Best Paintless Dent Repair & Removal in Pittsburgh, PA

This is sort of an old wives tale. When vehicles were made out of heave grade steel, body men could use a combination of extreme heat followed by extreme cold to actually shrink metal. Modern vehicles are made with a much lighter, thinner steel. The same approach of old would now result in extreme distortion of the panel. There are videos on youtube that show people using hair dryers and canned air to make dents pop out. I have never seen a dent that even looked remotely gone in one of these videos, and the worst part is they run a very high risk of causing permanent damage to the paint on the vehicle. The quick contraction of the paint can actually cause the paint to crack or lose adhesion.

No. Not every dent can be repaired using PDR. Some of the limitations include: Dents that can not be accessed, dents on the edge of a panel where the metal can be 2-3 times thicker, extremely sharp dents where the metal has been stretched beyond repair. In some cases, dents that also have paint damage are best repaired conventionally because a PDR repair could make the paint damage worse. However, many times those dents can be repaired using PDR with a minor paint touch up afterward.

Door dings can be as little as half an hour. More complex dents generally take anywhere from 1-3 hours per dent. Hail damage can really vary, the absolute minimum would be 1 full day with the vehicle staying overnight, or in extreme cases involving the replacement or refinishing of some panels up to several days.