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PDR: The Urban Legend of Body Repair Revealed

Back in ’80s, strange tales circulated about paintless dent repair techs’ “magically” disappearing dents. As the rumors grew, I convinced myself that these guys were dabbling in the black arts. (If not, then why all the secrecy, huh?) But when I got tired of losing work to them, I decided to take my chances and learn the skill myself.

Body Shop Fraud: A Question of Intent

A New Jersey body shop customer has some questions that no one, it seems, wants to answer.

Fill In The Blanks: Correctly Using Fillers

Today, fewer panels are repaired and more are replaced. Likewise, gone are the days when shops used entire 5-gallon pails of body filler weekly to avoid doing metal work. While today’s fillers are used in smaller volumes, a wider variety of styles can provide just what you need — if you know how they work, which to choose and how to use them properly.

Plastic-Filler Fundamentals

Shaping plastic filler is considered one of the fundamental skills needed by entry-level collision technicians. Some entry-level technicians grasp this skill quickly, while others struggle. Why is this? Part of the difficulty stems from the inability to see the entire forest for the trees. You see the dent or rust-out repair, so you focus on that one little spot. And you concentrate so hard on fixing that spot you forget that when you’re done, the repair must match the shape of the panel.

Small, But Formidable: The Smaller Bodyshops

Growing your business doesn’t necessarily mean “growing” your business. Consider Dave Stephenson, who’s built a solid reputation and six-week backlog out of his one-man shop in a small Iowa town.

Filling In the Details: Modern Plastic Fillers

Selecting and using modern plastic body fillers can be confusing – a myriad of products are offered by a myriad of manufacturers, each with its own recommended application procedures.

Evercoat Launches Light Speed LED Cure System at SEMA (VIDEO)

Curing through LED light technology allows you to go from applying body filler to micro-surface correction, primer and topcoat in record time.

Evercoat Introduces Light Speed LED Cure System

The Light Speed system features three specially formulated products including Light Speed Optex Premium Body Filler with dual-cure, color-changing technology, Light Speed LED Cure 440 Express Micro-Pinhole Eliminator and Light Speed LED Cure High Build Primer.

VIDEO: Repair Mapping, Presented by Evercoat

How to avoid “repair mapping” when working with body filler.

VIDEO: Catalyzation Rates Matter, Presented by Evercoat

The dangers of under-catalyzing and over-catalyzing as it relates to body filler.