Repairing Dented Panels Repairing major or minor dents in body panels requires a skilled hand and feel for straightness. Although much of this is learned with experience you can still obtain a straight repair using a “guide coat” to help you achieve a good repair. Pre-Clean your Panel Wash your panel down with soap and […]
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Auto Insurance or Vehicle insurance is an insurance scheme which covers your car, carriage vehicles and other vehicles. The foremost function of this insurance concept is to offer protection against losses that happens during unfortunate events such as accident, fire, hurricane and other factors as per the policy taken. There are different companies that […]
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How to fix a dent with body filler Body filler or many know it by the trade name “Bondo” has been making the lives of body repair technicians easier for years. Although a metal finish provides the highest quality but is an extremely time consuming repair and when body fillers are used correctly they […]
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Corsica Complete – Final This is the finished picture of our corsica. After a few weeks of haning around the shop and almost 2 weeks worth of work this is what we have. A job like this would typically cost anywhere from $3000-6000. This job was done to some of the highest standards […]
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Application of Basecoat Applying base coat is a very commonly overlooked procedure. It requires knowledge of your paint system, proper equiptment and the painter must be able to obtain a blendable match before beginning. You color coat is always easiest to blend when you have more room on the panel. When preparing for paint try […]
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Blending Clear Coat From time to time it is not practical to clearcoat an entire panel. Blending clearcoat undetectably can be achieved but is not recommended because the blend can be broken down by UV Rays easily and the edge can eventually become visible. Most of the time paint manufacturers will not warranty this type […]
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Applying a Primer Surfacer The goal when applying a primer surface to a panel is to provide holdout and protection over your substrate. Primer surfacers provide some fill to level out feathering and correct minor flaws on your panel. Any dent repairs involving body fillers should be finished in P180-P320 grit paper before starting a […]
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3M Mask Fit Test Today we had a 3M representative visit our shop to go over a few things and help us better protect ourselves against organic solvents and isocynates found in the paint we are spraying. I thought I would take a minute to share what he had to say. First we went over […]
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How to Keep Dirt out of the Paint Spraying a clean paint job is a common goal painters in all industries shoot for. Many painters, especially new painters can fall short of this, get frustrated and have no idea what is causing the problem there having. While dirt can be easily extracted by polishing afterwards […]
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Chevrolet Corsica – Complete Respray Introduction Very rarely do you see someone wanting a car like this repainted but seeing as it belongs to another worker here we are going to go ahead and do it for him. I can\’t say we will be getting overly fussy with this car, but we\’ll make sure […]
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