As the saying goes, people rely on clothes to wear Buddha and gold. In this era of face-watching, good dressing is crucial to the improvement of appearance. This car is no exception. Besides abundant configuration, good control and reliable quality, beautiful appearance is also indispensable for a good car. As one of the important components of car appearance, car paint plays a great role in improving the overall temperament and grade of the car.
What are the spraying techniques of car paint?
Generally speaking, the painting process is divided into four steps: electrophoresis primer, intermediate coat, varnish and color paint. They play the roles of anti-corrosion, help coloring, brightness and protection respectively, among which color paint is the key to determine the color of vehicles. However, floating coat-free technology is becoming more and more popular for various reasons such as process optimization, environmental protection and beautiful colors. By improving the formula of colored paint and varnish, and thickening the film thickness of both to replace the effect of intermediate coat, the corresponding anti-corrosion and coloring requirements can also be achieved.
At present, most cars on the market adopt the relatively cheap car paint process of single-layer color paint and single-layer varnish. However, some luxury brands are relatively elegant in this aspect. For example, Lexus used the multi-layer spraying technology originally used in concept cars to mass production models. Among them, Lexus RC F is the first model that adopts multi-layer spraying technology.
What are the types of car paint?
There are about three common topcoats on the market today, which are ordinary paint, metallic paint paint and pearlescent lacquer paint respectively. Ordinary paint is the most common one and belongs to the most basic car paint. Its synthetic materials include resin, pigment and additives, such as the most common white, bright red and yellow are all common paints. Ordinary paint because the paint surface is soft, so when cleaning, you must first wash the dust on the surface of the car paint with clean water, and do not wipe it directly with cloth. In this way, the hard gray sand will not scratch the car paint as soon as the rag touches the car body.
Metallic paint is mixed with metal powder in the paint surface, which can not only make the surface look more shiny and moving, but also change the color of the car body at different angles due to the refraction of light, make the appearance of the whole car look richer and more stereoscopic. Due to the addition of metal components, the hardness of metallic paint is higher and the paint surface is harder. Therefore, the possibility of being easily scratched is lower, but because the process is more complicated, the maintenance cost is relatively expensive.
Mica particles are added to pearlescent lacquer. Mica is a very thin piece of material. The direction of reflection leads to colorful visual effects. Pearlescent lacquer is the best among the three paints and also the best reflective. It also has the most ingredients and strong antioxidant capacity, which generally appears in high-end models. Similarly, this kind of car paint repair is troublesome and the cost is relatively high. When buying a car, for example, the price of Toyota pearl white car is also higher.
In addition, Mazda launched a car paint called Soul Red in the first two years. In terms of appearance, it is really bright and won the love of many people. However, consumers who want to buy this color are reminded here that it costs more than 3,000 yuan to buy Soul Red; In addition, the cost of paint repair is also higher, and it takes more time, it may not be the same as before.
