Hudson Valley Magazine Article
Getting Your Fix Broken hearts? They’re hard to fix. But just about everything else can be repaired, revarnished, refinished, or reworked until your old favorite is as good as new. Read on for more than 20 solutions to your tricky fix-it problems.
By: Valerie Havas
Published November 9, 2007
Getting Your Fix
Are you the kind of person who hates to throw anything out? Then you know how hard it can be to find someone willing to mend that tear, repair that engine, or refurbish that antique. That’s where we can help. We’ve found folks who can fix practically anything — from cuckoo clocks to Cessnas, dolls to door dings. So don’t toss your tattered treasures into the trash — pick up the phone instead
Dents and Dings
Dents Unbent
Saugerties
845-247-5800, www.dentsunbent.com
Where can you turn when a runaway shopping cart or sudden hail storm targets your car? Not long ago, your only option was an auto body repair shop, which would have used body filler and paint to camouflage the damage — charging you a small fortune in the process. Now, there’s a less costly option: so-called paintless dent repair, a technique offered by Mike and Tania Costello of Dents Unbent. The procedure, which Tania says originated on the West Coast about 20 years ago, can remove minor dents and dings without damaging the car’s original paint job. The technicians work behind the damaged car panel, she explains, “massaging” the dent away by strategically applying pressure and leverage. The process is definitely cheaper, says Tania, who notes that Dents Unbent charges about $95 to fix a quarter-sized door ding, as opposed to $300-$400 at a body shop. Last July’s severe hail storm, which brought golf ball-sized hail to parts of Ulster County, drummed up lots of business, she notes. But even when the weather’s fine, there’s always a steady stream of dented and dinged vehicles. “We’ve fixed cars worth $100,000 and ones worth $5,000,” says Tania, “everything from Subarus and Hyundais to DeLoreans and Bentleys.”
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