Does anyone know a website about the details of the "paintless dent
repair" technique?  The only thing I've found is sources for $99 videos.

Larry A.

David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Wesley Alden Pegden wrote:
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>>Anyways, I'm looking for tips.  I'm assuming hammering out the dent won't
>>yield very good results (I'm good at repainting, though).
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> Is it a "soft dent", or is there a crease?
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> If it's a "soft dent", you can probably take out the door panel and pop it
> out from the inside.  No hammering necessary, just give it a good kick.
> If there's a crease this may not work, since the crease actually holds
> stress in the metal.
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> I had one like that on my '75 bus, from a front end collision.  I could
> kick out the big dent from the inside, but the creases had predisposed the
> metal to fold that way, and eventually the weight of the front-mounted
> spare would pull it in again.
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> David Brodbeck, N8SRE
> '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
> '86 Volvo 240DL wagon
>