Dent Repair

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Dan Schwarzkopf
Five Seasons Auto
319-396-8683

Dan Schwarzkopf is a Certified Auto Body Technician and supervisor with 5 Seasons Auto Body Repair in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He has been with the company for nine years. Dan attended the Auto Body Collision program at Kirkwood Community College in the Fall of 1997. His dream vehicle to rebuild is a 1972 Dodge V100 pickup. He enjoys fishing for walleye and bass in his free time.

Dent Repair

Dan Schwarzkopf of Five Seasons Auto Repair, demonstrates how to remove dents with your fingers and a paintless dent removal kit. He also debunks the dry ice method of removing a dent.

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Dan Schwarzkopf: My name is Dan Schwarzkopf. I work at 5 Seasons Auto Rebuilders. I am an Auto Body Collision repair specialist. I will be showing you how to remove dents from your car without damaging the paint, by using just your hands and fingers. Also, we will be showing you how to use a PDR kit, a Paintless Dent Removal kit that you can find on the internet, on TV or a hardware store. I am also going to be showing you why the method of dry ice and a hair dyer does not work. Tools that you are going to be needing - a hammer, a piece of plastic, a pair of gloves, also a pair of rubber gloves, you will be working with chemicals and also a pair of safety glasses. You also want to remember you are working with tools and also around a car so you got to think safety. On the other side of the car, you are going to find sharp pieces of metal. You can severely injure yourself on these pieces of metal. So exercise caution. Let's go ahead and proceed -- with try to remove dents with your hands and fingers.

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