How To Do An Effective Smart Repair Part 1

In this video i will be taking you through the stages in how to do an effective smart repair , we have gone into great detail in this video to try and include as much information on tools,materials and process as we can, smart repair work can be a great way to repair a localised area on a cars paint without having to go into painting multiple panels or doing a full panel, and althoug we dont do this often it does have a place in the automotive industry from manufacturing to car sales

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[jarfar]

This is a great learning video. What I would really like to see a tutorial on is a smart repair on a door edge. Like a door that has several chips along edge, how to blow paint repair on chips and blend into rest of door

[toddbelforte]

Details of the how to and why really helpful and clear. Very well done

[CatchmeifyoucanStockton]

Great video! Please don't take this the wrong way, when you are doing jobs like these its best to wear some nitrile gloves or any tight fittings gloves that are just 3 mil thick that way you can still feel the panel and any low or high spots but most importantly the oils on your skin are not contaminating the surface. The only way to ensure the oils are removed is to use at least 50% isopropyl alcohol.
Anyway just a suggestion Everyone is different i need to soak my hands in oil lol but I still use gloves only because it was a issue one time and took us hrs to figure out what happened.

[sh]

Bloody brilliant for us Sunday have a go heros

[Ulrtw]

You're the best God bless you keep you and your family safe thanks again

[thingshappen]

I did my first spot repair on a very strange damaged paint area on my car. It seemed like a drop of something that had tiny deep holes within it. I sanded all the way down to the bare metal until the holes were gone. So the metal, primer and paint were visible...Here are my steps: 1-clean the area. 2-primer coat  with self etching primer. 3-sand and clean. 4-couple of coats of touch up paint from the dealership with the brush it comes with which by the way it's a nightmare to use that brush on anything but rock chips. 5-sand and clean. 6-couple of layers of clear coat. The end result is not pretty but it's not horrendous for a first timer, at least it's very well protected now. So, i'm planning on redoing it with a small airbrush that i'm going to purchase soon so it can come out better. There's also two more spot like this on my car that I still want to use the air brush method on as well. Anyone has any tips or tricks that can advise me?

[keithvlogs]

Hi, Tony How much would you quote for a job like this?

Was working on a keyed car, and was sanding clearcoat, someone has done a smart repair with very very thin clearcoat and found my self eating BACK into the primer ahahah.. with P2000 its 5 seconds lol.

[JamieMarksify]

What a great video top work very informative and easy to understand I will be trying a smart repair on my S3 roof tomorrow hopefully saves it a trip to body shop😊

[reecemesser]

I'm looking to become a smart repair technician at 28. Got a interview on Tuesday next week

[keepitreal]

Nice efficient work...like ur thinking. One thing. 2k. No gloves?

[jarfar]

Great tutorial. Interesting about the panel heat lamp and it heats the substrate panel surface. Commercial panel lamps are quite expensive, would a patio heater style lamp work?

[Gav]

enjoyed the vid mate, I can't wait to watch part 2

[cornishcat]

nice video tony thanks for showing us something you would not normally do. as a diyer I would bottle it and paint the panel lol

[davenettleton]

Hi Tony
Is 3000 grit dull back ok for a decent keying.
I keep reading not to use anything less than 1000 for keying? Which I just think seems a bit course. Your method seem more like common sense. I have a small smart repair in a mid blue metalic M5X around two rear arches for some early stage blistering. Just want to make sure I’m getting the keying rite for the base coat and then a blended clear coat.

Thanks

Dave

[MrBeachwaves]

Won’t the primer start peeling on areas that were only sanded with 1000 grit? I thought needed at least 400 grit to adhere to?

[richardmessenger]

great vid Tony..thanks for the tips...have got some small areas on my L200 that need some work on...using your smart repair method will save me having to re spray large panels..many thanks...

[henrikbacke-hansen]

Great video. How do you know how much paint is needed for each coat? Do you use a depth gauge? What is the ratio for primer, base and clear you use for smart repair?

[keithdouglas]

excellent video my one suggestion would be to use a guide coat on the filler and the primer to make it easier to see any low or high spots, pin holes scratch marks etc.and to make sure the swage line is absolutely straight.Guide coat can be any dark colour from an aerosol or spray gun just dusted on lightly, takes all the guesswork out of rubbing down.

[normanmendonca]

Good work mate, nice blend and finish.

[mistergeek]

10:40 I always cut the sheet and pull it away from the job, as when you pull the sheet over the job you risk any dried flakey primer falling onto the wet paint, but that's just me lol