Miata Mailing List: March 1997, Message #82
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Subject: Re: dent/ding removal

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> From: bhc@smart.net (Bruce Cohen) Sun, 2 Mar 1997 08:30 asked:

> Can anyone recommend a good dent/ding removal place

> in the Baltimore/Washington area?  I've got my share

> of dings from people opening their car doors and hitting

> my car.

> Thanks in advance,

>       Bruce



Dentworks Paintless Dent Repair System, 5712-J General Washinton Dr.,

Alexandria, VA  (703) 354-0770.



This place invited our club to visit and see demo's -- I liked all the

results that I saw a lot.  As I recall they've been in the buiness

longer than most and they said that they make the tools and sell them to

other similar shops. 



The only problem was they did some of our cars for free as time allowed

and they were just too slow to do mine that day.  



Later in the day when they looked at my aluminum hood ding right over a

brace thay said they couldn't do that one, but after I looked so

disappointed they said they'd give it a try anyway.  The following day I

made some tools and  gave the technique a try myself -- the result was

only fair, but much better than before.  Since then I done several and

can do fairly well on steel, but still don't get really good results on

the aluminum parts.  The guys at Dentworks are much better and faster

than I am and they have a wide selection of special made tools.  I've

spent 4 or 5 hours just working on one spot.  It really does take a lot

of experience to learn how to get the end result perfect but an 80 - 90%

improvement can be done right off -- the last 0.5% can take the rest of

your life.   



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