Why You Shouldn't Use Paintless Dent Repair

You've probably heard recently of paintless dent repair which allows dings and dents to be removed from an auto quickly, easily and inexpensively. But, is this type of auto body repair the solution for your minor car damage?

There are a few things you should now about paintless dent repair (PDR) before you call the local PRD technician. The process for this type of dent repair is to push the dent or ding out from the inside of the piece of metal that is damaged whereas traditional dent repair pulls the ding or dent out from the outside and then places a new finish over the repaired area.

The good part about paintless dent repair is the price. It's very low. The bad part about PDR is the fact that anything that is priced to good to be true usually is. It takes a very skilled technician to do this type of repair. Most people, when trying to do paintless dent repair, will crack the paint or dimple the metal. Sure, the ding is gone, but you'll still see where the car was damaged.

Paintless dent repair courses are provided as one day training up to one week or more of training. It is very doubtful that a technician, even one already skilled at traditional dent repair, will become sufficiently skilled with this very tedious technique in such as short time.

It is much better to have any dents or dings in your car repaired using traditional methods. The finish can be smoothed to perfection so that no one will know there was a repair and the paint can be matched in most cases so that the entire auto does not have to be repainted. If your body shop recommends painting the entire vehicle, it is worth the investment to have your car looking like brand new.

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