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Arizona Premier One on One Paintless Dent Repair Training

Paintless Ding Removal (PDR) Training

Would you like to start your own Paintless Ding Removal business around Arizona?

Come and learn from one of the best professionals in the San Diego, Eddie Martin, owner and master PDR technician with more than 25 years of experience in the autobody repair industry.

Classes are individual and focus on step-by-step processes. You will learn how to work in a wide variety of scenarios, from small dents on top and side panels to more complex repairs like hail damage, crease dents, body lines, and dents on the edges of panels (see examples). Classes also focus on how to select the proper tools, access dents without drilling, brace configurations, and detailed secrets of inner panels.

We also offer additional advanced training, where we cover more complex damage in all areas of the vehicle, both foreign and domestic.

Please keep in mind that learning the art of Paintless Dent Repair is an ongoing process. The longer your training is the more details we can get into, and therefore the shorter it will be before you are ready to go out on your own.

Arizona Paintless Dent Repair Training Outline:

  • Introduction to PDR and explanation of different styles of dents
  • Orientation and demonstration of PDR processes
  • Explanation of damage theory and description of metal characteristics
  • How to properly read different lights and the proper use of the fog boards
  • Proper tool selection for a variety of damages
  • Tool location exercises on practice panels
  • High point recognition and removal techniques
  • Removal of small lows
  • Initial removal of small and medium size dents on practice panels
  • Perfecting small and medium size damage
  • Initial removal of deeper and larger sized dents
  • Perfecting deeper and larger size damage
  • Techniques for removing creased dents, body line damage, pressure dents and hail
  • Review all access points for all panels of the vehicle to insure a "drill-free" technique
  • Access lessons continued for hail with emphasis on headliners and interior trim
  • Finishing techniques including the removal of micro lows
  • Double metal and ways to access damage in these areas
  • Proper color sanding and polishing
  • PDR practice exercise
  • Urethane bumper reshaping
  • Advanced use of fog boards & lights in direct sunlight
  • Cross checking techniques
  • Tool customization basics
  • Recommendations on Paintless Dent Repair tools from companies around the U.S.A.
  • How to properly repair stretched dents and dings
  • Aluminum repairs
  • Glue pulling for non accessible area's and larger damages
  • How to deal with retail customers
  • Estimating dents, dings, creases & hail repairs

Check out our Testimonials for feedback of our quality / experience!

 

Special Arizona Mentor Package:

Cost: $6,000.00* one on one or $10,500* if you want to train with a friend
•  10 days
PLUS: 10 extra days for free!!!

This is a very special package for one-on-one training where you will be trained by me, Eddie Martin. I always like to reinforce that Paintless Dent Repair is an ongoing learning process that takes a lot of practice.

With this special offer you will stay for 2 extra weeks free of charge, which will give you the opportunity to hone your skills even more through a lot of hands-on training in my shop. I guarantee you will be well on your way to being able to handle just about any repair that comes your way.

 

Reserve your spot today! Call Eddie at 619-726-6767.

 

Regular packages:

Package #1
Cost: $3,000.00
•  5 days / 35 hour training

Package #2
Cost: $5,500.00
•  10 days / 70 hour training

Package #3
Cost: $7,500.00
•  15 days / 105 hour training

Package #4
Cost: $5,750.00
•  Split package
•  2x 5 days / 35 hours training parts
•  Maximum gap between parts: 6 months

Package #5
Cost: $9,500.00
•  20 days / 140 hour training

Package # 6
Cost: $750
•  1 day / 7 hour training

 

* Prices & Packages are subject to change without notice *

* Training involves a combination of hands on, live Demonstrations & independent practice*

*If you want Paintless Dent Repair Training but do not have the time right now you can always prepay to get these prices*

easy dings & dents

BEFORE & AFTER IMAGES

SOFT DING

PT cruiser left 1/4 easy access

PT cruiser beforePT Cruiser after

DEEP DENT - FROM A GOLF BALL

BMW right 1/4

BMW beforeBMW after

SMALL DEEP DENT - FROM A BASEBALL

Merces-Benz right fender

Mercedes-Benz beforeMercedez-Benz after

panel edges & bad body lines

BEFORE & AFTER IMAGES;

Door Edge:

Porsche Cayenne:

2007 350z rear hatch:

BMW 745i:

This car arrived to us with a very sharp dent that traveled over both body lines and the top of trunk, making this a much ridged area to work. The process had to move at a very slow pace in order to avoid cracking any paint. Notice that the whole trunk had to be de-trimmed for us to have proper access.

extreme aluminum paintless dent repairs

BEFORE & AFTER IMAGES

What makes aluminum harder to repair?

Acura NSX

The aluminum fender had a very sharp crown, with a crease from top to bottom and over the edge. The owner said that when he took to a body shop they wanted to replace the whole fender.

     

Honda Insight

Believe it or not the insurance company estimated to replace this quarter panel. Luckly Caliber in Pacific Beach Refered this customer to me and after a lot of talk the insurance company agreed to give me a shot at the repairs.

If you look close the damage goes over the edge into a double walled structural area. I know if any other company tried this repair they would have drilled the door jamb area and wheel well area for access. Instead I pulled the interior for access.

Repair time was around 8 hrs. If this car had been steel the repair time would have taken 4 to 5 hrs instead.

extreme repairs

BEFORE & AFTER IMAGES OF EXTRA LARGE & COMPLEX DENTS:

Wedding fight:

BMW SUV:

push for paint & clean up

Push for Paint / Ruff Out:

The idea behind the “Push for Paint Repair / Ruff Out” is to give you an option on damage that is too bad to be fully restored with the Paintless Dent Repair process alone. But with the help of The Dent Devils  & a mobile painter or body shop at a later date they can use a lighter coat of body filler & or just prime then block sand before painting. This helps eliminate the need to replace panels, using excess body fillers or having to blend the adjacent panels in some cases. (I’m am not worrying about cracking the paint on these jobs only reshaping the metal as it takes more time when you are not cracking the paint)

Clean up:

Is say you have a very deep/ stretched ding, dent or some other damage that cannot be made perfect with PDR. I can go in and  take some of the ugly out of it but being more careful not to crack the paint because you are not going to have it painted but cannot afford to have a body shop or mobile painter finish or the car is just not worth putting much into.

Red Grand Am door Caliber Collision referral:

Red 4 runner Mark English insurance adjuster referral: