One of the many problems that car owners will encounter is how to repair dents and dings that are usually made from accidental bumps with obstacles and minor accidents with other cars. If there is no paint damage, the appropriate method used as a car body repair is the paintless dent removal. This is a process of removing different kinds of dents and dings from the body of a motor vehicle when no paint damage is visible. However, when there is a visible damage to the body paint, paintless dent removal (PDR) may not be the appropriate method to use.

PDR is used to repair minor damage to the car’s bodywork, door dings and bumper indentations. However, PDR can also be used to prepare a particular dent for painting, in case there is actual paint damage on the dent. This method is called “push to paint” or “push in preparing for paint”. However there are limitations of using the PDR in getting rid of dents. The factors could be flexibility of the metal where the dent happened, the flexibility of the body’s paint, the extent of damage and the sharpness of the creases in the area. Very sharp creases can be repaired but will need to be repainted most of the time.

PDR is not a new method. In fact, this dent repair method has already been used by various car business establishments as minor car repair to quickly get rid of minor dings. Car rentals, car auctions and similar car establishments have been using this but lately this has been used heavily in repairing consumer vehicles. Consumers are now also aware of this method because this is fast, efficient and highly-effective. » Read more: Car Body Repair Without Paint