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Paintless Dent Repair PDR

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Xcaliber tools
Check out these pictures, they are identical! I order 2 sets of the Trauto. The four piece that came in like a week the other one’s coming from Turkey, but they are identical as the Excalibur ones for a fraction of the price.
Xcaliber tools
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@Dean Berman my first set came quick from eBay, second set coming from Turkey via eBay, but it’s coming fairly quick considering I think I’ll get it in about a week
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@Steven Arzapalo I love my den craft double pen that’s my favorite
Struggle
This is a PDR repair I did today for a wholesale account Crease was pretty deep + 2 shots on bodyline and a semi sharp ding I can't decide if I'm happy with the results or not, I'd say yes considering the initial damage and it is very ok for wholesale But after the first 2.5h and hurting my back I put the door on a stand and tried to finish it better for 2 more hours but I feel like I barely did anything better, maybe even worse somewhere and that's disappointing to me This is raw result no sanding whatsoever only a quick buff to get rid of marks
Struggle
1 like • 5h
Looks great
Brace set
Needing a brace set for a Jeep hood I'm getting ready to work on. Which set do you think would work best? Length of the rods are about the same and price is the same.
Brace set
0 likes • 5d
Excellent thank you
THE REPAIR WAS “FINISHED…or was it?
This week a customer came in after another technician had already repaired a large dent on the side of his truck. The visible impact was mostly gone. To the average eye, the repair probably passed. But the customer kept noticing something in his garage lighting: waves.Ripples.Movement instability across the panel. The panel was no longer holding clean, uniform reflection. When we analyzed it with proper perspective, the problem became very clear:the original technician corrected shape without fully restoring energy balance. This is one of the most important lessons in advanced PDR: A panel can look visually improved while still being mechanically unstable. The stored energy from the original impact was still trapped throughout the repair zone. Instead of progressively relieving and redistributing that pressure, the technician appears to have concentrated heavily on attacking the visible low. Most likely from limited access and compromised perspective. The repair had:• concentrated push marks• excessive localized texture• uneven pressure transitions• rolling reflection distortion• stretched visual movement across the blend zone And here’s where this gets important… When metal is resisting you, many technicians mistakenly interpret resistance as a signal to increase force. But resistance is usually communication. The panel is telling you:“You haven’t freed me yet.” This is why I constantly teach:we are guides, not enforcers. The technician also limited himself heavily by attempting to work primarily from behind the belt molding area instead of fully opening the door for optimal access. We removed the inner trim, regulator, glass, and repositioned the door for cleaner visualization and controlled tool paths. Immediately the repair environment changed. Better perspective changed tip accuracy.Better body position improved rhythm.Better access reduced unnecessary force.Proper blending redistributed stored pressure.The panel began stabilizing. This is also why blending is NOT simply “hiding texture.”
THE REPAIR WAS “FINISHED…or was it?
2 likes • 6d
Good stuff!
Dent
One of the hardest repair I've tried so far. Really struggle getting the bottom body line up. What I learned from this repair is that I believe I went with a small tip too soon. I should've use some more glue pulling before pushing.
Dent
1 like • 8d
Bro you killed it! Great job
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Ryan Chester
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@ryan-chester-1060
I’m an elementary Special Education teacher, father of 4, and I love Jesus!

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Joined Feb 24, 2026
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