Panel repair
The following page detailes, step by step, panel repairs I have comlpeted to a Maserati gran turismo, Nissan Navaro, vw eos, nissan primastar minibus and a peugeot 308.
All repaires are done using the same high quality Glasurit paint and clear coat.
Step 1:
This Maserati has a small dent on the left hand wing you can see the distortion in the refection of the yellow and black from my compressor.
It is not possible repair only this small area as the high spot of the dent rises above the swage line onto the upper part of the wing, its also almost inpossble to fade out the clearcoat on a black panel.
Step 2:
The high spots have been hammerd down using a small tapping stick and the rest of the dent has been filled.
Step 3:
The repaired area is primed. Then sanded untill smooth the edges are featherd out so no outline will be seen when the repair in complete.
Step 4:
The whole panel is cleaned masked up and made ready for paint.
Step 5:
The panel has now been painted and clearcoated and the repair is almost complete.
Step 6:
The panel is left the bakeoff and cure over night before it is compouned and polished the following day.
Step 7:
The Car is now finished.
Step 1:
The following repair is a medium sized dent on a Nissan Navada.
Step 2
The dent must be pulled out with a slide hammer and the high spot to the right side of the dent is hammerd down. The area is then sanded ready for filling.
Step 3
The filling is complete. The repaired area has had two coats of primer and its now ready for paint.
Step 4
The repair is complete and the dent is completly gone.
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The whole job has taken just 4 hours.
VW EOS
Step 1:
This VW Eos has sustained damage to the left hand rear quarter panel.
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Step 2:
I have identified the high and low spots in this close-up photo the high spots are hammerd down level and the low spot, the dent, is filled.
Step 3:
I have filled the dented area paying attention to restoring the swage line of the wheel arch.
Step 4:
The filling is complete after several attempts the dented area is perfect and the swage line is restored. The filler has been sanded and is ready for primer.
Step 5:
The dameged area has now had three coats of primer and has been sanded ready for paint.
Step 6:
The whole panel has been cleaned masked off and painted. Only the damaged area has been painted.
Step 7:
The whole panel has been clearcoated. The masking is removed after around 15 minutes.
Step 8:
Finished The whole repair has taken four hours.
Step 1:
This Nissan Primerstar has sustained quite alot of damage to the sliding door and wheel arch I have out-lined some of the damage on pic 2 as its a bit difficult to see. The more major dents are removed as much as possible with a slide hammer and then filled. The wheel arch is also straigthend as much as possible without distorting the panel.
Step 2:
After several attemts at filling the panels are ready for painting.
Step 3:
The Primerstar is now complete the whole job has taken one and a half days.
Step 1
This peugeot 308 estate has damage to the right hand sill
Step 2
The dent is removed as much as possible using a slide hammer the dent is then filled.
Step 3
When filled the primer is applyed.
step 4
the repaired area is now painted and laquerd in the usuall way.
Step 5
The repair is complete although its a fairly small dent its taken around 5 hours from start to finish.
