Paintless dent repair can fix minor scratches on a car if the paint is still intact and the metal underneath is not exposed.
Paintless dent repair cannot fix deep scratches or if the paint is chipped or cracked.
Paintless dent repair mainly fixes dents and not scratches but can fix some scratches.
Paintless dent repair is a dent repair technique that is used to repair dents in car panels without repainting by using specialized tools to massage the metal back into it's original shape.
As long as the scratch is minor and the metal beneath the paint is not exposed it can sometimes fix the minor scratches.
Paintless dent repair is a dent repair method that repairs dents and dings on vehicles without the need for sanding, painting or panel replacement.
Paintless dent repair offers a cost effective and time saving alternative to traditional auto body work that can require sanding and painting.
Paintless dent repair uses specialized tools and techniques to gently manipulate the metal back into it's original shape from the backside of the panel to pop the dent out.
And unlike traditional dent repairs, paintless dent repair does not involve the use of fillers, sanding, paint or preserving of the original factory finish on the vehicle.
Paintless dent repair is cheaper and faster than traditional dent repair and when done by a professional it can look just as good as traditional dent repair.
Avoiding paint and fillers like you do with paintless dent repair also helps to maintain the original factory finish of the vehicle and helps to maintain the vehicle's resale value.
Dents that are minor often affect the cars value by 5 to 15 percent and larger dents can reduce the cars value as much as 30 percent.
It's often large and multiple dents that affect the cars value by 30 percent or sometimes more.
And noticeable dents that are often visible from 10 feet or more and those dents that affect the paint will often lower the cars value by 5 to 10 percent.
Having the dents repaired and improve the cars value but if it costs more to repair the dents than what you would get out of the car then it would not be worth the cost to have the dents repaired.
Some dents you can repair yourself and other dents need an auto body shop to repair the dents.
Auto body shops have a lot of experience and tools to repair dents in vehicles professionally and can do a better job than you can at home.
A dolly for dents is a tool that is used as a backing device behind a hammer to help shape and to remove dents by pushing up on the low spots of the metal, while the hammer taps down on the high spots.
The dolly for dents acts as a curved or a flat surface which provides the support from the backside of a dented panel while the hammer is used to shape the metal.
The dolly is placed under the low spot and the hammer hits the high spot and so the hammer and dolly are never in contact with each other.
The hammer off dolly technique is a common dent repair method in which the dolly is used to push up on low spots of the metal and the hammer is used to gently tap down on any high spots of the metal.
Dollies for dent repair come in several different sizes and shapes to accommodate different kinds and types of dents and areas of the vehicle.
The dollies in dent repair are used to shape sheet metal, especially in areas where it can be difficult to sing a hammer and to level smaller imperfections.
Hammer on dolly can also be used in certain situations in dent repair but hammer off dolly is the method most commonly used and preferred.
A planishing hammer is also often used in dent repair.
A planishing hammer has a shallow crown on the head and can be used in smoothing out dents after the initial hammering and dolly work are done.