We do not suggest the use of at home "Do-it-Yourself" kits.
Paintless
Dent Repair is a skilled trade that takes years to perfect. It cannot be learned
from a video, book or even a mere one month of training.
There is no substitute
for an experienced, skilled technician.
Here is an interesting article
we found online... Fame
Or Shame? - Ding King by - Tom Martino February 25, 2003
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If you own a car you will gets dings and
dents in it. Fixing those mars can be expensive.
That’s why the "Ding
King" is getting so much attention. It promises to give car owners a "do-it-yourself"
method of fixing minor flaws with just a twist of the wrist.
It consist of
two suctions cups that hold a center piece on a kind of screw jack. You put the flat
center piece over the dent and hot glue it in place. The suction cups hold the brace
steady as you start unscrewing the center piece. That is supposed to pull the dent
out.
I used auto body professionals at Addison Auto Body to help me test the
product.
First we wiped off the dented area with the Ding King cleaning solution
(included in the kit).
Then we applied the hot glue (also supplied) to the
dent pulling tab. We then affixed the tab to the center of the dented area and waited
5 minutes (as instructed) for the glue to set up.
After that we placed the
Ding King brace over the center tab, with its suction cups on each side of the dent.
We then started the unscrewing process to pull the dent.
Immediately, we noticed
something you don’t see or hear about in the commercial. The first "pull"
seldom removes the dent. The directions say you must repeat the process until the
dent is removed.
The first dent we tried to fix was actually pulled too much,
creating a small mound where the dent used to be. Now, one can argue that we "pulled
it too much" and they would be correct. But the point of this product is simplicity.
And if an auto body professional can’t figure out how much to pull, how can an average
consumer?
After a few unsuccessful attempts to remove dents, we decided to
create a small dent just for the Ding King ... similar to the one you see on the
commercial.
Results were still disappointing.
Here is my conclusion:
Technically the thing works, it pulls metal. The problem is the degree in which it
pulls and you trying to figure that out for each and every dent.
Some dents
weren’t pulled enough while others required several attempts, which created high
spots. We were never able to make it work "as seen on TV".
I think
you need as much skill to use the Ding King as you need to be paintless dent repair
technician.
The Ding King gets SHAME!
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