Bodies of Difference
Автор: Matthew Kohrman
Год издания: 0000
Guide to self-repairing car bodies, in eBook
Автор: Монолит
Год издания:
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
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Год издания:
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