Resprays
Whenever we respray cars and other vehicles we get a great sense of turning time
back. To take a vehicle that was scratched, dented and not looked after and make
it flat and shiney again is a real accomplishment. It doesn’t matter if its a car
respray, van or motorbike respray, all have their own challenges and reasons for
being resprayed.
To respray car correctly all the bumpers, mouldings, mirrors and any other trims
that are easily removed should be removed. There are two reasons for removing trims
and bumpers etc, firstly from the point of overspray not getting on the edges of
the parts you dont want to respray. Secondly when parts are very close together
it is hard to sand them fully, this can lead to flaking paint at later stages of
the cars life especially if the owner uses a jet washer. A good car respray should
have a lasting shine and body repairs that are stable and do not sink (sinkage is
fine prep scratches under the top coat that appear over time), using the best equipment
and materials will achieve this.
We use Lechler water based basecoats with a high solid clear coat for maximum protection.
All our repairs are skimmed over with dolphing glaze 2k stopper first then primed
with a 5:1 high build primer for lasting stability. Everything we spray and our
car paintwork repair process is done in our low bake oven and either baked off at
65c or infra red dried, nothing is left to chance.
We respray cars to improve the resale value
A good car respray is an investment and will add value or keep the value of your
car when you come to sell it on. When we respray cars we are always thinking of
how can we make them look natural, like they are just great untouched cars and not
resprayed cars. The attention to detail of all the edges is important on a full
respray, we use various techniques to make sure there are minimum edges or none
at all.
Another important thing when respraying cars is to make sure there are little or
no particles in the paintwork. Of course it all depends on how much you pay as budget
spray jobs often lack finesse, we polish all our paintwork after spraying no matter
how good it comes off the spray gun. There is a difference to the trained eye of
a car respray