Mini Blog: Fender Repair

Here at Jerry Noonan’s Auto Center, we do a little bit of everything from mechanical work to auto body repair. When doing body work, the jobs vary. We can get a vehicle that got into a small fender bender or one that requires a complete overhaul. We also have a paint booth so if you need some kind of repair that requires painting we can do that too!

Something that is a pretty typical task in our body shop is a fender repair. This is when
the technician will repair the damage and then get it ready to be painted.

In these pictures the technician is using a material called polyester filler. This is used to fill in the low spots and dents that are on the fender. Once the first coat is dry the technician will put a few more on to ensure everything is filled in nicely. 

Once the multiple coats of the filler dry, the technician will then sand. When sanding, it is important to make sure you have evened out the surface.

Once the sanding is complete, the technician will need to clean the surface. You want to make sure that all the sanding dust is gone because the next step is priming the repaired area.

Once the area has been cleaned, it is ready to be prepared for the primer paint. The technician tapes off the area that needs to be painted. This is done to centralize where the paint is going to go. He then will put on paper (that has tape on one end) all around the area to protect the rest of the car from over spray. Once all this is set, the vehicle is ready to be primed.  

The technician will paint the repaired area with primer. He puts on a few coats to make sure he has fully covered the fender area. After the primer coats dry, the area needs to be wet sanded until smooth and flush with the rest of the fender; this will get rid of all the black spray. Once this is done, the vehicle is ready to go into the booth to be painted.

Tada! This is the final product. The fender went through paint and is all shiny and looks like new! The vehicle still needs to be finished up, but the fender repair that our technician did is all done. 

If you need any kind of body work for your vehicle please call us at (609)-655-2886 and ask for Dave. You can come in and he will assess your vehicle with a free estimate and schedule you in for your auto body repair.