When you get a new car, the part that is most prone to damage is the paint. Accidental scratches or careless car washing can damage the paint. Generally, there are minor abrasions, and the scratches on the painted surface turn white. The paint surface was scratched, but the primer was not exposed, so there was no need to touch it up. Polish with coarse wax or apply wax several times, and the scratches will gradually disappear. Automobile identification
For more severe scratches, if the color of the lower primer can be seen, then please take another look at the area of the scratch. Generally speaking, parts such as bumpers, rearview mirrors and the wheel arches of some cars are made of engineering plastics and will not rust. Apart from being ugly, there's no major problem. Whether to repaint or not depends on the car owner's own requirements. However, if these severe scratches appear on other parts of the vehicle body, they need to be repainted. Otherwise, even a very small damage will cause the steel plate to start rusting. At that time, even if repainting is done, it will be very difficult to prevent rust.
When touch-up painting, it is also necessary to choose a professional spray painting factory with qualified qualifications. Without highly skilled spray painters and a dust-free high-temperature baking workshop, it is impossible to achieve satisfactory spray painting results. Another thing to remind everyone is that you must not believe the so-called original factory paint repair claimed by some repair enterprises. That is simply impossible. The reason is quite simple: The original factory's spray painting process requires a high-temperature baking at 200℃. If such a process is used to repaint the finished vehicle, it is unlikely that any part of the vehicle can afford it. Therefore, the paint used for touch-up is specifically designed for low-temperature baking and is not the same as the original factory paint.
Secondly, the colors of the touch-up paint are all mixed before the repair. The reason has been mentioned earlier. Depending on the duration of use, the vehicle's paint has begun to fade. Relying entirely on the original color tone of the car when it left the factory for repainting will result in a significant color difference. To match the current color of the vehicle as closely as possible, it can only be adjusted on the spot. In addition, to minimize color differences as much as possible, even if only a small part of the vehicle body needs to be repainted, the maintenance personnel will repaint the entire related vehicle body. For instance, if there is a part on the car door that needs to be repaired, the repair shop will often use the anti-scratch strip as a boundary and spray the entire upper or lower part of the car door. In this way, even if there is a slight color difference, it will not be easy to notice.
◇ Skillful maintenance of the paint surface
It's not to say that the effect of touch-up painting is definitely bad, but the most perfect situation is naturally to be painted all over with the original factory paint. Only in this way can the entire vehicle truly achieve no color difference and meet the anti-rust standards claimed by the manufacturer. To ensure that the original factory paint maintains a shiny visual effect for a long time, the owner's meticulous maintenance and care are indispensable.
Although car washing consumes a lot of water, to save money, using a bucket of water to wash the entire car not only fails to achieve satisfactory cleaning results but also causes serious damage to the paint - the sand and dust on the car paint, due to the lack of rinsing, repeatedly rub against the car body, which is almost no different from "sanding" the car paint with a piece of sandpaper. If it has rained or the dust is thick, don't use a wax mop or a cloth to dust it off. Just wash the car.
During the car washing process, it is undoubtedly very necessary to rinse the car body with a large amount of clean water. However, many times, untrained car washers like to use high-pressure water guns to shoot vertically at the car body in order to obtain greater rinsing force. In this case, the high-pressure water is very likely to cause damage to the paint.
Given the current trendy low-inventory policy of manufacturers, the new car you get may come off the production line just a few days ago. The characteristic of baking varnish is that it usually takes some time after completion before it becomes truly firm and hard. So, don't rush to wax your new car. Wait for three months. Try not to use hard wax after three months.
Also, the outer layer of the color paint of most new cars is sprayed with a layer of clear varnish, which makes the paint surface naturally bright and beautiful, and can also protect the paint surface. However, the particularly exciting glazing and coating promoted on the market come at the cost of polishing the clear varnish layer. Maybe they can bring short-term luster to your beloved car, but is it worth it?
A full spray is the most stunning
Unless it is a collection car that is parked in the garage and never goes out, any car on the road will inevitably experience wear and aging of its paint surface after years of use. As the quality of the entire vehicle's paint surface has declined, local touch-up painting or maintenance can no longer solve the problem. Do you want to regain the shiny and new look of a new car? The only solution is probably to paint the entire car.
Full vehicle painting is a job that requires both skill and patience. Any bit of laziness or negligence will directly affect the overall painting effect of the vehicle.
First, the sheet metal worker will inspect every detail of the vehicle body and make corrections and adjustments as the situation requires. The electrician checks and adjusts all the lights of the vehicle and then removes them all. In addition, the sheet metal worker must remove all the decorative strips, door handles, glass and nameplates on the exterior of the vehicle body, and take protective measures for the cabin to prevent it from being stained by flying paint. To achieve a better painting effect, the sheet metal worker needs to smooth and repair the surface of the vehicle body and thoroughly remove the old paint surface.
Applying putty is an indispensable process in the full car painting. Apply putty, sand, apply putty again, sand once more, and repeat this several times until the car body is completely smooth. After the putty is applied, the car can enter the paint booth to spray colored paint. After the baking is completed, clear varnish, also known as glossy paint, needs to be sprayed. As for the large components that have been removed in advance, such as the hood and bumper, similar work is also being carried out simultaneously. Plastic components such as bumpers need to be coated with plastic primer before painting, and during the painting process, a softener should be added to ensure the adhesion and strength of the paint. After all the spraying is completed, the next step is large-scale assembly and debugging, and the painters also need to carry out the final polishing and grinding treatment on the body surface. The vehicle painting and refurbishment work is completed only after passing the inspection. At this moment, the beloved car is as bright and new as on the first day of its arrival, and the owner's mood cannot be described by "excitement".
By the way, if the color of the entire vehicle's paint does not match the original color, the car owner still needs to go to the vehicle management office as soon as possible to submit an application for the change registration of the body color.