What is Paintless Dent Repair?
Details and Dents · Beginner
A plain-English intro to what PDR is and how it differs from body filler and paint.
The best tutorials we've found from PDR techs and DIYers, sorted by what you're trying to do. Videos play from YouTube and belong to their creators.
Details and Dents · Beginner
A plain-English intro to what PDR is and how it differs from body filler and paint.
Excel Dent Removal · Beginner
How a tech gets behind the panel and massages the metal back without touching the paint.
Zan Vidic · Beginner
Watch this before you buy a kit or book a tech: which dents PDR can fix and which need a body shop.
Dent-Remover · Beginner
A full repair from start to finish, so you can see what a good PDR result looks like.
Dent-Remover · Beginner
Another complete repair, start to finish.
Dent Discount - PDR Training · Intermediate
A side-panel repair walked through by a PDR training channel.
AUTOBODYTECH · Intermediate
A body tech learns from a PDR pro on a deep dent.
Totally Handy · Beginner
A DIY walkthrough for small dents at home.
Bros FOURR Speed · Beginner
A first-timer tries PDR, mistakes and all. Good for setting expectations.
Anderson's Garage · Beginner
An honest test of a budget Amazon glue-pull kit.
AUTOBODYTECH · Beginner
A body tech tests a VEVOR dent puller kit.
CVR POV · Beginner
Cheap Amazon PDR tools put to a real test.
Uncle Tony's Garage · Beginner
A $16 glue-pull kit tried on a real car.
CashedOutCars · Beginner
What a cheap kit can and can't do against real hail damage.
Lakeside Autobody · Beginner
A body shop tests suction cup pullers. Spoiler: they only suit big, soft, shallow dents.
Joe's DIY Lab · Beginner
Using a glue tab and slide hammer on a dent at home.
Dent-Remover · Beginner
A step-by-step glue pulling method.
Real World PDR Training · Beginner
A free beginner lesson on glue pulling from a PDR training channel.
Car Addict Garage · Beginner
Glue tabs used on small hail dents.
Innovator · Beginner
A basic hot-glue pulling demo.
Dent Time · Intermediate
Glue pull technique tips from a working tech.
Dent Time · Intermediate
Which glue tabs a working tech reaches for, and why.
Pdr Canada · Intermediate
When a whale tail beats a straight rod.
Top Gun PDR Training · Intermediate
Getting S-bend whale tails behind braces.
Real World PDR Training · Intermediate
Working a crease with a whale tail.
CollisionBlast · Intermediate
A door dent pushed out from behind.
Dent-Remover · Intermediate
A full PDR repair with no filler or paint.
Automotive Cosmetic Surgery · Pro
A pro tutorial built around one specific whale tail tool.
Elevation Dent Co. · Pro
Body line dents are among the hardest PDR repairs. Here is how a pro restores the line.
Ars Dent Repair · Pro
A full bumper dent repair from start to finish.
Real World PDR Training · Beginner
Start here for hail: glue pulling small hail dents.
Wipe Out P.D.R. · Intermediate
Day one of a multi-day hail job.
Wipe Out P.D.R. · Intermediate
Day two of the same hail job.
Excel Dent Removal · Pro
Hail dents sitting under a brace, where you can't simply push from behind.
Dent Tamers · Pro
Aluminum hail repair on an F-150. Aluminum fights back more than steel.
Elevation Dent Co. · Pro
Heavy hail damage taken on by a pro.
Learn PDR Online · Beginner
If you can't read the dent, you can't fix it. A beginner guide to line boards.
Dent Time · Beginner
How a reflection board shows the dent's highs and lows.
Zan Vidic · Beginner
Choosing a PDR light and positioning it so the dent shows.
South West Michigan PDR · Beginner
Making your own line board on a budget.
Dent Time · Intermediate
Reading line reflections to steer each push.
Zan Vidic · Beginner
Start-up costs for tools, training and the rest.
Dentless Touch · Beginner
A second take on start-up costs, Q&A style.
Zan Vidic · Intermediate
Pricing a repair so the job is worth doing.
Dent Time · Beginner
What dent repair typically costs. Useful for drivers and new techs.
Learn PDR Online · Intermediate
Ideas for growing a PDR business.