Steps on Refinishing the Exterior Surfaces of Cars

With the wear and tear process that most of our mechanical gadgets, tools, and even cars suffer, we cannot help but do some immediate fixes and maintenance on most of our machines. Well, with machines, maintenance is better than repair or a total overhaul; hence, we should regularly do some maintenance on most of our machines. Wear and tear is normal and part and parcel of the life cycle of every machine. Yet, wear and tear can be lessened and assuaged if we know how to do simple maintenance works on our machines.

Wear and tear is most obvious with automobiles and cars. After continuous use of cars throughout the year, the mechanical parts of cars exhibit wear and tear, and even the exterior surfaces of cars readily manifest the wear and tear process. To remedy this, we sometimes bring our cars to refinishing service center and leave the cars there for several days. However, we can also indulge ourselves in the actual process of refinishing our own cars within the premises of our homes. Yet, there is always the danger that our neighbors may complain of bad smells of paints which may put us in hot water with the authority. To avoid this inconvenient situation, we can either build a paint booth within the premises of our homes to contain the toxic fumes which are harmful to health, or we can ask for Automotive Paint Booths recommendations which we can readily avail of.

Steps on Refinishing a Car
1. First, you should have a paint booth where you can indulge in spray painting without disturbing and antagonizing other people and your neighbors.
2. Then, you should collect the materials that you are going to use in refinishing. Write them down and buy them all together to have some discounts.
3. Next, you should remove the rust and have the dents on the exterior surface of your car repaired.
4. Then, carefully remove any plastic or chrome trim that may be removed.
5. Then, you should sand the paint off up to the original primer or the bare metal.
6. Then, you should thoroughly clean the surfaces to be painted. You can use denatured alcohol to clean the surfaces.
7. Afterwards, make use of masking tape and any form of paper to readily cover the surfaces which should not be painted.
8. Then, when the surfaces are ready, you should prime them with a self-etching, corrosion-resistant primer. You should let the primer totally and thoroughly cure.
9. Then you should sand the surfaces to make them smooth.
10. Again, you should clean the surface to take away oil and dust that have accumulated on the surface.
11. Afterwards, you can spray paint the surfaces of the car.
12. Likewise, you should let the paint to totally cure. It usually takes less than a day for the paint to cure.
13. Lastly, you should apply a rubbing compound to bring out the gloss of the paint. You can handily do this process or make use of power polishers and buffing machines to accomplish this job.

 
 

 

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