Ding King Twist A Dent Repair Kit

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Don't believe "professionals" who say it doesn't work. It does indeed.

Written: Aug 22 '09 (Updated Aug 23 '09)
Pros:Can fix the "unfixable" dents. Gets the job done on cars and stainless appliances!
Cons:Hot glue gun is pretty cheap.  You go through a lot of glue fast.
The Bottom Line: Buy it!  Worth the money! May not fix completely but better than "professional" fees or total replacement.

I originally bought the Ding King about six or seven years ago to repair a dent on my Mustang after someone let a shopping cart roll free in a supermarket parking lot.  It was a used car when I bought it so I didn't want to spend a lot of money on body work, so I ordered the Ding King. I had low expectations but remarkably, it worked!  It took about five pulls to remove the dent.  It was pretty much fully repaired.  Being a black car probably helped obscure it.

But I'm writing today to further praise the Ding King.  Last week I accidently put a dent in the middle of our stainless steel refrigerator door.  A technician told us it would cost $400 for a replacement door (not including labor, trip charge, etc,) as the dent was "unfixable."  In the end, we said forget it and I found my old Ding King in the garage.  It's been a slow process.  But 15 pulls or so later and the dent is almost completely gone. 

As for how the glue works, you are given a few "sticks" of glue for the hot glue gun. As you squeeze the trigger it pumps in the solid glue and the melted glue comes out of the tip. You squeeze it on to one of two attachments similar to suction cups, but not concave at all. I found that the smaller, more oval/diamond-shaped one was effective for the final stages while the larger one was better for the initial pulls.

Yes, you have to squeeze the glue onto the pull attachment each time and place it on the dented surface quickly. Press the attachment just enough to make contact while the glue is hot, but not so much that the layer of glue between the attachment and dent surface is too thin. The thinner it is, the less adhesion you'll get. Let the glue sit for five minutes and then do the pull. Then you clean off the attachment and repeat. Setting up the pull takes the most time, the pull itself is a couple of seconds as you twist the knob you screw on to the attachment inside the pull bridge.

Like I said it takes time and you have to be patient. It works a little at a time. But it gets the job done.

It is definitely worth every penny I paid.  In fact I'll order more of the glue now just in case we get another dent on something! 

Recommended: Yes

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