"Cold spray" paint technique

[BingoBob]

I have been told that AM use a special "cold spray" technique to do repairs and paintwork, and that the usual way of painting cars won't work as well.

Is this true? It doesn't sound very likely to me, but then I know nothing about it. Could it be dealer-speak for "you have to go through us"?

The reason I ask is that I have just got the car back from having part of my bumper painted by an independant and I'm not happy with the colour, so I want to try somewhere else, but if there is a special technique that only AM can do to get the right colour / finish then obviously I'll take it to them.

[Neil1300R]

bks!!!

No different to any other car these days.

[burntout]

You just need a good paint shop.... A good body shop if they know what they are doing should be able to create a good match...

[BingoBob]

I think my problem is that my bodywork guy doesn't use Dupont paint and mixed up according to the equivalent formula for Tungsten supplied by his paint supplier.

Will an AM dealer tell me who their bodywork people are or will they insist I go through them?

[Gibberish]

BingoBob said:

Will an AM dealer tell me who their bodywork people are or will they insist I go through them?

I’d ignore all the trade-speak, just take it to an Aston Martin ‘approved repairer’ they should use the ‘approved’ technique whatever that is.

I’ve seen recommendations from some on here, but it depends where you will stay in the UK.

But as said before…Step away from the main dealers; my understanding is they mainly sell and service and sub out the bodywork.

[Steve jm]

There is a "Hot Pot" system for synthetic paint but I don't know of any bodyshop using it? As a specialist we use the standard DuPont and PPG paint systems which can be classed as "cold Paint" even though it's kept at room temperature.

[Steve jm]

May be they mean cold plastic repair instead of plastic welding?

[BingoBob]

Thanks for the response, guys.

The problem is that I am in France, not the UK, so finding an AM approved bodyshop is a bit of a puzzler. I don't know where to start, other than calling my nearest dealer (who are a miserable and unhelpful bunch) and asking them. The only reason I haven't done that yet is because I know exactly how the conversation will go and how angry it will make me.

[StringfellowHawk]

If it was me i would take to back to home of Aston Martin which is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Newport Pagnell,,get it done right means you get it done once.

[yeti]

StringfellowHawk said:

If it was me i would take to back to home of Aston Martin which is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Newport Pagnell,,get it done right means you get it done once.

Tell that to JohnG1. He has his repairs done at NP and it was NOT done right...

[StringfellowHawk]

Yeti there is always one pain in the bottom customer JohnG1 sounds he could find fault with a just about anything,,,just an observation

[Lunablack]

StringfellowHawk said:

,,,just an observation

A poor one at that........ John G was a pretty easy going chap..... And had good reason not to be happy with the work done on his car.....


Just an observation