While i did find this excellent tutorial, as a new car DIY guy, i didnt know the name of this method so it was very awkward to search. Luckily the algo came through with this suggestion...
@@vidiczI think the best way to help new diyers would be to make a video just naming techniques and when to use them. Links in the description to videos of different techniques would then solve their issue
tap down is a critical skill, i learned since my first few repairs i actually had a few little spots i puushed up, cant be scared to tap down after :) just create little dents basically but push back out after.
Hi!! If you have a high spot and a sharp one, you can knock it down and at the same time press and hold it from the inside with a plastic ball !!! The result is easier! Good video!!! PDR is art!!
Thanks man, I partially started doing pdr on my car door after the corner of the door got bent, was able to bend it back but now I have a crown and just finishing it up. First time doing it.
Extremely cool I have a 2019 ford ranger and I put a dent in the back door with my shoulder trying to rock the truck because my door was stuck on a cabinet in my garage so now I’m going to try to fix it myself after watching your video you know they just don’t put the metal in these cars like they used to
Yes metal is much thiner these days then it used to be. However I must warn you that fixing dents is much harder then it looks so be careful as you can make it worse and harder for someone to repair it later
Without a doubt the best tap down demo I've seen. I've got a dozen dents on my car and I'm about to see how difficult PDR is. I feel much more confident on tapping down having watched this video.
Got golf ball size hail today, about 20 plus dents on my car. I ordered a keco glue pulling kit and keco fire knockdowns, I guess I'm going to learn something I never intend to.
I got all the large ones out and look very good now. Not quite perfect on all but good anyway, the smaller ones however, there is a lot of them. Something I'll work on in spare time, but don't have a lot. It is atleast way better now. I spent probably an hour or more per dent on the bigger ones. I can no longer tell where they were. 30 tiny dents that disappeared in the sun and reappear in the evening are going to take me a lot of time.
2022 5th Dec 2022 Hi can I have the same line but inverted Meaning there is reverse. It is on my Bentley 2017 Front wing , I rubbed along a piece of wood in my garage , just above the wheel arch. Can you pls suggest correct procedure, Thks
I,m confused with the two main types of pdr boards , fog vs line board, i have both but not sure which one to use , i pull to paint at the moment because i can,t finish the micro high and low spots but very keen o learn, many thanks Mr Zan, lee U.K . good day
Dude...awesome explanation and demonstration. You are a great teacher and technician. Thank you. Subscribed to your channel and excited to learn more from you.
Greetings from Turkey. I discovered your awesome videos channel. I am a teacher in Turkey. I love these jobs and I am interested. Great explanation thanks.
@@vidicz Is it hard to learn this job? I have very good dexterity. In my country, you can earn a lot of money from this business. I trust myself on this topic. But I have no experience. Where would you recommend starting? If I were close, I would definitely like to learn from you.
this is the most informative video on the subject i have seen so far thank you. however you may want to work on your mic and music volume settings i had to turn my speakers up to 60 to hear you when everything else i listen to on 20 and at that volume the music was a bit on the loud side...lol but otherwise a great video
WOW--- Amazing man. , Great. How could you do such thing , surely not easy as looks. Thank you for share how to do it perfectly. Jakarta-Indonesia learn from you.
wondering where is a good point on the crown to start tapping down. in the middle or the edges f the crown and how hard to tap.. appriciate the help..And thank you for all of the info.
Last week my van was hit with hail and the insurance paid me a lot of money to get it fixed, so instead I bought a few pdr kits and working on the dents myself and already got paid to take my time and learn how to make these dents go away. This video really helped. I have used hot glue tabs to get the major dent out and now I have a smaller but still noticeable indent and I am going to try to knock down the crown around the edges and see if that takes the tension off the metal
Thanks so much for all the information and skills that you share! With small creases it looks to me like your knocking these down on each side at the the top and bottom of the crease to remove the straight lines and make the dent round. Straight lines lock in pressure where a uniform dent can be compressed while lifted up. Am I on the right path?
I bought a PDR kit years ago. I tried pushing out a dent but it wouldn't move one bit. After that I got kind of deflated. I never intended to make it a career but just wanted to accomplish it for my own satisfaction. I do still watch a lot of PDR videos on youtube just for the enjoyment but this video is the only one I've seen where you get close up detail of what is going on. Credit to you for that. Maybe I'll go back when the weather is better and try again. Subscribed.
It sure looks much easier then it really is. A lot is also about the tools you have. Anyways thanks for subscribing and if you will have any questions when you go back at it feel free to ask.
I am using dead on dent tool tips. A hammer is something light, nothing special. A paddle would do just fine! I change tips because different size gives different result.
If you had perfect access to a dent from the back of the panel or from inside the car, would you tap it down from the inside or still massage it out with a rod?
Do you always pre-warm your surface with a hot air gun? Will I ruin the paint if I don't do that? I have a dent in my door and want to try this for the first time....
Hi. No I preheat only on really sharp dents. If you have a more valuable car I wouldn’t recommend doing it by yourself...if you want to learn the trade then get some of the tools that are worth your money and start practicing on scrap metal panels 👍
@@vidicz Yeah it's fun to drive and I am a tall guy. Ok but now in the kinda freezing temperatures its still probably not a good idea to do it right? THe dent isnt that sharp but goes on half of the passender door. Swiped a post :P
I mean if you just want to try to save your money then don’t :) you will end up messing it up and spending more at the end. It’s much harder then it looks :) If you want to actually learn to do PDR then I suggest getting a scrap panel :) save your doors for later :)
You just need practice to be able to get the right feeling of where to hit. But like you said in person training is always better and faster then over video.
@@vidicz Will do , thanks for the heads up. Do you think a wider , more flat surface tip is safer for a rookie in pdr ; compared to a pointed knock down tip?
When you are tapping, it would really help us beginners if we could see how hard you are hitting the tool, to get some feel for how gentle, or hard, one should be....so far in the video (tapping down the sharp little bumps), I haven't seen the method of opening up a dent, to make it better to glue pull...
I tried this on the exact same kind of dents at 3:47, not sure why but could not get the dent back down. Middle of sliding door. After over an hour, the dent was still raised, but the entire area sunk low still with the dent in the middle. 2006 Dodge Caravan. Maybe the New reinforced Steel I've heard of?
Hi Zan. I have used a glue gun to pull out some dents I had from walnuts but now I have raised dents on the top of my car. Would I need to use larger tips for these dents? And more force when hammering since they're a good size?
Started 6 months ago with a 4 day of pdr training, using only the white knock down with the magnet at the moment. Ordered a ATP knock down hammer to try. I like your video's man hope one day i become also good pdr guy. Ps: how do you ''clean'' the tip of the knock down? mine is making scratchs
You will get there! It took me 1 year to be able to fix a car...acceptable quality and slow pace. Having a 1 on 1 training can greatly speed you up. You can clean the tip by using some sanding paper like 1500 and then 3000 and buffing it afterwards.
@@vidicz Thank you i will try. I practise every day 1 hour after my work, most of the dents are almost not vissible if i sand it a little and buffing it up
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While i did find this excellent tutorial, as a new car DIY guy, i didnt know the name of this method so it was very awkward to search. Luckily the algo came through with this suggestion...
Lol as obvious as it was I had the same issue 😂
Glad the algo helped :) I have no idea how else to name it to be more new diy person friendly. Any ideas?
@@vidiczI think the best way to help new diyers would be to make a video just naming techniques and when to use them. Links in the description to videos of different techniques would then solve their issue
Appreciate you sharing your expertise. I'd love to see hammer striking the tap down. I would benefit from that.
Thanks so much. John
I Learned so many things in just ten minutes. Thanks a lot, you're great. Greetings from Greece.
Hei thank you for watching :)
tap down is a critical skill, i learned since my first few repairs i actually had a few little spots i puushed up, cant be scared to tap down after :) just create little dents basically but push back out after.
You are right. Tapping down is as important as pushing up!
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Hi!! If you have a high spot and a sharp one, you can knock it down and at the same time press and hold it from the inside with a plastic ball !!! The result is easier! Good video!!! PDR is art!!
Hei. Thanks for the advice!
Thanks man, I partially started doing pdr on my car door after the corner of the door got bent, was able to bend it back but now I have a crown and just finishing it up. First time doing it.
You are welcome. Good luck with your learning process.
Extremely cool I have a 2019 ford ranger and I put a dent in the back door with my shoulder trying to rock the truck because my door was stuck on a cabinet in my garage so now I’m going to try to fix it myself after watching your video you know they just don’t put the metal in these cars like they used to
Yes metal is much thiner these days then it used to be. However I must warn you that fixing dents is much harder then it looks so be careful as you can make it worse and harder for someone to repair it later
Without a doubt the best tap down demo I've seen.
I've got a dozen dents on my car and I'm about to see how difficult PDR is. I feel much more confident on tapping down having watched this video.
Good luck. It’s not as easy as it looks I can tell you that 😌
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Got golf ball size hail today, about 20 plus dents on my car. I ordered a keco glue pulling kit and keco fire knockdowns, I guess I'm going to learn something I never intend to.
How’s that going
@@aoelor6857 sucks but it's looking much better now.
Best of luck. Its not something easy to do
I would say pretty easy, but very time consuming and tedious.
I got all the large ones out and look very good now. Not quite perfect on all but good anyway, the smaller ones however, there is a lot of them. Something I'll work on in spare time, but don't have a lot. It is atleast way better now. I spent probably an hour or more per dent on the bigger ones. I can no longer tell where they were. 30 tiny dents that disappeared in the sun and reappear in the evening are going to take me a lot of time.
Best into breakdown I’ve seen on any subject, not just PDR. Great job on this video bro
I appreciate that!
Hey man that last tip you give was a life saver, totaly save the job👍👍🤘
You are welcome 👍👊🏻
Pure skill and so satisfying to watch
Thank you so much! Much appreciated
Keep up the beginners guides please, amazing content and super helpful. Also hello from Canada 🇨🇦
Hi Dave. It’s hard to keep coming out with beginner guides. I do try to include useful information on every video though 👍 Greetings to Canada! 👍
Thank you Zan. You really helped me get started on learning how to use those tools.
You are welcome Frank. If you have any questions feel free to reach out!
That’s magical. You make it look easy, now I want to do it.
Thanks. Go and do it, with a lot of patience and practice it can be done!
Great video. I saw everything from A to B and it wasn't boring. I'm a subscriber.
Thanks Jason. Some of my videos might get boring from time to time but I try to keep them entertaining 😊 any questions let me know 👍👊🏻
My favorite tap down is the red weighted tap down from Black Plague PDR and I use a few different tips from Edgy tools. Love the video bro!
Thank you. Edgy and Black Plague have quality products for sure! 👍👍
Love the way you make it look so easy great job 👏
Thank you Alfredo!
2022 5th Dec 2022
Hi can
I have the same line but inverted
Meaning there is reverse.
It is on my Bentley 2017
Front wing , I rubbed along a piece of wood in my garage , just above the wheel arch.
Can you pls suggest correct procedure,
Thks
Sorry not to mention it is the line at your 7.20 min video
Grande video. spiegato molto bene grazie, Great video you are a fantastic teacher thanks from italy
Thank you buddy
Great video dude. Great camera angle to watch the process.....Thank You
Thanks. Glad it was enjoyable! :)
That video was really good and easy to watch thank you
You are welcome. Thanks for watching!
great tip on the tapping down with a glue stick!!!! i normally just reach for my blending hammer!!!
You are welcome, hope it will be helpful
Great video! Been watching loads lately and came across your channel tonight, Subscribed!!
Thanks Ross. Hope it helps!
I,m confused with the two main types of pdr boards , fog vs line board, i have both but not sure which one to use , i pull to paint at the moment because i can,t finish the micro high and low spots but very keen o learn, many thanks Mr Zan, lee U.K . good day
Hei Lee. I prefer fog over lines, but its what you are used too
Best tutorials I've came across. Big 👍
Thank you Rendell!
Best tutorial ever 🤝 thank you.
@@ktun1 thank you buddy 👍
Really clear video of the detail.
Thank you!
Dude...awesome explanation and demonstration. You are a great teacher and technician. Thank you. Subscribed to your channel and excited to learn more from you.
Thank you Dan. Glad I can help!
Greetings from Turkey. I discovered your awesome videos channel. I am a teacher in Turkey. I love these jobs and I am interested. Great explanation thanks.
Thank you Harun. Greetings to Turkey
@@vidicz Is it hard to learn this job? I have very good dexterity. In my country, you can earn a lot of money from this business. I trust myself on this topic. But I have no experience. Where would you recommend starting? If I were close, I would definitely like to learn from you.
this is the most informative video on the subject i have seen so far thank you. however you may want to work on your mic and music volume settings i had to turn my speakers up to 60 to hear you when everything else i listen to on 20 and at that volume the music was a bit on the loud side...lol but otherwise a great video
Yes I know about the sound issue. I think I got better in time with it :) thanks for watching and the feedback 👍👊🏻
Make sure the tap is thin
regards
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Great informative video. Nice of you to share your knowledge.
You are welcome 👍
Best explanation of pdr tap down ever❤🎉
Thank you!
Amazing Art work subscribed for your Talents
Thank you, much appreciated.
Great video, I learned allot. thank you. Maybe you can lower the intro sound, which is way louder than the video itself.
Thanks for the suggestion Michel!
Brilliant technique love it hope one day to become as you 👍🏽
Thank you! I just fix dents buddy!
WOW--- Amazing man. , Great. How could you do such thing , surely not easy as looks. Thank you for share how to do it perfectly. Jakarta-Indonesia learn from you.
Thanks buddy. Greetings to Jakarta!
Could you do a tutorial on light board positioning please
Great idea. I will keep it in mind when I get back to working
thanks very helpful! youre making that look a lot easier than it actually is but very good tips ta
Thanks Gordon. Glad I was able to help 👍
wondering where is a good point on the crown to start tapping down. in the middle or the edges f the crown and how hard to tap.. appriciate the help..And thank you for all of the info.
Hi Robert. Sorry for the late reply. I always start tapping down the crown from the sides.
Learned much . Thank you
You are welcome 👍
finally a use for my black gliston glue sticks.! Awesome video!
Thanks Allen.
Im a bodyman must say you got talent..
Great...good job...described clearly
Thank you Tom.
Last week my van was hit with hail and the insurance paid me a lot of money to get it fixed, so instead I bought a few pdr kits and working on the dents myself and already got paid to take my time and learn how to make these dents go away. This video really helped. I have used hot glue tabs to get the major dent out and now I have a smaller but still noticeable indent and I am going to try to knock down the crown around the edges and see if that takes the tension off the metal
Great. Glad that you were able to make them go away and glad that my video helped.
Thanks so much for all the information and skills that you share!
With small creases it looks to me like your knocking these down on each side at the the top and bottom of the crease to remove the straight lines and make the dent round.
Straight lines lock in pressure where a uniform dent can be compressed while lifted up. Am I on the right path?
You are on the right path. Especially if you are glue pulling it. When pushing if the crease is not that sharp and deep no need to open it up
I bought a PDR kit years ago. I tried pushing out a dent but it wouldn't move one bit. After that I got kind of deflated. I never intended to make it a career but just wanted to accomplish it for my own satisfaction.
I do still watch a lot of PDR videos on youtube just for the enjoyment but this video is the only one I've seen where you get close up detail of what is going on. Credit to you for that. Maybe I'll go back when the weather is better and try again. Subscribed.
It sure looks much easier then it really is. A lot is also about the tools you have. Anyways thanks for subscribing and if you will have any questions when you go back at it feel free to ask.
VT don't give up. Keep practicing you'll be a master one day!
@@chrisseuss Cheers mate.
Great video. Thank you!
Thank you Dave.
Freaking awesome video bro thank you and I just subscribed 🎉
Thanks for the sub!
Sure wish there was a way to upload picture. I have a very stubborn tap down crease that just does not want to go down.
Try using tension pull to help it go down if its something big and nasty
You make it looks so easy.
Thanks. I try.
Love the glue stick tip.
Thank you.
You are very welcome! :)
Great video 👍🏿
Thank you!
Hey thanks Loving it big guy
Any time!
what tips were you using? what kind of hammer do you use? why did you change tips and what were the tips made of?
I am using dead on dent tool tips. A hammer is something light, nothing special. A paddle would do just fine! I change tips because different size gives different result.
Thanks, you make it look easy! I thought you use a blending hammer after knock down based on your hail storm videos, but from this looks like no need
Thomas Pongrac blending hammer comes in to play on rails and occasionally on other side panels. I never use it on top panels
@@vidicz ahh thanks, I never knew. I'll try this out as soon as my PDR light arrives
Thomas Pongrac cool. Let me know if you need any help 👍
@@vidicz thanks bro 👍🏿
Makes it look so so easy 🥹
Thanks Ben!
Hi, what is the tap down tool brand. Do you have a link to purchase it? Thanks
The tapdowns are Dead on dent tools and are sold by Anson.
Do u heat up the panel to make it malleable before you tap down? thanks!
Hi Mark. I never heat the panel to do a tapdown.
In my experience heat is more to stop paint from cracking. You don't want the metal to stretch and thin out, that's a whole new problem
Can you do a video of tapping down the crown first before you pull out a dent please
Good idea. I will keep it in mind and next time I have a repair like that I will record it
Excellent video! I see you prefer fog over a line board, why is that?
Fog is preferred in the industry and I learned on fog
Odlican video,hoce li biti jos ovakvih?imam zelju da naucim oko PDR i do sad ti si najbolje objasnio.
Hvala. Imam jih više na youtubu
If you had perfect access to a dent from the back of the panel or from inside the car, would you tap it down from the inside or still massage it out with a rod?
I would push it (massage it) with a rod. Some people do tap it out from inside the car. Most commonly is this technique used by Brazilians.
Nice video. Thanks!
Thank you for watching.
Amazing video. Thank you.
You are welcome Andy👍🏻
Do you always pre-warm your surface with a hot air gun? Will I ruin the paint if I don't do that? I have a dent in my door and want to try this for the first time....
Hi. No I preheat only on really sharp dents. If you have a more valuable car I wouldn’t recommend doing it by yourself...if you want to learn the trade then get some of the tools that are worth your money and start practicing on scrap metal panels 👍
@@vidicz It's just a10 year old fiat 500 ;)
I like fiat 500 :)
@@vidicz Yeah it's fun to drive and I am a tall guy. Ok but now in the kinda freezing temperatures its still probably not a good idea to do it right? THe dent isnt that sharp but goes on half of the passender door. Swiped a post :P
I mean if you just want to try to save your money then don’t :) you will end up messing it up and spending more at the end. It’s much harder then it looks :)
If you want to actually learn to do PDR then I suggest getting a scrap panel :) save your doors for later :)
How do you know where to hit?
Sigh , you just dont get it dont you
@@tint6625 no I don't. Sounds like you are a pro at it. Big difference from someone explaining it on a video and actually showing you in person
You just need practice to be able to get the right feeling of where to hit. But like you said in person training is always better and faster then over video.
Mate you awesome learned alot of you thank you for your videos
You are welcome Nawar. Thanks for watching.
great post,thank you !
Thank you. Hope it helps!
Nice information
Thank you much appreciated!
Thank yoy! Very usefull.
You are welcome!
Best lesson
Thank you
i love this trade
Me too. It is a great trade
Hello. Which tip do you use 3:50 and which at 6:02?
First one is called the peewee from dead on dent tools and the second one is from the VIP Tools. Don’t know how is called exactly
@@vidicz Thank you Zan, but for now this PeeWee tip is sold out at all shops
Great tutorial Zan
Thanks buddy :)
Just curious: Where can I get those tools? Btw, already sub'ed❤
Thanks. Google PDR Tools store and I am sure you can find something good
Nice Im learning pdr and every time I push out a dent it seems like I make a crease my 2nd week training
Good luck on learning PDR. You need to start cross checking to get rid of those little creases. They are normal, you just need to get rid of them
Can’t seem to get mine down. Might have to hit a bit harder lol thanks for the nice tutorial
No problem 👍 gradually add force until you see it moving
What hammer did you use? Also when would you use a hammer vs. paddle? Thanks
I have a hammer I am used to…it’s basically a hammer for tiles :) works good for me
Oh and Paddles are also good…its about what you get used to
Keep working, God bless you, from which country are you?
Thank you. I am from Slovenia.
I created a few lo's with the tap down.. Hitting it to hard I'm assuming..
Great Video ~
Yes. You are hitting to hard. Push the low spots now.
@@vidicz
Will do , thanks for the heads up.
Do you think a wider , more flat surface tip is safer for a rookie in pdr ; compared to a pointed knock down tip?
@@reza_dc2 the wider the high spot is, the wider the tap down should be 👍
When you are tapping, it would really help us beginners if we could see how hard you are hitting the tool, to get some feel for how gentle, or hard, one should be....so far in the video (tapping down the sharp little bumps), I haven't seen the method of opening up a dent, to make it better to glue pull...
I would recommend always start with gentle then add more force if nothing happens.
Who makes the tap down that you were using? Thanks
The tip itself is from Dead on dent tools. The carbon tapdown is from Druz toolz
DO YOU HEAT THE METAL WHEN DOING THIS ?
Hi Rick. No need to heat the metal when taping down the smaller stuff.
Thank you
You are welcome. Thank you for watching
I tried this on the exact same kind of dents at 3:47, not sure why but could not get the dent back down. Middle of sliding door. After over an hour, the dent was still raised, but the entire area sunk low still with the dent in the middle. 2006 Dodge Caravan. Maybe the New reinforced Steel I've heard of?
Was it maybe a brace underneath and it was pushing it up all the time?
Brilliant. How hard are you hitting the tap with the hammer?
Thank you. It all depends on what you need to tap down, but start with less force and add as needed
@@vidicz Thank you. 👍
What is the name of the device that you use at the beginning of the video, the dent puller, but air
Hi. It's not pulling the dent out but it's making the dent if you mean the one in the intro?
how to listen to you with al the music ?
Its a trick to concentrate :P
Hi Zan. I have used a glue gun to pull out some dents I had from walnuts but now I have raised dents on the top of my car. Would I need to use larger tips for these dents? And more force when hammering since they're a good size?
Do the dents look like a volcano now?
@@vidicz yes
on my hood
Nice
Thanks
what tool you are using Sir? and where to buy that?
Its a tapdown tool which you can buy in any of PDR tool stores around the world
Where do you get, or what tool are you using to tap down? Thanks
Any PDR tools store should have tapdowns.
Gracias, haces parecer lo difícil fácil
Thank you
Excellent
Thank you :)
Hi I need some step downs can you organize for me please am in Kenya and it's difficult to get them here, will appreciate.
Hi Steven. You best way would be to order them online
Dobar video.
Puno hvala!
Hello, wich brand knockdowns and tips are you using in this video ? Thanks
I am using the firing pin and peewee from dead on dent tools
@@vidicz thank you Zan, your jobs and videos is great
Do you have a link on what tools you used? I cannot find good tools to do PDR with. Amazing video!
Hi Christian. Where do you live?
muchas gracias
No problem
Hello i need like this stuff what way i got
Best to order online in some PDR store
Started 6 months ago with a 4 day of pdr training, using only the white knock down with the magnet at the moment.
Ordered a ATP knock down hammer to try.
I like your video's man hope one day i become also good pdr guy.
Ps: how do you ''clean'' the tip of the knock down? mine is making scratchs
You will get there! It took me 1 year to be able to fix a car...acceptable quality and slow pace. Having a 1 on 1 training can greatly speed you up.
You can clean the tip by using some sanding paper like 1500 and then 3000 and buffing it afterwards.
@@vidicz Thank you i will try.
I practise every day 1 hour after my work, most of the dents are almost not vissible if i sand it a little and buffing it up
Hi Zan Im a begginer. You showed different tap downs but you used just one tip. What kind?? Is it peek tip with flat end??
They are from deadondent tools. Great material and shape
@@vidicz ah ok so ballistic. I got one👍 the smallest😄
@@pak5119 Yes and the best one is the peewee...the smallest one and most precise!
@@vidicz yes I got peewee too.
Thanks for reply master👍