent

@Gottago83 Ай бұрын

😂

@extrememike 4 ай бұрын

Very nice Milwaukee tool set!

@salmaida3849 6 ай бұрын

Great informative video that helps my learning curve when trying this myself. Thanks

@pauldimarco9718 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this vid… doesn’t look too terribly difficult. Think I’ll give it a go

@youdoer 4 ай бұрын

I saw another video that uses cactus juice to help with the glue. Great video. Thanks.

@FilmFactry 15 күн бұрын

If you print out black stripes on white paper, spray mount to some cardboard, you get the safe effect as that LED light.

@richardpelzer3797 10 ай бұрын

You did good, start at the small end of the dent first, small led light eith a magnet is good, and so many different rod shapes you could use or make, even out of cheep pry bars from hf. Even out of wood tapered down. Good idea using rubber tips

@MasterOfNoneMechanic 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah the "pry bar" method was... tough to master.

@lenardosinglewhiteguy9529 Ай бұрын

Great beginner video, something that the professional videos don't explain or show, eg, HEAT GUN, probably why i have never been able to "pop" out the small hail damage.

@hemtet5500 2 ай бұрын

Very enjoyable exactly what I needed to see.

@thiagobanker Жыл бұрын

Good luck with the channel!!!

@Flip_Switch 8 ай бұрын

Great Video! thanks for taking time to make it. I would recommend a Tri pod for your light! :D

@K_spawn 8 ай бұрын

I bought the harbor freight body and fender kit, and restored a nasty hit in my rear fender, it's not perfect but it isn't noticeable anymore

@DizConnected 4 ай бұрын

I'm impressed with the glue stix method, I might order me a kit. A couple of things I might try to get the glue to stick better will be use panel prep to clean the area, and maybe 3000 grit sandpaper to lightly scuff the paint for the glue to adhere too. Not sure how to make it stick to the dent puller side better yet.

@willf5768 2 ай бұрын

Probably one of the best videos I've seen in the subject matter. Rods need to be really used with extreme care (autobody guy talking) been there done that. When using the glue tabs I would hold pressure on the dents and with the mallet pointed thingy tap gently around yhec parameter of the dent. I think heating the metal is a must a lot of people i see don't do this and their results are not great. The light I could see being helpful as a guide but maybe something magnetic instead of suction cups. But great job on the video 😊👍

@chrismillman7009 8 ай бұрын

Superb video... I have a pdr kit.. and the tabs fall off... pros make it look sooo easy...

@malcolmdastur4411 7 ай бұрын

You are doing a great job. Very good video.🙂🙂

@llamacebu216 6 ай бұрын

When pulling dents start from the outside and work your way in

@vertualsurfing 9 ай бұрын

GREAT VIDEO!!!.. I FELT LIKE: ''I WAS WATCHING MYSELF!!!" hahahaha!!!.. Really Great 'Truthful, Honest, HELPFUL' PDR VIDEO.. Good Job.. & Soo Glad You left 'the busting of the lamp' in.. 10 out of 10 Bub!!..

@mjpottertx 7 ай бұрын

Have you tried any on the top surface? I have about 20 small hail dents, about half of them hard to see, all on the hood, trunk, or top.

@southpark6757 Ай бұрын

Awesome video, basically what 90% of us DIY would be doing. BTW , those Enkei's are probably worth more than the car 😁

@vishnabist270 3 ай бұрын

Very informative, thanks a lot

@Shifteeer 3 ай бұрын

very helpful, I recently got a really big dent on my e36's driver side door. lets see if this video helps me fix it...

@RaselHussain96 28 күн бұрын

Very Nice work ❤

@PaulHayman-tq5kb 3 ай бұрын

When they they're doing PDR is As if they have some sort of magic powers over the dent

@gregorystewart6539 7 ай бұрын

Use some JB Weld for plastic to repair the light. Very useful product line.

@LoneWolfPerception 7 ай бұрын

Once it gets hard to see the dent on dull paint, I've seen others put some tape over the area to add reflection for the final bits. Can't hurt to try.

@awesomekidthe2nd 4 ай бұрын

Start from the outside in, while tapping the high points down to help spread the metal.

@MrJustoverissimo 2 ай бұрын

Release the tension on the perimeter of the dent after pulling... use a hard rubber hammer..few taps around the hedge of what the lamp shows will help to release tension for the next pull

@dannyh773 Ай бұрын

I believe also. Before using your suppose to soak the glue tabs in the alcohol. I left mine overnight. I did a door repair. With the light you can tell it’s not 100%. But just by looking at it. You can’t tell. It looks good. I’ve done a couple of cars. Came out good. Using the rods was harder for me also.

@jamesgowing3856 4 ай бұрын

Why didn't you use the glue stick to hold the light using the suction device?

@miladmohseni6949 5 ай бұрын

Great job

@MJJCvideo 7 ай бұрын

@MasterOfNone Good,may I know if it's ok for you to review our foam cannon S V3.0?Thanks in advance!😊

@theaussienurseflipper.8113 7 ай бұрын

Great video mate, wrong glue, U need the black one, cheers Graham

@MasterOfNoneMechanic 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! Yeah, I'm starting to suspect that I didn't use the best glue...

@accelmargn 7 ай бұрын

Dip the bars in a plastic coating to make them less harsh

@digitalversatilediscjockey3465 6 ай бұрын

Heat shrink or electric tape over the tips right

@csan255 3 ай бұрын

Or dip the tip to a plastic dip liquid you can get at HD. It comes in yellow color

@joyfulwarrior7597 9 ай бұрын

super glue the light to the suction cup

@MrWoofie62 3 ай бұрын

I forgot to buy Isopropyl Alcohol for cleaning the surface of three thumbnail-sized dents on my black car door which would have meant a 40-mile round trip to buy some from town. Still, luckily wifey said to try using some Hand sanitiser which we had because it was 70% alcohol. Amazingly it worked like a charm making the tabs stick well, but, I don't know if it would work as well on larger dents...

@wthomas5697 3 ай бұрын

Interesting video.

@R34l1ty4U 6 ай бұрын

Respect to the professionals but the advantage of getting those tools and trying by yourself is that 1. you will gain experience and eventually learn with patience. 2. You can do as many as you have accumulated over time. 3. Pros are very expensive. A 1 inch ding repair cost $150 in my area. I already got 95% repairs on 3 dings of my wife's new car that happened on the hood that occurred just a week after she got it and a huge fender strike by a electric mopad run-away kid on my own car. (Quoted $600-900 by local PDR pros while the actual panel cost $350 painted... Not including installation). For a small fraction you can get those tools and have at least a 80% repair. Then bring it to a PDR pro for a final (and cheaper) repair. So, no harm on having those cheap sets and trying to save some of your hard-earned money while increasing knowlwedge. 😊

@MasterOfNoneMechanic 6 ай бұрын

You got it, agree with everything you said. The key points of the video was, 1) it's pretty cheap to get started, 2) don't expect perfect results first time, 3) it's not THAT hard to take out simple dings, and 4) call a professional if you have a big ol' dent on your hands. Everybody's gotta start somewhere.

@BeHappyLiveLife Ай бұрын

So the suction dent pullers didn't work at all. I thought the Amazon videos looked off.

@eddy.F-63 10 ай бұрын

Bel video, ottima esperienza grazie, nice and interesting video thank you

@whojackson 7 ай бұрын

i would like to see more videos like this

@petroflorence7962 3 ай бұрын

Pop out from under cover fender

@SirCavemaninthewest 4 ай бұрын

a tripod for the light would be great lol

@cristianriutort1 5 ай бұрын

I bought almost the same kit. Dent repair is not as easy as it looks. Takes time to learn how to use every tool properly and how to work around the dent.

@hparkersd 4 ай бұрын

My Miata has very similar parking lot dents. People just don’t see the car when parked.

@RareMusicPlug 7 күн бұрын

7:58 clearly that one pulled the dent out and just made ur car good, and ur gonna say u don’t really like it i dint think u seen

@Jan_Seidel 10 ай бұрын

Suction cups with an air pump will do a way better job. And I have never seen so short dent rods. I have a striped hand sail instead of the striped led lamp. Does the same job, but is way easier to handle. But all in all it looks *way* better now

@bbaaspencer1 4 ай бұрын

Rods are really good for hail damaged dents in your hood

@dogwink Ай бұрын

It seems like the glue adheres well to paint but poorly to the tabs. The tabs appear to be more problematic than the glue sticks. Perhaps cleaning the tabs might help.

@Slingersbullseye 5 ай бұрын

Suction cups don't work near body lines with small dips/dents. it needs to be on flat surface that doesn't have a line close to it otherwise you're best bet is using the "glue" and pull method it will grab and pull better on small *dings. on bigger surfaces haven't tried can't say.

@wam7484 2 ай бұрын

The suction cup problem with the light. Water helps. Silicone grease or even Vaseline even better.

@Ellieannna 4 ай бұрын

Try using a dab of that glue on the light suction cup. You can remove it after the dent is fixed ;)

@azar_asar2909 8 ай бұрын

"Your expertise is truly inspiring! Would you please consider letting me be your assistant in learning DIY paintless dent repair? I'm eager to learn and assist in any way I can. Thanks for considering!

@adamjones7497 8 ай бұрын

Keep in mind that these videos show professionals with pro pdr gear, charging the car owners hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to repair.

@adilator 2 ай бұрын

The problem I have is the hot glue not sticking enough to the car. That's the only thing preventing me from doing this.

@MasterBlaster36914 4 ай бұрын

I tried using a good hair dryer to heat the panel and it loosened the glue. I've done pretty good with a 15 dollar tool kit from harbor freight. Many pulls to get it done though. I'm working on the bed of my truck above the wheel well. Many dents and a few with creases. Id say I've gotten 80% of it out but, I'm not done yet. Truck had rear end collision before I bought it. So you can imagine the crinkle above both wheel wells would look.

@das250250 5 ай бұрын

the glue was meant for the light fixture :-)

@PaulHayman-tq5kb 3 ай бұрын

When you get the dimples your push to hard and do the tap down

@stephenjones4013 Ай бұрын

Spray suction cup with water first

@imager09tube 7 ай бұрын

The pulling angle was wrong!

@Plan3tBob 6 ай бұрын

Why?

@EvanPang-w4i 7 ай бұрын

6:44 from that distance I couldn’t even tell there was a dent to begin with!

@grumpyjuicetrucking 7 ай бұрын

I think ur supposed to twist the rod not use it as a pry bar

@ZomBeatBrainZ 10 ай бұрын

Try the black glue.

@csan255 3 ай бұрын

Where can you get the black glue and does it have a name brand?

@bbaaspencer1 4 ай бұрын

I think I would have tried the little suction cup on the first one

@Infantry4Life.WarFighters 2 ай бұрын

You need to spend more time on each dent. I was able to make mine perfect… But it generally took me about 2 to 3 hours per dent.

@MasterOfNoneMechanic 10 ай бұрын

I didn't do THAT bad did I?

@richardpelzer3797 10 ай бұрын

Oh by the way take a good healthy spit on the suction cups spread it around lol

@paulwong8046 9 ай бұрын

You have a glue gun... you can use that to soften the tip on that tool

@MasterOfNoneMechanic 9 ай бұрын

Haha I also have rubber caps that are used to seal off vacuum ports, but I wanted to try the tools as they were.

@senorialequizio7688 3 ай бұрын

These products themselves & others like it, over promise & under deliver. Yes, these PDR (Paintless Dent Removers) dent pullers do pull dents but they also leave nasty bumps in their place. You basically replace a dent with a bump which, according to many KZbin vids, one could bang out with a small hammer & special tips; good luck with that - make sure you have enough touch paint. These tools are for professionals or the talented (like actual auto bodyshops or MasterOrNone) not for weekend DIY'er trying to fix nasty hail damage on your hood. The fact is, which no video mentions, pulled dents on sheet metal tend to return with the slightest touch, essentially rendering the reoccurring dent unfixable.

@robtomassetti777 3 ай бұрын

👍

@РусланДавлетханов-ч5к 3 ай бұрын

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@garyWilson-rn5gg 7 ай бұрын

Great vid, did anyone else have to sit through that stupid fake ai vid with David Beckem before hand ?.

@valliwulf 25 күн бұрын

Another PDR tech here, here's some advice for those people that are watching this video. Don't be a fool for people telling how to fix things cheap or free or on your own that clearly take a lot of practice, time and skill. There is a reason why people charge good money to do these jobs. it's because it takes years of learning, time, patients and practise to be even any good at it let alone a master. The people in these videos, 90% of the time or more they are wrong, giving false information, misguiding and misdirecting you. All In the name of getting paid for themselves. They don't care about you, they just want the interaction. And I'm almost certain that if you follow their advice that they've given and it goes wrong that legally they can be prosecuted depending on the country you're in, you might the entitled to compensation. PDR is a skill and art and it takes years to learn, never attempt to do it yourself because if you touch it and bring it to a technician we're going to charge you more, period! You will have changed the way the metal flows making things a lot harder for us and potentially making the damage unrepairable.

@karkule5919 13 күн бұрын

Right, and pay $1,200 for a job that's worth $300.

@valliwulf 13 күн бұрын

@karkule5919 while I agree that quite a few American companies a charging insane amounts of money. In Australia we can never get that money. Now let me ask you what makes you think a $300 job is the cost and not 1200? The technician had to have years of training which does not come cheap, the tools are all bloody expensive, like you have no idea. It's only in the last 2 years that this whole cheap Chinese tool knock-off thing has made it an option for people to buy cheap crap. In most cases the technician comes to your house, does the job with his years of training and the expensive tools, also had to learn how to remove and repair and replace parts on cars. Have anything that goes wrong he has to pay the insurance or pay for the thing to be replaced, so why would he do the job for $300 if it goes wrong to spend another 1200 dollars having to replace the thing that went wrong or because you weren't happy. also for $300 if you buy the products and equipment to do the job and in the end you have not done the job properly to what you think is a good standard, but someone else looks at it and says that's s*** mate! what are you going to do then you just made it more expensive for yourself to have it repaired by somebody who knows what they're doing, to make it right. There are a lot of people out there with no talent who think they do. People like you you go to the mechanic and say oh no man that's too expensive I want you to do it for this much money. Every single week I do two jobs where someone's had a crack at it themselves and fuk'd it up. When it comes to KZbin videos and learning how to do things many many many of those videos are wrong. There's only one roof lining video on the internet that is correct and what to do and how to do it and even then it is still slightly wrong. There is no correct PDR video on KZbin because they don't want them they're. If you see one it is a short description of something not the whole picture and on top of that without training, the video is useless. Would you spend many many hours fixing something as a paid employee for $300 when you could actually have real money for it. I want you to go and tell your employer that you'll work for 1/3 of your wage every single week.

@karkule5919 13 күн бұрын

@@valliwulf This industry is not regulated so crooked shops as well as mobile technicians can overcharge you whatever they want to. And this guy did a fair job except he didn't have all the right tools he needed. So take that professional talk and training, experience and the whole nine yards and sell it somewhere else. Just look at the job before he started and tell me that's worth more than a couple hundred dollars.

@valliwulf 12 күн бұрын

@karkule5919 I'll tell you what if you think he did such a good job you pay him to do the job on your car and when you are pissed off about it then contact the professional and be like yeah dude I was wrong I can tell you now what that guy did is gonna be ugly and s*** house also those high spots that you put in it with the little sharp rods that would require respiring the panel because he's cracked the paint trust me you don't know what you're talking about your casting aspersions sit down read a book learn something

@karkule5919 12 күн бұрын

@@valliwulf FIRST, of all I didn’t say he did “such a good job” I said he did “a fair job”, it’s right there in the comments. SECOND, only a fool would take their car to someone who is not a professional. THIRD, if you have other professionals (right here in the comments) who are giving this guy advice on how to get better, who are you to be criticizing people for doing their simple DIY project at home. FOURTH, what some people think is good value others may see it as excessively priced. I doubt if you got any of this.