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This on-line workshop manual is principally text, with illustrations where required for clarity- just click on *Pic* . The menu bar on the left leads to the main sections of the website.
The website is intended as a general purpose guide for amateur and serious d.i.y car body repairers who have access to fairly basic tools. The most expensive item which may be needed for larger repairs is a good spraygun and an air compressor to run it, which will be uneconomic for a "one-off" repair, but perhaps feasible for a keen DIY'er. Small repairs can be painted satisfactorily using aerosol paints, which are usually cellulose paint which has been thinned a little more to work properly at the pressure provided by the canister.
The other alternative to consider is paying a suitably equipped bodyshop to apply the paint after the preparation work has been completed. As most of the cost of a professional repair will be labour charges, quite a large amount of money can be saved this way, because preparation can easily account for 75% of the time involved. Remember, though, that faulty preparation will not be hidden by coats of paint!
Professional bodyshops use power tools which speed up the repair process, but most stages of a repair can still be completed by good old fashioned hard work - it just takes longer! Many bodyshops and coachbuilders will finish all flatting by hand to guarantee a perfect finish.
Finally, for individual advice on problems or particular aspects of processes covered in this guide, please feel free to use the email service provided. Your comments, good or otherwise, are also appreciated, but nothing obscene please!
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