✔️ What is the difference between PDR smoothness and traditional smoothness?
The difference between PDR straightening and traditional straightening is very obvious. Those who have had experience with both methods will confirm this. For many people, the car body is even more important than the car engine. For this reason, when they need smoothing, they look for the best and most up-to-date center to perform the smoothing process. To find the best car polishing centers, you must first know whether they operate based on traditional polishing or PDR polishing. To know this, you must first know the difference between PDR smoothing and traditional smoothing and choose the best type of smoothing for your car based on your diagnosis.
✔️ What is PDR smooth
It is a type of smoothing without paint, after the smoothing process, the color of the car is not damaged and there is no need to repaint. This type of smoothing is mostly used to remove damage on the car door, semi-deep scratches, big bumps and parts of the double body. This type of smoothing is fast and can repair surface scratches within two to three hours. This smoothing can miraculously erase small dents in different places. This type of smoothing can repair dents without the need for painting as long as your car's body paint isn't cracked. In PDR smoothing, parts of the front fender, car doors, hood and trunk lid, and car roof can be repaired.
In general, most parts of the car body that do not have severe damage can be repaired by this method. However, there are parts of the car body that this method does not work on; such as carbon fiber hoods, fiberglass bumpers and generally plastic and fragile car parts.
✔️ What is Traditional Straightening?
Traditional smoothing is generally a heavier smoothing than PDR. Because the working conditions are more difficult and it takes more time. It is also used for deeper strokes and many wrinkles. In fact, traditional smoothing is done when the amount of impact on the car body is such that either the color of the car is damaged or it is not possible to smooth that part of the car without damaging the color. Traditional smoothing requires a variety of devices and tools because it is considered a very professional work. In traditional smoothing, tools such as welding and suction devices, sanders, punches, chassis pullers, etc. are used.
A welding and suction device is used to pull out the broken parts. This device destroys the color of the body due to its welding and suction. It also requires an expert polisher to use so as not to damage the body metal. Sandpaper is also used to clean and pour the paint on the body so that smoothing can be done easily. A fist is also considered one of the important tools of traditional smoothing. With this tool, they give strong blows to the part that has a depression so that it returns to its original state.
Chassis pulling means returning a damaged chassis to its original state, which is often possible with a jack or crane. These types of cranes are also called undercarriage. When the amount of impact during an accident is high, so that the main columns of the car are damaged and moved, a chassis puller should be used. This device is considered one of the important tools in smoothing with paint.
1. Preservation of color: in PDR smoothing, due to the use of up-to-date and new tools, smoothing is done without the need for repainting and the color of the car fabric is preserved. But in traditional smoothing, the paint is damaged and needs to be repainted due to the blows that are inflicted on the car body.
２. Saving time: in PDR smoothing, due to the use of updated tools and less intervention of the smoothing technician, first smoothing is done faster than the traditional method, and your car does not need to be smoothed for a long time.
3. Cost savings: Another difference between paintless smoothing and traditional smoothing is that in the first method, costs are reduced by half. Because in case of traditional smoothing, you need to paint the car body. This process will cost you a lot, and at the same time, the price of your car will be reduced due to the fact that it is painted.
4. Simplicity: PDR polishing is simpler than traditional polishing, and because of this, if it is done by an inexperienced person, the car will not be damaged. But if the smooth worker is not experienced and professional in traditional smoothing, he will cause irreparable damage to his body and the car body may become wavy.
5. No need to worry about two colors of the car: in traditional smoothing, after smoothing, during painting, the right color of your car may not be made well, causing the car body to become two colors and reducing the beauty of the car. While this problem does not exist in PDR smoothing, due to the colorless process.