Tips To Repair Auto Dents In The Comforts Of Your Own Garage

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One of the worst sights a driver will spot is dents on his car. It does not matter how the dents got there, all that matters is the sooner they disappear the better the car owner feels.

Getting a car into your local body shop for dent removal can be an expensive endeavor. Take heart in knowing that this is not the only option available. There are more than one ways you can get rid of the dents in the privacy of a personal garage. Particular dents are cannot be repaired by yourself. In these situations, the only option is to depend on the local auto body shop.

For the car dents that can be repaired, start by visiting a car repair retail shop. Dent removal kits take up a large amount of space on store shelves. Every dent removal kit includes all the tools needed for the general do-it-yourself amateur car repair enthusiast.

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

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

Find the center of the dent. Place the suction cup or similar tool at this spot. For additional removal strength, use the glue stick that is found in most dent removal kits. Attach a handle to the suction cup for added leverage in pulling the dent outward.

Slowly 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 part of the dent. Keep the dolly firmly placed against the back side of the dent. For this, going under the car exterior or through the car hood may be necessary.

Take a medium grit disk attached to a drill and get rid of 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 area has dried, wrap a piece of sandpaper around a wood block and sand it. Start using a 36 grit paper and end using a 120 grit paper.

With the area now sanded, apply six layers of auto designed primer. Let each coat dry before applying the next coat. Sand the area again with a 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper application. This process gets rid of all non-visible scratches on the dent surface. 

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