Inside a Professional Respray, Step by Step

1. Assessment and strip

We assess the car and strip back the areas to be painted, dealing with any dents, rust or old repairs underneath.

2. Prep and prime

Surfaces are filled where needed, sanded true, masked and primed. This slow, unglamorous part determines the final quality.

3. Colour-match and paint

Your colour is mixed to the factory code, fine-tuned, then applied in coats and blended into surrounding panels.

4. Bake and finish

The paint is baked in a controlled booth for a hard, even, durable finish, then reassembled and checked before it comes back to you.

See it for yourself

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From the workshop

Audi S3 — deep metallic blue bonnet refinish

A full bonnet refinish in Audi's deep metallic blue — one of the colours that shows every flaw in prep and every mismatch in colour. Under the booth…

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