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Review on πŸ”§ GLISTON 45pcs Paintless Dent Repair Tool Kit: Adjustable Width, Golden Lifter, Bridge Puller, Glue Gun - for Cars, Motorcycles, Refrigerators & More! by Andrew Gomez

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Works with add-ons

What I like: It really works once you get the hang of it. Some reviewers say it doesn't work at all. I initially had the same experience. Now it works really well with some learning curve and additions to the kit. Here are the keys I found to get it working. 1. Heat the glue. Allow the gun to warm up for about 10 minutes, although it claims to be ready in 3-5 minutes. 2. Allow the glue to dry for at least 5 minutes. I started letting it install for 10 minutes (sometimes it drags on). 3. If the kit is $52, it doesn't have a pen. Get one of these for around $9, it's worth it and works like a charm to clear the overloads. 4. Take several different glue tabs. It took me 5 or more puffs to remove a small hail bump. There is only one tab in the entire kit that is small enough to work with hail or door dents. Given the times listed above, that's an hour per dent, ridiculous. I ordered a tab set for about $15 and it had 5 other small tabs to use. All of these tabs worked much better than the original ones in the kit. Dents are tightened on the first or second try in most cases. I have about 100 hailstorms so that made me very happy. What I don't like: I had to buy additional tabs and then found that the original tabs didn't work well compared to other brands. I can only talk about the smallest tab in performance. I think there should be more small earbuds in the set, especially since the description says one of its features is hail dents. The included glue gun is not a standard size. This works fine, but if you run out of glue sticks and order more sticks of the same brand as the kit, they won't fit the gun. There seems to be a standard size and a mini size. I couldn't find any mini sticks, only standard 11mm sticks. So I had to buy a new glue gun too. In general, the kit with jets works pretty well. But since it is sold as a "kit" I expected it to have everything to make it work well. The keyword is good. I was able to get it to pull dents like the original kit but very inefficiently. 5+ attempts for a dent after the process is complete. I had to spend another $40 on additional items to get the system to work "well".

Pros
  • Confident
Cons
  • Out of fashion