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Body Filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722
Bare Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722
Weld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722
Rust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723
Repaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724
Blend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724
Melt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725
Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725
CHAPTER
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Color Matching 729
Introduction . . . 730
Color Description . . . . . . . . . . . . 730
Light and Color . . . 731
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731
Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
Comparing Two Colors . . . . . . . . . 736
Alternate Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . 737
Comparison Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 737
Plotting a Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739
Spectrophotometer . . . . . . . . . . . 739
Altering the Refi nish Color . . . 741
Metallic Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . 741
Tinting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
Tricoats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745
CHAPTER
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Paint Application 749
Introduction . . . 750
Planning the Repair . . . 750
Contamination Prevention . . . 750
Applying Paint . . . 753
Applying Single-Stage Paint . . . . . . . 753
Applying Basecoat/Clearcoat Paint . . . . 756
Applying Tricoat Paint. . . . . . . . . . 762
Blending Strategies . . . 763
Blend within a Repaired Panel . . . . . . 764
Blending Adjacent Panels . . . . . . . . 764
Baking . . . 766
Removing Masking Materials. . . . . . . 768
Troubleshooting . . . 768
CHAPTER
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Specialty Painting 777
Introduction . . . 778
Plastic Types and Characteristics . . . 778
Flexible Plastic Parts. . . . . . . . . . . 778
Preparing and Spraying Plastic Parts . . . 779
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779
Sanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780
Spraying Plastic Parts . . . . . . . . . . 781
Surface Preparation for
Specifi c Types of Plastic . . . 781
New, Bare, Non-Rigid Plastic Part . . . . . 781
New Primed, Non-Rigid
Plastic Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782
Repaired Non-Rigid Plastic Parts . . . . . 782
New Rigid Plastic Parts . . . . . . . . . 783
Repaired Rigid Plastic . . . . . . . . . . 783
Painting Specifi c Types of Plastic . . . 783
Flexible and Semi-Rigid Plastic Parts . . . 783
Rigid Plastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784
Custom Painting . . . 784
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Detailing 793
Introduction . . . 794
Color Sanding . . . 794
Buffi ng . . . 794
Glazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798
Paintless Dent Repair . . . 799
Painted Stripes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802
Installing Pinstripe Tape . . . 803
Adhesive-Attached Plastic Molding . . . 804
Riveted-on Molding Clips . . . 805
Decals . . . 806
Small Decal Installation . . . . . . . . . 806
Large Decal Installation . . . . . . . . . 807
Clean Up . . . 807
Removing Paint Surface Defects . . . 810
Removing Orange Peel . . . . . . . . . 810
Dirt Particles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810