1.7. Painting

Painting

After the repair is completed the entire body, including frame and door, engine hood, roof, fenders or anything that was damaged, which is repaired through pengentengan or other repairs necessary to use various tools both hand tools, hydraulic tools, etc., then it's time a sweetened vehicle with paint to create a sweet impression.

Now, the painting process requires a special room, known as the painting room (space paint). High quality paints, also requires good technique and supporters. Painting can not be done in open space, because the remnants of the paint will be re-attached to a painted surface, which resulted in the surface paint could not be smoother. Dust and small animals that perch difficult to remove because the paint dries quickly. Therefore, the painting done in the paint that has good air circulation. Filtered air, sucked from the outside will re-issued through other channels. Resulting in air velocity. Will spontaneously paint mist was sucked out so that no opportunity override a freshly painted surface.

Sanding paint job starts from the body surface using a coarse sandpaper, sandpaper until smooth. If needed done pendempulan to obtain maximum results. Painting is a fun practice activities, because it is the last job before the vehicle can be used.

Before the paint job started, first prepare the necessary equipment. Like an air compressor (air source), high pressure tubes, including the connection-tight joints, spray gun, masking paper, a special shirt painting, air masks (to protect our respiratory) of paint to be used and completeness, as well as other equipment. To protect the components need not be painted dimasking first. Then the vehicle was taken to a special room painting (spray booth). This was done so that when making a painting, not disturbed by dust and dirt around the painting.

Figure 1:24. Car body painting

During the painting implement, required proper painting techniques, in order to obtain maximum results. For example, mixing colors to be right. Moreover, we do spot repainting or nyepet, the old paint with new paint must also be equal. In addition, setting the amount of paint and air mixture must be exactly the right causing. Distance painting must also be adjusted with a mixture of paint and thinnernya conditions, overlapping staining should also be good. By using appropriate techniques, the resulting painting will be maximized.

After the painting is finished, the vehicle was taken to a special room to be heated. Heating is essential to accelerate the process of drying paint. Sources of heat can use regular lights or heaters are now many use the room heating oven.

Figure 1:25. Space heater (oven)

When finished painting, so that the vehicle is more glossy and the paint really flat, so the polishing or polishing the paint. Polishing can be done using the machine, can also use a hand. Special polishing the vehicle after painting is completed, it is advisable to use a machine polish to create a uniform sheen (circular).

Figure 1:26. Remove polishing scratches on the paint

Polish process can also be carried out not only after the painting, but can be done if there are scratches on the paint, but not too deep. Workmanship same process after painting, to get good results.

Duties:
1. Identify the types of the framework of the fifth car from the passenger car / sedan and five cars goods vehicles!
2. Make a comparison of interior and exterior features of the five vehicles!

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