The best video I have watched on PDR Straight away you explained the impact direction, then followed through with a step by step of the "why" you approached the repair in the way you did. I have watched dozens of video's on PDR Tom, this one video alone will teach your viewers more about PDR than all the videos I have watched combined. I have subscribed and I look forward to watching more of your videos, thankyou.
Thanks for the advice Tom, I am a 61yr old panel beater and find your videos amazing and very interesting. PDR techs like to hide the knowledge!, but you explain it👍. It’s a specialist job that needs a hell of a lot of patience and skills to do, so don’t know why people hide the methods as it’s certainly not a job that can be easily learned. Keep up the amazing work Tom, enjoying every video posted👌
Thanks John, it came out well, there was very minor distortion in the panel when looking down the vehicle just a slight ripple but I was pleased with results
I always recommend PDR Training before carrying our repairs like this yourself, although hopefully with enough of my videos you will have a good idea of the process 👍
I have a couple of dents in my Boxer van rear doors. I contacted the nearest PDR guy to me and asked for a quote. He stated that he couldn't do it because it was on a bodyline area? Should I look for someone who says they can do it, or is this something only you can do?😉
If the PDR company suggest that bodylines can not be repaired with PDR you may need to find a more experienced technician as they definitely can, however not all dent damage is repairable with PDR so it does depend on the specific damage and location on the panel. I would get a few more PDR quotes before contacting a bodyshop just in case
Well Tom have you ever broken a door glass even do you have a protector would it slip,would it matter if you put a pull on the top before you started to release the bottom part
Thanks Anthony, yes I have broken two door glasses in the last 10 years! However both were laminate glass (aka double glazed) which are much more fragile along the outer edges when applying pressure, there are ways to work around this though. A good window protector board shouldnt slip as the window wedge creates traction between the board, outer skin and glass too which helps. In theory you could try pulling the top first but tapping the bottom section whilst simultaneously pulling up is what helps the metal move more freely, pulling from the top alone would be tough to get that displaced metal to pull back in
Hey Tom I'm a little confused. In this video at around 6 minutes and 16 seconds when you're discussing where you're moving that those two high shoulders above the body line you say you're knocking them down and out away from the crease. The way I was trained recently and keep in mind I don't know what I'm doing yet but you would want that metal to go towards the low. So help me here I miss something in class LOL still trying though
Hey buddy, this particular video is a condensed version of the full tutorial so may not be as clear in terms of my explanation but with this part of the repair I am opening up the damaged area to allow me to get to the centre of the low, when I start pushing the low in the middle the 'shoulders' aka surrounding metal begin to lift up with the low so I need to repeatedly knock them back down without knocking back the centre of the low, eventually with this process the low is lifted out fully, that's the summary, I have more detailed tutorials on opening up dents both theory and practical examples within our training site.
at 5:36 there was still a dent ha ha 😂During the repair process I am using tools on the paint work, these can leave transfer marks that simply polish off at the end. At 7:58 There is no 'scratch' to the paint! perhaps there never was 'scratch' lol. As with most things in life its better to wait until the end to judge how it turned out, perhaps watch the whole video before jumping to your keyboard to share your mis-understanding of a repair process and your negative outlook. You will learn a lot more in life by asking questions instead. Yours is a bad comment, there are much better comments.
Superb repair tom and excellent explanation process👍
Thanks Nathan, I'm glad you enjoyed it and my explanation was clear enough 👍
The best video I have watched on PDR
Straight away you explained the impact direction, then followed through with a step by step of the "why" you approached the repair in the way you did.
I have watched dozens of video's on PDR Tom, this one video alone will teach your viewers more about PDR than all the videos I have watched combined.
I have subscribed and I look forward to watching more of your videos, thankyou.
Thank you, I really appreciate that and I am glad you enjoyed the video and found it informative!
Thanks for the advice Tom, I am a 61yr old panel beater and find your videos amazing and very interesting. PDR techs like to hide the knowledge!, but you explain it👍. It’s a specialist job that needs a hell of a lot of patience and skills to do, so don’t know why people hide the methods as it’s certainly not a job that can be easily learned. Keep up the amazing work Tom, enjoying every video posted👌
Thanks Paul for your kind words and positive feedback, I'm glad you enjoy my videos and find them useful 🙏
Thank you very much for the very helpfull information
You are most welcome, I'm glad it helps
Great result Tom, came out great! 👍👍👍
Thanks Jake, much appreciated 🙏
This was an amazing job well done👍
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
thanks for the video. you are a boss
Thanks for watching and commenting I'm glad you found it useful
A quality repair Tom, customer would have been very pleased with the result. 👍
Thanks Bill, it tested me at times but my customer was pleased!
Congratulations, I use this technique a lot. Marcelo Brazil
Thanks Marcelo, yes it is a good one!
Excellent, even the use of the lifter in accordance to tapping I used several times
Thanks Chris, I'm glad it helped you too. It really helped me move the metal in the right direction, release the tension whilst keeping it clean!
Wow Tom, really nice results.
Thanks, this was an interesting dent to fix it took me a little while but the metal moved well with this techniques and gave a good result!
Excellent video. Thank you.
Thanks Tony, much appreciated
Outstanding job,
Thank you Victor!
Beautiful
Thanks 👍🏻
Brilliant job looks perfect
Thanks John, it came out well, there was very minor distortion in the panel when looking down the vehicle just a slight ripple but I was pleased with results
I got an issue like this. Hopefully I can fix this myself
I always recommend PDR Training before carrying our repairs like this yourself, although hopefully with enough of my videos you will have a good idea of the process 👍
I have a couple of dents in my Boxer van rear doors. I contacted the nearest PDR guy to me and asked for a quote. He stated that he couldn't do it because it was on a bodyline area? Should I look for someone who says they can do it, or is this something only you can do?😉
If the PDR company suggest that bodylines can not be repaired with PDR you may need to find a more experienced technician as they definitely can, however not all dent damage is repairable with PDR so it does depend on the specific damage and location on the panel. I would get a few more PDR quotes before contacting a bodyshop just in case
Okay never mind. You were opening that up just releasing tension I guess I wasn't listening but I understand now never mind. Thanks man
No problem, this video was the brief run through of the full tutorial so perhaps not as clear at each individual repair stage, Thanks
Well Tom have you ever broken a door glass even do you have a protector would it slip,would it matter if you put a pull on the top before you started to release the bottom part
Thanks Anthony, yes I have broken two door glasses in the last 10 years! However both were laminate glass (aka double glazed) which are much more fragile along the outer edges when applying pressure, there are ways to work around this though. A good window protector board shouldnt slip as the window wedge creates traction between the board, outer skin and glass too which helps.
In theory you could try pulling the top first but tapping the bottom section whilst simultaneously pulling up is what helps the metal move more freely, pulling from the top alone would be tough to get that displaced metal to pull back in
Hey Tom I'm a little confused. In this video at around 6 minutes and 16 seconds when you're discussing where you're moving that those two high shoulders above the body line you say you're knocking them down and out away from the crease. The way I was trained recently and keep in mind I don't know what I'm doing yet but you would want that metal to go towards the low. So help me here I miss something in class LOL still trying though
Hey buddy, this particular video is a condensed version of the full tutorial so may not be as clear in terms of my explanation but with this part of the repair I am opening up the damaged area to allow me to get to the centre of the low, when I start pushing the low in the middle the 'shoulders' aka surrounding metal begin to lift up with the low so I need to repeatedly knock them back down without knocking back the centre of the low, eventually with this process the low is lifted out fully, that's the summary, I have more detailed tutorials on opening up dents both theory and practical examples within our training site.
Why wouldn’t you use a light board on that light colored car??
I use whichever board works best for me to see the damage as I am repairing it, usually its my lined reflector board👍
I can’t find my tip on lines to save my life
That's like me with fog, lol, I can start a dent well but I struggle to finish cleanly without lines
0:55 there was no stratch in the colour, 5:36 you made a stratch into the colour. This is a bad tutorial, there are better tutorials without stratch
at 5:36 there was still a dent ha ha 😂During the repair process I am using tools on the paint work, these can leave transfer marks that simply polish off at the end. At 7:58 There is no 'scratch' to the paint! perhaps there never was 'scratch' lol. As with most things in life its better to wait until the end to judge how it turned out, perhaps watch the whole video before jumping to your keyboard to share your mis-understanding of a repair process and your negative outlook. You will learn a lot more in life by asking questions instead. Yours is a bad comment, there are much better comments.