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Content

Introduction

• Body / frame and body structure
• General information about replacing body panels
• Safety first

Maintenance

• Caring for paint
• Recovery
• Antirust treatment and priming

Overview of damage types and their recovery

• Determination of severity of damage
• The choice between repair and replacement

Tools and equipment

• Tools and equipment
• Equipment

Elimination of minor body damage

• Eliminating scratches from paintwork
• Elimination of minor dents
• Restoration of areas exposed to minor corrosion
• Repair of plastic body parts

Restoring a body that has serious damage

• Types of tin work
• Putties
• Correction of significant corrosion damage
• Glass fiber recovery methods
• Correcting the stiffness of the bearing body by stretching

Replacement of body panels

• Introduction
• Body parts fastened on bolts
• Welded panels
• Adhesive body elements
• Coupling of body panels

Preparing for painting

• Preparation of old paint
• Removing paintwork preparing for painting
• Application of primer
• Masking panels

Body painting

• Painting equipment
• Maintenance of the spray gun
• Types of paint
• Staining procedure
• Prophylaxis and a technique of elimination of the defects arising at painting and drying

Doors and glasses

• Replacement and adjustment of doors
• Repair, replacement and installation of glasses

Facing and body accessories

• General information
• Removing and installing body linings and accessories
• Removing and installing outdoor lighting
• Removing and installing emblems and moldings

Welding

• General information
• Types of welding
• Welding with a consumable electrode in shielding gas
• Oxygen-acetylene welding
• Soldering

A dictionary of terms used in the performance of body repair