Why You Shouldn’t Attempt Your Own Dent Work | What Can Happen When You Do

[@jeremydiamond8824]

From a fellow tech to another L👀KS AMAZING !😎👍🏻🇺🇸🦅😇🙏🏻

[@christophermisiano5769]

Been doing PDR since 2000. The number of times I've seen home repairs is insane.

[@cddents4824]

Yes and we are very happy when we can help on this one! As I'm sure you know, sometimes they are not fixable.

[@Callsign_Sturm]

Sounds like a skill issue on the customer's attempt... I plan on learning PDR to save costs. Buy some scrap panels and go crazy lol Outstanding job & tool setup though.

[@cddents4824]

@@Callsign_Sturm Thank you so much. I would say its a skill issue because sometimes the it looks so tempting that it may look like its going to just pop out. So on a one off attempt its always going to be a skill issue - thats natural for sure

[@craigsmith4419]

Nice save

[@andyrazzell1080]

Great save & great result 👏👏

[@cddents4824]

Thank you so much

[@carrozzeriaepdr]

Congratulations. I am also trying to teach my girlfriend pdr in my body shop. You will be an aspiration for her. Greetings from Milan

[@cddents4824]

That is so awesome!!! Thank you so much!! YES! help her get on her way and get this skill under her belt:)

[@victorbarranca2910]

Wow, outstanding, thanks for sharing.

[@cddents4824]

No problem thank you for watching!

[@TheOlveraFam]

So we should learn how to do it ourselves we should pay u guys 😂

[@dentremover01]

Oh that looked fun to fix! Great save and I too have many DIY attempts it’s frustrating!! Well done from 🇬🇧 and maybe see you at MTE in Jan!😊

[@cddents4824]

Hey thank you! Yes those DIY attempts can try your skills sometimes, and maybe we will see you then!

[@romanjohnston]

Do not like the title. You want to encourage people to try, not blanket negative statements. Any person can screw stuff up. Usually when starting they will, but that's how you learn. Were you perfect with your first repair? Odds are no. Some people will have a natural aptitude and be fine and get it pretty close, some will make it a lot worse, most will be somewhere in between. One of the biggest issues we face is doing it right to start. If your afraid to start because it might not come out right.....that's not a great posture for a mentor. Maybe you show later, but some will never even get into the video with the title. Maybe a title of "Why you need to start carefully".....just a suggestion, but you at least understand and position yourself as a person willing to teach. But critisizim aside, great work on the actual video. Not over the top long and great camera angles and explanations.

[@user-fo8xf7qk9b]

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[@DrCarlosOpenWideJrMD]

If you want to learn how to do dents, then you can buy a junk panel to practice on. I cannot imagine a single circumstance where i would tell someone to learn or practice on their own car. You will not "DIY" it, and you should not consider the first few months of PDR as "attempting a repair" but practicing. Again, there is no reason to try this on your own car, because unless you are highly skilled and experienced, no amount of trial and error is going to fix the mistakes (which are much more difficult to correct) you will innevitably make while trying. I say this as someone doing PDR 40 hours a week wholesale, and having worked on 1000 cars, i wouldnt even touch my own car until last month. Your first mistake in a dent will make every step more difficult, and learning anything more from the dent more difficult. You will not repair your first dent. Its unlikely youll even repair your 10th.

[@cddents4824]

Thank you so much for this response. I actually love this comment. Let me help out on painting the full picture behind the scenes:) This is actually a previous customer and let me quote here " "Crystal I really messed up and should've never stuck something under the hood thinking this particular dent would pop out and I could just do pdr on it and that was a huge mistake" So as a "one off attempt" to work out your own dent without training, tools, and some type of lighting or guidance points for reading the dent on the highs and lows (mapping it out) and thinking its going to perfect out as you want it to with a screwdriver, piece of wood or something random is not ever going to end well and no should not be attempted on your own. So the title of this video is based on this particular scenario/conversation from our previous customer and with his words, not mine with him actually wanting me to help post up to help educate people. If that conversation never happened per my customer then this video (or title) may have not been what it is. So I'm in hopes when you read my reply back to you that you have a better understanding in completion with the full picture on why the title is what it is. Also no matter what the title is...honestly well lets face it...someone's gonna be pissed about something at face value without possibly understanding the reasoning and context on social media platforms. But again honestly I do appreciate your comment so I can address it and expand on maybe some puzzle pieces I didnt capture in the title or video. Hopefully this is more helpful on a behind the scenes look on the the context on the title and vid. ( Im doing a copy and paste from another response I made from above for some of this reply because the other other person not liking the title either and thats ok:) Its tough to make everyone happy on social platforms. I am a 16 year tech and have come a lonnnngggg way. So yes of course my dent work looked like crap and butchered when I started lolol. And I have developed my skill over years and also have the respect of many , many techs and industry leaders as I have stepped up to the plate many, many times to hold education workshops, helped in expos, etc. This video is not in an attempt on bashing other tech work because again that wasnt the scenario (trust me I see alot of it but I dont post up on it because its not kind at all and I have been there so I dont take the role of publicly shaming other tech work for techs in youtube videos that are actually trying in their journey of pdr. If/when I post up on a more educational or mentor type video the tone will for sure reflect as anyone that really knows me knows that I really do my best to come from a good place in everything I do and 99 percent of the time my head spins on how and why things are posted up regarding particular scenarios as I am freshly starting to post videos on this platform. I know not every single time Im going to make everyone excited about everything on content and I think that may impossible. But yes please know this video was not posted or contexed around a tech attempting pdr work its based on a one off attempt of a customer that I had permission and consulted with on this context and title before I posted up on it:) Thank you again for responding and I do really hope this (long lol) response is super helpful:)

[@cddents4824]

@@DrCarlosOpenWideJrMD Hey there:) Yes, yes and yes! Thanks for the response. For sure as a "one off" attempt on a personal vehicle that you cherish dent work should not be attempted if you want it to go well:) Big kuddos to you on your journey in pdr - what a great skill to have, help people with and build a business/life around!

[@Middlestepofficial]

The first time I did dent work was applied body filler, sanded and painted. The car looks back like new.

[@cddents4824]

That’s most people’s experience, kuddos !

[@tomekloch7326]

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[@gbitpal]

I tried with rods and cracked the paint.

[@URARTU777]

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[@cddents4824]

thank you!

[@juant3423]

After seeing the title of the video I decided to just go ahead and do my own PDR work... What the fuck!!!

[@cddents4824]

You should for sure buy all the tools and lighting and go thru tutorial type videos and practice practice and practice if you find it beneficial to have pdr in your journey or fix you own stuff if you're going to be on metal a lot. Its a great skill to have under your belt:) To help give more context to this video the customer is a previous customer and his words NOT MINE was "Crystal I really messed up and should've never stuck something under the hood thinking this particular dent would pop out and I could just do pdr on it and that was a huge mistake" So as a "one off attempt" to work out your own dent without training, tools, and some type of lighting or guidance points for reading the dent on the highs and lows and thinking its going to perfect out as you want it too with a screwdriver, piece of wood or something random is not ever going to end well. So the title of this video is based on this particular scenario/conversation from our previous customer and with his words, not mine with actually wanted me to help post up to help educate people. If that conversation never happened per my customer then this video (or title) may have not been what it is. So I'm in hopes when you read my reply back to you that you have a better understanding in completion with the full picture on why the title is what it is. Also no matter what the title is...well lets face it...someone's gonna be pissed about something at face value without possibly understanding the reasoning and context on social media platforms. Hopefully this is more helpful on a behind the scenes look on the the context on the title and vid.

[@satek1978]

jakoś nie widziałem pracy końcowej

[@cddents4824]

oh no! For sure re-watch it the final work is at the end. I show the final work from a couple different views you can see it. After re-watching it if you still cant find it let me know and can reply back with the timestamp to look for so you can see it.

[@Igordeliverycarmartelinho]

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[@tomekloch7326]

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