Spray Repairs
SPRAY REPAIRS
DENT AND SCRATCH REMOVAL
In situations when the panel damage penetrated protective clearcoat, machine polishing will not be enough to get rid of the problem. To address that a proper panel repair process must be performed. There are number of damage types we could repair using SMART repair methods:
Scratches and Scuffs
Considered a small damage containing scratched and scuffed panel areas without deforms of its original structure. Relatively easy and quick to repair through a sanding and optionally refilling missing, original panel material.
Dents and Deformations
Medium to large type of damage caused usually by a stronger impact. Depending on the panel’s material type there are different rectification methodologies. Plastic panels are usually quite easy to be brought back into the shape using heat and light pulling techniques, while metal ones need usually get filled or get through a panel beating process before a respray.
In all of those cases panel needs to go through the resurfacing process with the use of fillers, sealers and primers before a respray in order to bring its surface to original smoothness and shape.
Cracks and Splits
Medium to Large damage of the panel where the integrity of the panel surface is broken. The repair method is dependant on material type where welding may be required and in some cases refilling missing areas of the panel by integrating metal mesh into it which reinforces the panel itself.
Rust
It’s usually the most problematic issue and the biggest danger to the vehicle’s body. Once applied, rust will always expand, degrading the structure silently until it shows up on the surface as an ugly, red and bronze residue.
It appears in places where the bare metal material is exposed to moisture and water for a longer periods of time. Once applied it only can be removed by a complete extraction with a sanding or cutting methods.
Once rusted material is removed, the panel gets treated against it, resurfaced and resprayed. Bigger and deeper rust penetration is usually qualified only for costly body shop work.
Chemical Reactions
Automotive paint spraying process involves multitudes of strong, chemical reactions wchich sometimes penetrates or separate from each other. Sometimes external factors or mistakes made in the preparation process result in disruption of those materials chemical properties.
That causes many types of issues like paint peeling off the surface, blisters, tarnishing, change of the colour properties etc.
Those issues can be thankfully resolved by removing all of the paint layers to the original panel surface and proper respray processes.
Regardless of the repair method adopted, each repair must be followed by the process of sealing the original panel surface and repainting it to its original condition.
This ensures the aesthetical, original look of the car and it is becoming hard to identify where the original damage actually happened.
WHAT CAN i EXPECT FROM PAINT REPAIR?
Smart repair is a great way to deal with minor and medium panel damages, however sometimes it is not possible to tackle every single issue pointed by you. We usually don’t do repairs which require extensive elements stripping of the panel. The same accords to bigger panel replacements, although with bigger and complex job we can take it to consideration. It is because the lenght of the processes engaged and we are aiming for 2-5 hours window.
Due to a mobile nature of a field SMART repair a minor paint flaws like small contaminants (dust particles, etc.) may occur as the weather and humidity play the role. We aim for body shop quality and customer satisfaction but despite that a few specks on the base coat or trapped dust particles may happen. We perform paint correction on the painted areas, which removes a vast majorty of clear coat contaminants bringing it to a trade standard quality but if absolute perfection of the finished product is a must for you it is worth to consider a body shop repair.
