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10 steps to starting a paintless dent repair business

Some basic steps on how to start a PDR business.

  1. Examine your potential market. Do you have any connections at body shops, detail shops, wholesalers, car dealers, service centers, etc who will let you potentially do work for them? Think about your demographics. Are your potential retail customers making decent money? Create a list of connections, call them all and let them know you are getting trained.
  2. Examine your potential competition. How many PDR techs are there in your area, and are they operating in your potential market? What are they charging? How much rapport does your competition have locally with your potential market? Keep notes.
  3. Find out your states' requirements. You may need business insurance. You may need a sales license, you may need many things. Go to a local dealer and ask the office manager what their dealer requires from any of it's vendors (you in the future).
  4. Register a business name. Go to your state's govermental website and search for info about registering a business. Go through the process of registration. With a PDR name, it should use words that tie in to the PDR industry. Dings, dents, PDR, dent repair, etc.
  5. Order business materials. You will need business cards, invoices, and possibly some accounting items.
  6. Go get trained and purchase tools. This one is obvious. You need to get training, and get a basic toolset. You do not need more than a basic set to begin with, as the first couple of months you need to practice, practice, practice.
  7. Keep your day job! You will be hard pressed to support your family or pay your current bills when first starting in PDR so keep the job you have.
  8. Practice on your connections. You need to practice, practice, practice. I know I already said that, but there aren't many people willing to give you a shot at working on their $40,000 BMW unless you are pretty sure of your skills. If you know someone who owns a body shop, or wholesales ask them if you can practice on their cars "for free".
  9. Start selling YOU to your connections. They have a lot of options already for PDR. The difference you can make for them initially is that it is you performing PDR for them, even if it isn't the best they could get. Sell them on how every day you are getting better, and that this is YOU that they are dealing with.....
  10. Finalize the legalities of doing business. Wrap up any loose ends with regard to doing business as a vendor to dealerships and body shops.

 

Training

Like all forms of delicate work, PDR requires a lot of patience and practice. Vehicle manufacturers to repair minor damage on the assembly line have used the technique for over 20 years. The process has become more common with lighter-gauge metals and the flexible finishes used on today's vehicles. This has led to the marketing of new tools and the development of specialized training.

PDR is a mystery to many in the collision industry.

In our training you will learn not just the required skills but also the art of Paintless Dent Removal. You will learn about the tools that are used to locate the exact spot on the dent, and then dry it out with the right amount of pressure. If done correctly, the repaired damage can be invisible.

The Training provided by Quick Dent Repair will give you a solid foundation required to become a skilled and proficient PDR technician. When you leave, you will be ready to go out and apply what you have learned to make money by providing your customers with a valuable service.

How do we help you accomplish what we promise?

When designing our training program we remembered that not every one can fully grasp all the skills of PDR in just one week. While some will master one area very quickly, they may need a little more time on some other areas. For this reason we let you stay on each discipline until you feel comfortable with it. Our training is laid out in a way that allows each individual to learn at his or her own pace. You, along with help from your instructor, decide when you are ready for the next step. We have found that this approach greatly enhances the end product of our training.

Make the first step, advance your career today by contacting Quick Dent Repair for your free initial consultation, or send us your enquiry by email.

How does PDR Work?

PDR stands for paintless dent repair. It's a craft that you can learn and it will, once you have mastered the skill, be a way for you to earn a very nice income. You will be able to remove those dings from car doors, and other small dents that you will find around the automobile. This doesn't take long if you are experienced at doing it. It normally takes 10 to 20 minutes and is very inexpensive, since there is no product to buy. PDR is becoming the alternative to body shops.

The biggest reason people are choosing this method over a body shop is the time that it takes at a body shop to repair a dent, and also the money they are spending to get it fixed. With PDR, not only will the time your vehicle is being repaired be shorter, but also it will cost you so much less money. It's a new way of fixing dents and dings that is putting the car repair world at notice!

How exactly does paintless dent repair work? A person who has been trained at PDR will use metal rods and picks in order to massage out dents and dings from the finish of the car. This will be done by the expert working from the inside of the car or panel, depending on where the dent or ding is. In essence, the dings and dents are being pushed out. A normal repair from beginning to end will last about 10 to 20 minutes.

If you want to try and do this as a living all you need is to purchase the tools, get the training, and offer a service where you will go to people and fix the dents and dings, or get a shop and do the service from there. This is a very high-demand service that many people are looking to have done now. It depends on where the dent or ding is in the vehicle and how you will access it. Here are some of the more common areas and how to go about accessing it.

Doors: You will need to roll down the window, and access the area by the window ledge opening. There may be an existing opening in the door jam. Access through this spot. Take the panel off the door, or even drill a hole in the door. You can finish this off by putting a silicone plug into the hole to prevent any corrosion, and to make the door look good.

Rear quarter panels: There should be an opening or even a vent in the rear door area. Access through this spot. Go through the trunk, or through a tail light assembly. You can access the dent through the wheel well, or drill a hole through the rear door. Of course, you will need to plug it when finished.

Roof: simply remove or lower the headliner.

Front fender: go through the engine compartment, or through a headlight assembly. Again you could access this from the inner wheel well too.

Hood: remove the covering from the inside of the hood and access the ding or dent this way.

While doing these repairs, it should not require the technician to drill any holes.

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