Most Effective Ways for Hail Damage Repair

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• Most Effective Ways for Hail Damage Repair

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Did your car get hit during the hail season and
needs hail damage repairs? There are a number of
ways to repair hail damage and here are the top
picks Remove and Replace If a part of your car
has been hit with heavy hail damage you may have
to replace it instead of repairing it. Hoods,
fenders, and trunk lids which are bolt-on parts
are the ones that can be easily removed and
replaced. In the case of heavy damage it is
usually less expensive to replace these parts
than repairing them.
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Traditional Repair A body filler can be used to
repair hail damage. This requires you to grind
the repair area to metal, feather edge the paint
edges, apply body filler and then block sand the
body filler. When using this method it important
to not overheat the metal during the grinding
process.
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Old School Method Some dents and thinner metal
are not suitable for this repair method as it
uses heat to raise the metal. Using an
oxyacetylene torch the metal around the dent is
heated in a spiral motion. Working from the
outside and towards the center dent in a spiral
motion. This causes the metal to rise. A slight
tap to the high area with a body hammer will
relax the metal. Lastly, using a body file the
metal level is cross filed until the dent is
gone. If there is not a dimple with paint in it,
then the dent has been repaired. As the metal
cools, the high area will flatten back out to a
level flat surface. Then you can feather edge
the paint, prime, block, and paint. This is a
quick and fast method that eliminates the filler
and block sanding filler steps. However, this is
not a good method to use on newer vehicles. The
metal is too thin and overheating and warping the
metal or filing too much metal off when using the
body file are only a few of the problems that may
occur.
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Paintless Dent Repair Paintless dent repair is
becoming a readily used method for hail damage
repair. The paintless dent repair is done through
the process of getting behind the dent without
the need to paint the outside of the paint
surface. This method is used on many of the parts
that are not replaced, such as roofs, quarter
panels, bedsides, etc. However, the tools are
expensive and requires much practice to master
paintless dent repair, which is why it is better
to let a professional do it.
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