How You Can Repair Car Dents In The Comforts Of Your Personal Garage

paintless dent removal

One of the worst sights a driver will see is dents on his car. It doesn’t not matter how the dents were made, what matters is the faster they are removed the better the car owner feels.

Getting your car into the auto body shop for dent removal can be an expensive event. You’ll be happy to know that this is not the only option available. There are a number ways you can get rid of car dents in the privacy of a personal garage. Certain dents are cannot be removed by yourself. In these cases, the only option is to visit your local auto body shop.

For the car dents that can be fixed, start by going to a car repair retail shop. Dent removal kits take up a huge deal of space on store shelves. Every dent removal kit includes all the tools necessary for the general DIY weekend car repair enthusiast.

In lieu of using a drill to work on car dents, many of the do-it-yourself removal kits opt for suction cups. Depending on the kind of dent removal kit, any relative item to a suction cup may be used instead of a drill.

To get started, find a dolly tool that specializes in the flattening and reshaping of metal. Add to this a metalworking hammer and the dent removal kit.

Focus on the center of the dent. Place the suction cup or similar tool at this spot. For added removal strength, use the glue stick that is included in many dent removal kits. Attach a handle to the suction cup for better leverage in pulling the dent outward.

Gradually start to pull the suction cup and attached handle away from the center of the dent. This will cause the dent to flatten out. Next, take the metalworking hammer to tap the front portion of the dent. Keep the dolly firmly planted against the back portion of the dent. For this, going under the car exterior or through the car hood may be necessary.

Get a medium grit disk attached to a drill and remove the paint down to the metal. Create a section of at a minimum one inch radius around the dent. Fill this area with a body filler product. Once this part has dried, wrap a piece of sandpaper around a wood block and sand it. Start with a 36 grit paper and finish with a 120 grit paper.

With the area now sanded, apply 6 layers of auto designed primer. Let each layer dry before applying the next coat. Sand the area one more time using a 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper application. This process eliminates any non-visible scratches on the dent surface. 

A fair number auto body shops focus on mobile dent removal. They utilize the paintless dent removal service bringing the auto body shop to the customer whether it be at home, at work or at play. Weather conditions are the only factor that can affect this revolutionary auto body repair service. Most paintless dent removal jobs can be completed in a period of one hour or less. In certainrare cases however, dent removal repair can only be done in the brick and mortar shop.