How Paintless Dent Repair (PDR) Works

If you haven’t heard of paintless dent repair, it’s an affordable and simple method to repair hail damage and other minor dents from vehicles and motorcycles. Here at Just-A-Dent, we are a professional paintless dent repair company that takes pride in our work. But one question we often get asked is how paintless dent repair works. So in this blog post, we’ll discuss the basics of paintless dent repair and how our pros at Just-A-Dent get the job done. Keep reading our pdr blog to learn more and be sure to reach out to us for paintless dent repair for your vehicles and motorcycles!

Evaluate the Damage

The first step of the PDR process is to evaluate the damage. This helps us get the full story and allows us to provide you with a more accurate estimate. Once we’ve determined the extent of the damage and what it will take to properly remove the dents, we’ll fill you in on all the details and won’t do anything without your go-ahead. Once you’re ready, we’ll move onto the next step of the paintless dent repair process.

 

Two people inspecting the hood of a car.
Paintless dent repair tool.

Position the Necessary Tools

Once we’re ready to begin, we’ll get started on positioning our specialized dent removal light. This light is specifically designed to help guide the paintless dent repair process and allows us to see precisely where our PDR tool is placed on the other side of the dent. When all of the tools are in place, Just-A-Dent will perform a series of small pushes that help to preserve the paint and begin to form the metal back to its original shape.

 

Even Out the Surface

After the bulk of the dent has been safely pushed out without damaging your paint, our team will go through and look for minor imperfections in the metal’s surface. There are often small highspots and ridges left over after the initial pushing process. Just-A-Dent uses specialized tools to smooth out the ridges and surface imperfections, leaving your vehicle dent-free and looking like new.

Smooth car hood after PDR.
Car surface getting buffed.

Finishing Touches

Finally, after the metal is looking smooth and has returned to its original shape, our PDR team will give the area a final inspection. If there are any scratches or scuffs, we carefully buff them out. Just-A-Dent understands the job isn’t done until the car or motorcycle’s surface looks good as new again!

 

Choose Just-A-Dent For Paintless Dent Repair

Thanks for checking out today’s blog at Just-A-Dent and learning more about the paintless dent repair process. We hope that you have a better understanding of the process, but, if there are any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. And next time your car, truck, SUV, or motorcycle has minor dents, be sure to give Just-A-Dent a call!