If you are wondering how to repair dent on your car’s body, you will need to get hold of the following things at first:
- Dent-pulling Tool (resembles a slide hammer)
- Dolly (a tool used to flatten and shape metal)
- Metalworking Hammer
- Touch-up car paint
- Sandpaper
- Drill
- 1/8-inch (3-mm) Drill Bit
- Average Surface-conditioning Disk for drilling
- Spray Primer meant for Cars
- Block of Wood
- Body Filler like Bondo
The first step to repair dent is to locate the center of the dent. Once you have found it, use the 1/8-inch (3-mm) drill bit to drill a hole into it. Next, you will need to thread the dent-pulling tool in the opening that you have drilled before. In order to even out the dent or make it pop out, drag the dent-pulling tool. After this, you should reach the back of the dent, hold the dolly against it and use the metalworking hammer to strike the front part of the dent. To reach the back of the dent, you may have to open the vehicle’s trunk or the hood or get under it.
After you have performed the steps listed above, use the average surface-conditioning disk on your drill to remove all the paint so as to expose the bare metal that extends to a minimum of 1 inch (2.5 cm) in the region of the dent. Make use of body filler to fill the whole region.
Once the filler dries up, use sand with sandpaper. It is advisable to wrap the sandpaper around a piece of wood. If you begin with 36-grit sandpaper, work till it comes down to 120-grit. After this job gets done, apply successive coats of spray primer, allowing it to dry between the applications of coats. To remove scratches (if any), you can use wet-and-dry sandpaper of 600-grit to sand the primer. Finally, put on a car paint of matching color to camouflage the repair work done on the dent.