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Have you suffered recent vehicle hail damage or are not sure if you have, try The Dent Shed.
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The process of dent demoval is rather complicated and requires patience and skill. It takes years of experience to master the techniques and most PDR technicans are able to produce most work with ease applying the right amount of pressure to get a smooth finish and without the need to have cars resprayed from the original factory colour. Technicians have increased access to special tools that have further improved quality.

History of Paintless Dent Removal

It seems that the history of paintless dent removal date back to the 1940′s when specialist workers at the companies of BMW and Mercedes Benz attempted to remove dents to avoid repainting of whole cars and rolling out more vehicles. Early tools used amongst these skilled innovative workers were the common table spoon! The practice soon spread through Europe and then other industrialised nations particularly in the last 20 to 30 years. With the spread and popular demand for paintless dent repairs have come more sophisticated tools and techniques that allow these technicians to achieve much more without the requirements of respraying.

It now has become standard practice amongst the major insurance companies to have paintless dent removal assessments and quotations prior to any further claims being processed.

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Australia does receive its share of tornadoes, severe hailstorms and other severe storms. In its history, severe hail storms as well as tornadoes have been reported in all areas of the country. Hailstones up to the size of grape fruits were reported in Sydney on the 14th April 1999 Sydney hailstorm. To give you an idea of the size of hailstones that fell in this storm, check the two pictures on this page. But giant hailstones have been reported in Sydney on other occasions: March 7th and March 18th 1990, January 21st 1991, February 12th 1992, October 28th 1995, February 5th 1996 are examples of some of such events. The hail damage from hailstorms can be devastating including hail dents to cars and roofs of houses. Since storm chasing became popular in Australia, giant hailstones causing significant hail dent damage to vehicles have been intercepted several times. Two cases of windscreen damage have been documented by the Australian Severe Weather team. The hailstorm video footage of this hailstorm in Hungary is some of the most incredible I have ever seen involving the obliteration damage of a roof.

Vehicle repair require paintless dent repair or panel body repair companies. The process of paintless hail dent removal or PDR is now required by most insurance companies as a prequisite quote prior to moving on to panel repair companies. PDR technicians use special tools and skills to reverse the dents without damaging paint which would otherwise require respraying or removing the panels.

Hailstones of the giant category are almost always spawned by Supercells that consist of strong, rotating updraughts. These storms are efficient in that they maintain themselves for usually over an hour and even up to several hours. However, sometimes when the lower level winds are ideal, supercells can and have produced tornadoes. Tornado events in recent times include Elsmore NSW tornado on November 6th 1989, Booleroo tornado early November 1992, Merimbula tornado 16th April 1995, 3 tornadoes reported on 29th September 1996, November 3rd and November 5th 2000, Nelson Bay tornadoes 18th November 2001, and most recently Niangala Tornado 13th October 2002. This most recent tornado at Niangala destroyed adouble brick house and displaced a man on another property 30 metres from where he was standing. The path of destruction was about 100 metres path as the tornado cut a swathe of destruction in forest.

As always, weather is very unpredictable and these are provided as guidance despite the success rate should ONLY be used as a guide. Strange things have occurred even outside the zone. The main purpose of these forecasts are coverage of the eastern states – occasionally the Perth and Adelaide region and surrounds may also be covered.

A FREE warning service is available from the Early Warning Network (EWN) who provide enhanced warnings of approaching hailstorms, floods, bush fires, and other severe weather threats that may affect your region.

More information here

Striated supercell intercepted on a storm chase in Oklahoma

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Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

Australian tornado at Dunoon, NSW

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This storm season officially had fewer severe storms than other seasons in the past. Work opportunities across the industry therefore also were few and far between. Intercepts of severe storms based on forecasts and chases however were about 90% this season with only a few exceptional events being not predicted by the author.

As hailstones increase in size, the impact of both the mass of the hailstones, the hardness and sharpness of the hailstones, and the angle of impact all contribute to the extent and severity of damage to vehicles and of course buildings. Countless case studies and impact experiments have been used to measure the correlation between hail size and impact damage.

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The Dent Shed.
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The Dent Shed.
This very organised company of experienced professionals has a location near you so please contact them for further information.
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