Contents: Repairing minor damage from stone… ↳ Repairing paintwork damage ↳ Basic tools needed to repair paint… ↳
When driving, fine dust and pebbles fly towards your Fiesta, which is why microcracks in the paintwork form on the front part of the car. This happens most often in winter, when icy chips fly. In this case, you can use a protective paste and then polish the surface. Damage from pebbles does not pose a big danger. Also, a slight collision when parking with scratches and marks is not a reason for frustration. Often, such places, as well as someone else's paint, are easily polished with a paint cleaner or polish.
Repairing minor damage from stone impacts
Many manufacturers offer practical repair kits for minor stone chip damage. They are easy to use – like nail polish. Usually it is a varnish that comes out in droplets. With it, you can fill stone chip craters of any depth. For normal paintwork and minor damage, wax sticks that match the paint color of your car will also help. Repair wax only lasts a few washes, and then it needs to be reapplied. If you have forgotten the paintwork designation and paint code of your car, this is not a problem: this data is encoded in the registration code in the vehicle registration document.
Repairing paintwork damage
Damage to the paintwork should not be ignored, as under adverse conditions such as moisture and heat, corrosion can begin within a few days. Therefore, repair damage to the paintwork as quickly as possible. If rust has been allowed to spread unchecked for months or years, the unfortunate result will be large craters or holes from rust in the metal of the body. In this case, only thorough repair and restoration work will help, which is not described in this manual.
Basic tools needed to repair paint damage
To repair damage to the paintwork, you must have:
- sticky tape;
- newspapers or film;
- sanding block made of wood or cork for sanding on a flat surface;
- sandpaper of different grain sizes;
- spatula and putty; hardener; spray-on filler to smooth out the surface;
- primer as a base for a new paint coating;
- topcoat in car color;
- paint cleaner, preservative and polish.
SEQUENCE OF WORKS
1. Use a needle or a watchmaker's screwdriver to remove the raised edges of the varnish coating around the damaged area.
2. Carefully remove the rust with a small pocket knife. Then put a drop of rust converter on the spot and wait about an hour.
3. Clean the damaged area with varnish thinner and dry thoroughly.
4. Apply a thin layer of primer reactive paint with a pipette or fingernail. Let the paint dry thoroughly.
5. Apply a small amount of filler to the damaged area using your fingernail or a small plastic knife. Remove any excess filler around the damaged area immediately with a rag. Allow the filler to dry thoroughly.
6. If you have applied too much filler, attach a piece of fine-grit sandpaper to the end of a pencil and, using a rotating pencil, carefully remove the excess filler.
7. Spray a little varnish into the lid of the varnish can and wait 1 minute. Apply the slightly dried varnish to the damaged area with a fingertip or a thin brush in a very thin layer.
8. Completely dried varnish (in summer after two days, in winter after five days) is polished on a large surface with polish or a cleaning agent for paintwork.
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