I would say pdr bares very little in relationship with conventional panel beating. I have been doing PDR for about three years and the best pdr men I know were not even in the motor trade before they had the first lesson in PDR. You will watse a lot of time if you do not get proper traning
It has( if you do not believe me ask Coitster wherever he is.)
Pdr is an art form and even after training it is practise practise and more practise, it is a fantastic money earner.
I have found that a lot of body repair men down talk PDR because it has had an effect on their industry much like screen repair and replacement.
A good PDR man will earn about £100 grand a year in the UK more in the USA if they are hail chasing I bet there is not many old style panel beaters on that money.
Banging away with a hammer is as far removed from PDR as you can get.
For a good forum spend a lot of time on
www.doording.com
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