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#1 ·
Well, I just tried this technology for the first time. This is without viewing the DVD, using a PDR light or anything. I just got a used Honda fender, put a dent in it, and went at it with a least aggressive Dominator "head".

VERY interesting guys, VERY interesting. It "walks" the metal with amazingly control. I see very good things with this tool.

By the way, the mandrel needed can be found a "Glit/Gemtex" (click here) under the "Trim-Kut" line. I am not sure as I type this what size but I removed the grinding disc off mine and screwed on the Dominator Head. It is way to short for my liking but appears to work just fine.

I will post more when more time is spent with it.

Brian
 
#27 ·
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Originally Posted by Dominator2
It won't work in the tank, BUT...... It will work on the fenders!!! And no Paintless Dent Repair guy can make that claim! I am the only guy in my area (New Orleans) that messes with bikes, but I do a lot of gas tanks with PDR, but you can't do fenders, cause there's nothing to pry off of. With the Dominator you don't need to 'pry'. So I kinda got well known for doing bikes. I have PDR tools specifically designed to do 'Fat BoB' Tanks ONLY. I dig the chalange of working on the bikes. I'm kinda famous for it.



I can repair fenders using Paintless Dent Repair. I do it approximately a couple times a month For the local Harley shop and several custom bike builders around here. Funny at Nace when Chip Foose's dent guy (Jeff Mcgill at Beach Cities PDR) ask about why all of the hood braces were cut out so you could repair the hood, you said it only worked on 20% of the vehicles surface.You have to ruin a hood to fix it? Now I've preformed PDR for 15 years and can get to about 95% of every car.
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#29 ·
TexasSpeed said:
OK, I've been watching this post with great interest and haven't learned anything so far.

I went to the web site. a few pictures, but nothing substantial, at all.

I've E-mailed Darryl.....No response

What's the story?

Somebody, PLEASE TELL ME SOMETHING!

It was a Joke at NACE with them almost being kicked out of the show from the noise this thing caused.
 
#31 ·
I have to tell you, this technology has it's place. If it is not PDR, I don't care so much because I am not in that business anyway.

I have lost interest for the most part. It is a NOISY MUTHA that is for sure. It has been hard to pull the thing out in the shop, people want to choke me.

But it has some uses. Just the other day I had a 2007 Toyota Corolla with a dent in the roof. I dropped the rear of the head liner and was able to reach my hand with a die grinder and one of these Dominator wheels on it. I massaged the dent out needing only a VERY thin skim coat of polyester putty. I couldn't have done this anyother way other than dropping the head liner out completely. It worked like a charm in this particular application.

Brian
 
#32 ·
home brew said:
Can you elaborate on the "Joke" part we already know about the noise.
Several of us were standing there while he was trying to fix an EASY crease out of a hood. I do mean easy 15- 30 mins for a good dent guy. Jeff Mcgill (Beach Cities PDR, who is the dent guy Chip Foose uses) ask why all of the braces are cut out of the hood. He responds that you can only get to 20% of the vehicle with this tool. I then asked why you have to destroy a hood to TRY to fix an easy dent? No answer. He had left the crease high and multilated then proceeded to pull out 1500 sand paper and sand it. That wouldn't have been so bad except he didn't polish it so you could see the final product, which was multilated.Now i realize it was a demostration and he was trying to be quick without everyone walking away, I've done many demos at car shows, you have to have the finished dent perfect. Several exhibitors we talked to commented on how anyone could bring "snake oil" expos and people would be gullable enough to buy it. The product MAy work in 20% of the areas of the car in the hands of a skilled craftsman. That same craftsman could get to 95% of the same car using paintless dent repair. It is true PDR takes years to learn, but for 20% of the vehicles surface i'd say it's snake oil, and alot of other people agreed.
 
#37 ·
Funny this should come up. I was just going thru my tool box and came up with the ends he sent me. I want to give it another try but can't find the time.

Brian
 
#38 · (Edited by Moderator)
The Dominator2 Is Back In Town!

HELLO GUYS! :welcome: :welcome: Yes.... It's me Darryl Domino the dominator! It's been along time since I checked the site 6 months or so... Anyway. I can't believe the joker who wrote the 'snake oil' bit. I tell you what... I'll meet you anywhere, anytime, and lets put our money where our mouths at!! I'll bet you $500.. $1,000. make it light on your self. You couldn't carry my dent repair ************!! I've been a PDR tec for 17 years.. I opened the first... and stayed the largest PDR shop in the city of New Orleans, till Katrina. I didn't chase 'hail cars',(but have done my share), and worked 'dealers' for only 1 year, and knew that I didn't want to do that either! I opened my shop after that first year. I have spent the last 16 years of my career doing exclusively large damage on 'RETAIL' customers! Expanding this great process with every once of my being... When I hear these rookie @#! dent guys run their mouths about how the*********doesn't work, it just 'blows me away'! You can show these guy this incredible tool, and they will NEVER get it. Please do me a favor.....*****************!! I want to know that, for the rest of your career, you'll be PICKIN DENTS WITH A POINTY TOOL ON EVERY DENT YOU'LL EVER WORK!!! And, at the end of a HAIL CAR..... think of 'me', when your 'rubbing your shoulder'! For the rest of you.. ***********************************!! What the hell else could you ask for? And, the truth be known,.. the chump was right..If you buy the **************you CAN'T throw away ALL your other tools!! You don't have 1 tool that can do every dent NOW, and if you buy the ****************, you STILL don't! but.. YOU CAN DO 2' TO 3' creases in 4 to 7 MINUTES!!! NOT HOURS! He's also right about the noise! It's loud as hell. BUT.. we now have ***************************************! MUCH QUIETER.. and we are manufacturing **************' filled with *******to absorb the 'vibration' AND minimize the noise substantially! The technology is REAL, but you'll ALWAYS have some guys out there being 'nay sayers'! It drives me NUTS! *************** IS MORE ACCURATE THAN THE MOST POINTIEST PDR TOOL OUT THERE. We also have ****************************** that when you use to 'work a dent' you can put the 'ORANGE PEEL' bank in the paint!! Once again, I'll put my money where my mouth is for ANY 'nay sayers'! Sorry I've been soooo damn defensive.... it just drives me nuts! ******************************************** The site is ******************* Ps. He's also right about the ************being off the market... I got blown away by KATRINA....But...I'm not only back to bring the *************to market, but, since my shop is gone, I get to concentrate on the **********8FULL TIME..thanks guys for allowing me to 'vent'! :spank:
 
#39 ·
OH YEA.... on the braces issue...

When your doing a DEMONSTRATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It might be a good idea..... TO CUT THE FREAKIN BRACES OUT OF THE WAY!!! Since your doing a DEMONSTRAGTION!!!!!!!!!And probably, going to be using the SAME hood for the :mad: NEXT 3 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:
 
#40 ·
Dominator2 said:
It's loud as hell. BUT.. we now have 'heads' made of synthetics, instead of 'stainless steel'! MUCH QUIETER.. and we are manufacturing 'leather bags' filled with 'shot' to absorb the 'vibration' AND minimize the noise substantially!
That sounds like a big improvement. I have to assume the metal ones would last darn near a lifetime, what about the "synthetics"?

Brian
 
#41 ·
synthetic heads

Hey Brian. The 'heads' are 10 times quiter, but they do wear fast. We're still on the forefront of this technology, and we're going to try every worthy material to advance the tool. Brass, alloys, harder synthetics, etc. One of the heads we've tried recently is even 'self oiling'! But, you only get 1 to 2 dents per head. We look at this kinda like a Microsoft analogy. They started out with the original 'windows' and will for ever try to improve it. We are also working on an electric version! Also, on the web site. If you look to the right of the video as it's playing you'll see "more video by dominatordd" hit that, and check out the video that says 'the System'. I walk through the whole kit. Thanks D
 
#42 ·
Dominator 2 Dent Removal tool

Any body still out there? I've been gone along time! Pretty much all over the globe! The tool is now on the market, but, I WILL REFRAIN from SELLING. I got 'ta-ta'ed' for ADVERTIZING on the site :drunk: Just for general knowledge the tool has been getting great attention, from around the globe. Just got back from Germany, and Italy! Am scheduling for Austrailia, and Canada. The system has been getting alot of attention lately, and if anyone out there has gotten a 'kit' or knows about it, I'ld be glad to hear your opinion! Anyway, hope the Hot Rod industry is doing ok with the current economic issues... Take care Dominator 2!
 
#44 ·
Hey Milo.

:welcome: I'm not sure what you don't believe? The tool... or the travel..? If it's the tool, send me an email and I will do a LARGE crease in a hood, and put YOUR name on it, and play it my web site! I'll even put my iphone with the 'timer' running so you'll see no trick photography. I was gonna put one on there next week anyway, why not have your name IMMORTALIZED!!!
 
#47 ·
Have you made it a tenth of the size with a bent shaft to spin it so you can get it into your average working area where dents are found? :rolleyes:

Brian
 
#48 ·
Domintor3

Funny you mention it! We NOW have the Dominator3... The 'electric' version! It has a 'flex shaft'! And making it smaller??? Yep!!! we got that too! We like to call'em PDR rods! You can even buy'em in SETS!! I wonder how many dents you've looked at over these years wondering if the Dominator could take em out..... Anyway..... stay with the good ole bondo and paddle, it'll keep you sharp!http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=1223088#
 
#49 ·
There is a serious lack of direction in this thread, at least for anyone out of the loop, and most of the links provided are dead ends...

So what I gathered is that this set is a PDR set, though it doesn't really look like one to me, at least not the standard PDR Tools I know of

Is this part of a suction cup glue system?

There is no way that set can accommodate for all PDR dents, though I might be wrong.

Someone explain this setup to me, and what each of these tools does, my company does PDR, and I'm sure my PDR guy might be interested.
 
#50 ·
I'll post photos later, I just did a search and came up with nothing! But I have a few Dominator heads at work I'll post photos of.

If you look at the tool kits he has on his web site you will see "Star" and Triangle shaped pieces in them. Those pieces are made of stainless steel or hardened steel of some kind. He mentions he now has plastic ones because the metal ones are MIND NUMBING loud. Anyway, these tools spin on an extended shaft die grinder like tool. You lightly place the spinning "star" against your metal and you can lift a low spot.

I found it to be "interesting" but like all PDR it would take a TON of time to really master. The biggest problem with it I mentioned in my first response today, do you make a much smaller one? They are way to big to be of help in the real world of PDR when you can insert a 1/4" shaft thru a hole to push a dent out.

Anyway, I'll post some photos tomorrow.

Brian
 
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