Killer post! 🤜🤛⚔️

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Abraham, THIS is how you learn! 😂 Get your A!! kicked a little bit, pay attention to what the metal is teaching you, make adjustments, and keep moving. First thing I would tell you: don’t look at that roof as 400 dents. That’s overwhelming. Break that roof into sections and work the process. Get your light set up correctly and start somewhere you have good access. Get some wins. Don’t worry about making every dent perfect on the first pass. Start moving the damage, work systematically through your sections, and progressively refine it as you go. And don’t let the braces convince you that you simply need more tools. Yes, a good set of whale tails and hail rods will absolutely expand your options—but this is also where you’re learning access, leverage, glue, hand tools, and problem solving. The tool helps the technician. It doesn’t replace the technician. Most importantly, don’t rush. This is your FIRST hail car. You’re not supposed to already be good at hail. 😂 You’re supposed to be learning. You’ve got hundreds of repetitions sitting right in front of you. Use them. Section it. Read it. Move it. Refine it. Cross-check it. Then move to the next section. Keep working, brother. This is exactly what this community is here for. 👊

@Juan J Cruz Jr 🤜🤛

@Steven Arzapalo You’re already thinking ahead, Steve! And yes, we’re absolutely going to get into this. One thing I’ll tell you now: smaller tabs tend to expose weaknesses in the entire system much faster than larger tabs. If we know the panel is properly prepped, our temperature is right, and we have the appropriate glue/tab combination, then technique becomes a HUGE part of the equation—glue amount, timing, how the tab is seated, pull direction, and how we introduce load into that bond. A larger tab can sometimes let us get away with things a small tab simply won’t. We’re going to break all of that down as we move forward. Great observation!