Has anybody tried one of these Paintless Dent Repair things?

Thread from 2017:

No affiliation, this just popped up on Facebook. Anybody tried one of these? I'm thinking that it's cheap enough to take a chance on...

https://theviralgadgets.com/products/paintless-dent-repair-kit

I've tried the ones with suction cups and the wingnut in the middle. It did an okayish 20' job. That seems a lot more thought out.

There are some YouTube videos of people using various methods of paintless dent removal. They range from pouring boiling water on the dent then bumping it, to professionals using professional quality tools. If you're interested in this, I would start there. 

I've never tried it myself, but had a pro do some dents for me. The results were superb. Couldn't tell there had been a dent. 

Looks and sounds a lot like a fancier version of the HF one that uses a hot glue gun. That has worked pretty well on the dents I tried it on- not perfect, but a cheap and easy way to get the body looking a bit better.

If someone can make a wholehearted recommendation on a reasonably priced tool for this purpose I would be very interested. 

That’s a bridge for a “glue pull”.  A very effective tool but not the right one for every job. One of these, a slide hammer-type tool for glue pulls and a $115 set of PDR spoons will cover just about every situation. The tube of yous has many instructional videos. Practice makes perfect. I’d thought about taking my kit to the you-pull yard for cheap access to lots of practice panels. Take some microfiber cloths and quick detail spray if you go that route. Oh, and a grid and suction cup tool will be a great help too. 

I'm pretty sure this is one of those situations where owning the tool is about 5% of the requirement to do the job.  The guys that do it professionally are magicians.

Streetwiseguy said:

I'm pretty sure this is one of those situations where owning the tool is about 5% of the requirement to do the job.  The guys that do it professionally are magicians.

That was definitely my impression, too. The guy that did the work for me pressed out the dents from the inside of the panels. He had mirrors attached to the car around the dent so he could look at it from several angles at once. 

Glue pulling is a slow process. Most PDR happens from pushing the dent up from the bottom and tapping it back down with a knockdown until it is perfect. Good lighting is key for PDR. There are a lot of hacks out there trying to get by with poor workmanship.  

Santa brought some new damage to one of the Accords for the holiday season, so I've gone ahead and ordered one of these things. Full report in 2-4 weeks...

Standing by....

Good luck!

I like them but those damn tabs break too easy. Plan on buying bags of them.

So what was the ultimate verdict on this thing?  Did it work?

I have the cheap version and took about 20 dings out of the passenger side of my truck bed.  Not invisible, but no longer an eyesore.  

Works pretty well for what it is.

Following...

I almost bought one a few weeks ago, but forgot my wallet in the car. then totally forgot about these. I have two dings in two cars, one looks like this was made for it (from the your tube vids). the other looks iffy.

Hmm. I suppose the smart thing would be to have a pro do it. I have one very small ding in the Mini (seriously? You're going to open your door into an occupied car in the coffee shop parking lot and just drive off?), and trying it myself feels too closely related to the reasons I don't do anything to "the new car."

Still tempted.

stroker said:

So what was the ultimate verdict on this thing?  Did it work?

I bought it about a year ago, but still haven't gotten around to using it. My dents are still there.

Woody said:

stroker said:

So what was the ultimate verdict on this thing?  Did it work?

I bought it about a year ago, but still haven't gotten around to using it. My dents are still there.

That's exactly how I use a lot of my tools too.

My new 2 month old car has a new 1 day old dent. I came out of the store yesterday and some one had let a basket roll into the fender. I think I almost threw up when I saw it at first. Anyway, so these things are of much interest to me...........even though I have a dent pulling guy that I use I wouldn't mind learning to do it myself.  Oh ya.............damn baskets and people. 

Zombie thread, canoe removed 

A pro took this:

Resulting in this:

And turned it into this:

Young guy who worked his way thru grad school doing this.  Kept it as a side job after he landed a management job with Nissan.  Took him about 2 hours and made a house call.  Very minute adjustments starting from outside of irregular pizza size 2 inch deep dent.  Didn't even damage 32 yo paint.  Charged me $150.  Yes I tipped him well.

I have the one you linked, the hammer store hot glue one, and the suction cup style one. all 3 work, one style wont work for every dent. 

I used a toilet plunger to pull a dent out of a door once.

UPDATE!

I still haven't used this thing.

Woody said:

UPDATE!

I still haven't used this thing.

I’d say it was well worth the money if you never need it!