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How To Spray Paint Your Car & Workshop Techniques
Posted on 12. Jul, 2009 by Mario Goldstein.
When you are spray painting, don’t be timid. You can bet you are going to get some runs if you don’t wet the panel adequately. This will result to a dry look with a lot of pitting pattern. If the run happens to be during the clear coat application, you can usually repair that once it cures. You will be able to sand out the run and re-coat the panel. Don’t fall into the trap of cover-up. Cover-up means that you are loading on more material to try to cover up the mistake. Don’t do it. It just does not work.
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How To Spray Paint Your Car & Workshop Techniques
Posted on 11. Jul, 2009 by Mario Goldstein.
When you are spray painting, don’t be timid. You can bet you are going to get some runs if you don’t wet the panel adequately. This will result to a dry look with a lot of pitting pattern. If the run happens to be during the clear coat application, you can usually repair that once it cures. You will be able to sand out the run and re-coat the panel. Don’t fall into the trap of cover-up. Cover-up means that you are loading on more material to try to cover up the mistake. Don’t do it. It just does not work.
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Learn Car Paintwork and Bodywork Repair and Restoration
Posted on 09. Jul, 2009 by Mario Goldstein.
There are new ideas and research being done within the realm of fasteners when it comes to repairs.
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How To Spray Paint Your Car Like Professional Workshops
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by Mario Goldstein.
When you are spray painting, don’t be timid. You can bet you are going to get some runs if you don’t wet the panel adequately. This will result to a dry look with a lot of pitting pattern. If the run happens to be during the clear coat application, you can usually repair that once it cures. You will be able to sand out the run and re-coat the panel. Don’t fall into the trap of cover-up. Cover-up means that you are loading on more material to try to cover up the mistake. Don’t do it. It just does not work.
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Paintless Dent Removal For Beginners – Car Paint Repair
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by Mario Goldstein.
Knowing how to gain is access to the dented area through the routes that are available in the car saves a great deal of time. .
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Learn The Art Of Paintless Dent Removal Like The Pros
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by Mario Goldstein.
For most car owners, the thought of restoring a car after a collison is daunting. It can be very pricey if the car has been severely damaged. However, these can be easily fixed without the expensive paint jobs and bodywork repair involved
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How To Repair Car Paint and Bodywork After A Serious Collison
Posted on 07. Jul, 2009 by Mario Goldstein.
Torque spec comes into play after a fastener has been chosen. Bolt torquing is very important. When you thread and tighten a bolt the melt stretches a little, but the metal doesn?t want to be stretched so it resists the stretches and this is where you get the holding power from. This is why when you over tighten it can?t hold the load because it can?t return to its normal shape. Further to this in time the bolt continues to stretch and will end up snapping.
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How To Paint Your Car Like A Pro With Proper Paint Gun Handling
Posted on 07. Jul, 2009 by Mario Goldstein.
Once you have mastered the basics of your spray guns, you must become adept at adjusting the spray pattern through the fluid flow. Many of the guns have built in air micrometers, which allow variation in the pressure settings. If your particular gun does not have this then you can use a separate air micrometer. The width of the spray pattern is controlled by the fan. The majority of painters like to use a wide fan but it must be remembered that the wider the fan the less material is being distributed.
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How To Spray Paint Your Car & Workshop Techniques
Posted on 06. Jul, 2009 by Mario Goldstein.
When you are spray painting, don’t be timid. You can bet you are going to get some runs if you don’t wet the panel adequately. This will result to a dry look with a lot of pitting pattern. If the run happens to be during the clear coat application, you can usually repair that once it cures. You will be able to sand out the run and re-coat the panel. Don’t fall into the trap of cover-up. Cover-up means that you are loading on more material to try to cover up the mistake. Don’t do it. It just does not work.
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How To Do Paint Repair On My Car
Posted on 05. Jul, 2009 by Mario Goldstein.
Anyone who owns a collision shop can tell you that the most costly item to the shop is the comeback repair. Re-do?s can be the difference between being successful and losing, and they reflect poorly on the quality standards, not to mention the inconvenience to the customer.
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