I truly believe that when I get dents really small they decide to play games and move away from my rod tip!! I swear it seems my placement is all around these little suckers and I can’t zero in. It’s coming up on my first anniversary. May 20th will be one year since I decided to learn PDR. I never thought how hard it would be but I love it so much!!

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.

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.”

I returned to the scene of my first pdr crime. My first attempt at hail damage on an aluminum hood one year ago.I go back to it every once in a while to show myself how much I don’t know and how far I have to go to become capable at this craft that I love. I got it a little bit better today.

So I seen dent discount do this glue a board to keep it from blowing out.i was told it was unnecessary because bottom wasn’t bent but why take the chance. Did it all with a double bend soft tip from ultra dent .i spent 8 hours on it..After doing it I think I should have started with glue instead of pushing while hitting the crowns to get it to release.Next time I’ll try to get pics ahead of time to get some direction from the group.Live to hear how you would attack this.