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Factory Paint Application General fundamentals of paint Paint is a pigment-containing liquid which Repair paint consists of binder, pigments, filler and NOTE: Organic solvent is being replaced by Constituents of paint • Binder – Mostly semi-fluid resins which bind together the other components of the paint when it – Makes the paint durable. – Ensures good surface coverage. • Pigments – Fine, colored powders, which give color to the paint. – Cover the components below (covering power). • Additives – Additives give the paint special properties. – e.g. flow improver, softener, drying accelerator, thickener. • Solvent – Thins the paint and allows it to flow more freely. – Evaporates during drying. Painting process and corrosion In production, painting consists of individual steps Bodywork consists almost entirely of steel panels Production sequence: • Clean and de-grease – In the first step, the bare bodywork is initially dipped in a cleaning bath and cleaned with • Phosphatising – The cleaned bodywork is dipped in a bath containing various phosphate salt solutions. • CDP base – The cataphoretic dip paint (CDP) base acts as a further corrosion protection layer. – In this process the bodywork is completely immersed in a bath consisting of a paint and – By application of an electric voltage, an electric field is created. – Positively charged paint particles settle on the negatively charged bodywork and form – Next the bodywork is placed in a dryer, where the CDP base is hardened at 180°C. • Sealing, stone-chip protection – Edges, seams and but joints are sealer with a sealing compound. – Vulnerable areas are coated with stone-chip protection. • Filler – Filler protects the body panels from stone impacts. Furthermore, any unevenness of – Once the filler is dry, it serves as the base on which paint is applied. • Top coat – The top coat is applied as a single layer or two layers of paint. – When working with two layer paint, in the first job step the initial colored base paint is G468092en 501-36- 12 Paint - General Information 501-36- 12 DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION 201 |