Tesla Model 3 | Glue pulling a really small but SHARP Aluminum Dent Door Dent by Vancouver Dent Pro 

Totally agree, glue pulling is becoming a bigger part of all repairs. Sharp dent glue pulling has been my focus for the last 3 years

Thanks on both counts. I do try to experiment something different and the shooting style is experimentation to nail down some technical things. I do love camauto clear, in truth, it can be very inconvenient to use but once I learned it, it's my go to for hard pulls and sharp dents. With camauto, the biggest thing is the clean up issues and loss of strength from being too thin or set too long. Camauto is very resilient and cleans up better when left as a thick puck. It doesn't like to be pushed thin like some glues when putting the tab on. I used it mobile before I moved it into a shop. When I dialed it in, it was destroying normal tabs and when I can get a stroke of this minilifter and the glue/tab hasn't let go, I know I've got max pull dialed in. I hope that helps.

@@VanDentPro Pak, I appreciate you share your expertise! 80-90% of my work is mobile + outdoors, being here in Vancouver, WA / Portland, OR the climate is probably somewhat similar to Vancouver BC. For a bit over a year, I've been using hot glue from a pdr supplier in turkey, but, it does require just right conditions and time to cure to give good pulls. And, if these are not met it pulls weak or becomes very brittle and difficult to clean off. Thanks Pak! 👍

@@igpanasyuk3422 oh that's the worst when it gets brittle and difficult to clean off. So much wasted time

Thank you! Cheers!

Hello thanks for watching. I use a slide hammer to bring up a general area and add some shock to activate memory (aka help crowns move). The minilifter I use for sharp things and I'm sure you know it's more concentrated with the feet leveraging off the panel. In the footage I showed I was watching what I needed and checking between pulls. The camauto pink glue was holding well so I didn't want to go full power at that stage. The final slide hammer pull was just to snap off the glue with a quick pull, I knew the glue was getting brittle. I actually didn't show the first 2 pulls which was all minilifter to get most of the sharp dent up with a very slight volcano. I know it's not a concensus between all techs but I get much more concentrated pulls for sharp dents with the minilifter, especially this setup I have. In this video I was using 2 lengths of Druz single sided hammer - one of the best ever balanced and comfy handle for accuracy. The fixed small end is very good and doesn't make marks unless we are really pounding with it.

I do have a lot of hammers and I move between then depending on what the panel gives me, but I usually start off with something safe and adjust from there. I really should do a hammer video, I don't think anyone really has broken down the different considerations for blending hammers.

@@VanDentPro Thank you for the time in sending your response. That makes sense. Not sure why but I have always chose one or the other it never crossed my mind to use them together!

@@VanDentPro Sadly being mobile I have lost a lot of hammers! I need to get another one but it is hard to pick just one. I for one would enjoy a video on hammers

@@drdentrepair5530 ah man. Me too I've lost hammers when I was mobile too. luckily I found one of the 2 I lost, under my seat. Ok I'll try a hammer video 👍