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Painting car

Straightening and painting works with the body require experience and knowledge of materials and processing methods. This is usually achieved only for long-term practice. So here it describes only the elimination of small defects in the body and paintwork. For touch-up paint is required necessarily have exactly the same color as the color differences at the end of the work immediately apparent. The color is indicated by the manufacturer of the car paint numbers on the label with the code of the car, located on the inner side of the engine compartment at the front. Number of paint indicated on the label located on the inside of the engine compartment. If you still evident color difference between the original and the repair paint, the reason for this is that the paintwork of the car has changed over time its color when exposed to ultraviolet sunlight, extreme temperature fluctuations, weather and chemical attack, such as industrial gases. In addition, damage to surfaces and paint discoloration can occur when cleaning or caring for painted unsuitable means.

Metallic Coating consists of two layers, the primer layer Metallic and colorless lacquer. When painting the clearcoat is applied to the still wet primer. Risk differences in color when painting Metallic is particularly great, since there is already a different viscosity of the original paint and repair leads to a difference in color.