One of the most terrible sights a car owner will spot is dents on his car. It does not matter how the dents were made, what matters is the sooner they are removed the better the car owner feels.
Taking your car into your local body shop for dent removal can be a costly endeavor. You’ll be happy to know that this is not the only way to fix your car. There are several ways a car owner can get rid of car dents in the privacy of a personal garage. Some dents are unable to be removed by a non-professional. In these situations, the only option is to depend on your local auto body shop.
For the car dents that can be fixed, start by going to a car repair retail shop. Dent removal kits consume a huge deal of space on store shelves. Every dent removal kit includes all the tools required for the average do-it-yourself weekend car repair hobbyist.
In lieu of utilizing a drill to work on car dents, many of the DIY removal kits opt for suction cups. Depending on the kind of dent removal kit, any relative item to a suction cup may be used instead of a drill.
To get started, find a dolly tool that specializes in the flattening and reshaping of metal. Add to this a metalworking hammer and the dent removal kit.
Focus on the center of the dent. Put the suction cup or similar tool at the spot. For added removal strength, utilize the glue stick that comes along with most dent removal kits. Attach a handle to the suction cup for better leverage in pulling the dent outward.
Gently start to pull the suction cup and attached handle away from the center of the dent. This will cause the dent to flatten out. Next, take the metalworking hammer to tap the front part of the dent. Keep the dolly firmly planted against the back portion of the dent. For this, going under the car exterior or through the car hood may be necessary.
Take a medium grit disk attached to a drill and get rid of the paint down to the metal. Create a section of at a minimum one inch radius around the dent. Fill this area with a body filler product. When this area has dried, wrap a piece of sandpaper around a wood block and sand it. Start using a 36 grit paper and finish using a 120 grit paper.
With the area now sanded, apply 6 layers of auto designed primer. Let each coat dry before applying the next layer. Sand the area one more time using a 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper application. This step gets rid of all non-visible scratches on the dent surface.
Quite a number auto body shops specialize in mobile dent removal. They employ the paintless dent removal process bringing the auto body shop to the car owner whether it be at home, at work or at play. Weather conditions are the only factor that can affect this convenient auto body repair service. Most paintless dent removal jobs can be completed in a period of one hour or less. In particularuncommon occurrences however, dent removal repair can only be done in the local auto body shop.
