Watch the PDR Webinar Replay: Learn Paintless Dent Repair with Tint Academy

Paintless Dent Repair is becoming one of the most valuable skills in the automotive industry. If you missed our live presentation, you can now watch the complete PDR webinar replay and discover how this growing service could create a new career or additional income stream.

Presented by Tint Academy and PDR Academy, this webinar explains what PDR is, how technicians repair dents without repainting and how you can begin learning through our five-day hands-on certification course.

What Is Paintless Dent Repair?

Paintless Dent Repair—commonly called PDR—is a specialized process used to remove dents while preserving a vehicle’s original factory paint.

Instead of using body filler, sanding and repainting, a trained PDR technician carefully moves the metal back toward its original shape. Depending on the location and type of damage, the technician may use metal rods behind the panel or glue-pulling tools on the exterior.

Customers, dealerships and body shops choose PDR because it can:

• Preserve the original factory finish

• Reduce repair time

• Avoid unnecessary repainting

• Improve a vehicle’s appearance and resale value

• Provide a cost-effective solution for suitable dents

What You’ll Learn in the Webinar Replay

This webinar offers an introduction to the technical and business sides of Paintless Dent Repair.

You’ll discover:

• How the PDR process works

• Which dents are suitable for PDR

• Why PDR is growing across the automotive industry

• How technicians use reflection lights to read dents

• The rods, hand tools and glue-pulling equipment used

• How technicians control pressure and move metal gradually

• How common PDR repairs are inspected and priced

• What PDR technicians can potentially earn

• How to approach dealerships, body shops and retail customers

• How to add PDR to a tint, PPF or detailing business

• What is included in our five-day hands-on PDR course

The replay also explains why professional PDR requires patience and continued practice. A five-day course will not instantly make someone a master technician, but it can provide the proper techniques, foundational knowledge and hands-on experience needed to begin developing the skill correctly.

Turn PDR Into a New Income Stream

PDR can create several different income opportunities. Technicians may perform retail dent repairs, provide mobile service, work with used-car dealerships, assist body shops, repair lease-return vehicles or travel for major hail-damage events.

For existing automotive businesses, PDR can be a powerful add-on service.

If you already offer window tint, paint protection film, ceramic coating, detailing or vehicle wrapping, your customers may already have small dents that need attention. Adding PDR allows you to provide another valuable service without relying on a completely new audience.

The webinar replay explains how repairs may be priced based on factors such as:

• Dent size and depth

• Panel location

• Metal type

• Bodyline involvement

• Access behind the panel

• Number of dents

• Sharpness or complexity

• Required removal and installation

• Previous paintwork

This means PDR pricing is based on the difficulty and value of the repair—not simply the amount of time spent working on the vehicle.

Learn PDR Through Hands-On Training

PDR cannot be learned effectively by watching videos alone. Students need to see how light reflects across the panel, understand how the metal responds and develop controlled hand movements through repeated practice.

Tint Academy and PDR Academy’s five-day certification course is built around hands-on learning. Students work with professional PDR tools, lighting systems and practice panels while receiving direct instruction.

During the course, students begin learning how to:

• Inspect and identify repairable dents

• Set up and position a PDR reflection light

• Read the shape and depth of damage

• Gain access behind vehicle panels

• Use rods and hand tools safely

• Perform glue-pulling repairs

• Control pressure and avoid high spots

• Knock down raised metal

• Improve the finish of a repair

• Price and market common PDR services

Students leave with a foundation they can continue building through consistent practice after the course.

Why Learn with Tint Academy?

Tint Academy has trained more than 6,500 students worldwide through practical, installer-focused automotive courses. Our programs are designed for beginners, working technicians and business owners who want to add profitable services.

We are now bringing that same hands-on approach to Paintless Dent Repair through PDR Academy.

Upcoming five-day PDR training courses include:

• Niagara Falls: September 26–30, 2026

• Edmonton: October 17–21, 2026

• Vancouver: November 14–18, 2026

Spaces are limited to ensure students receive meaningful instructor support and hands-on practice.

Watch the PDR Webinar Replay

If you are considering a new automotive career, want to expand your existing shop or are simply curious about how Paintless Dent Repair works, watch the webinar replay today.

You’ll gain a clearer understanding of the PDR industry, its income opportunities, the tools required and the steps you can take to begin developing professional repair skills.

Ready to take the next step?

Email adam@tint.academy and use code SAVE750 to save $750 on your next five-day PDR course.

Learn the process. Build the skill. Create a new opportunity with Tint Academy and PDR Academy.