Another good video mate. I like that you are honest about the complications involved with SMART repair. Even though we use a lot of the same tools and materials as high end bodyshops the environments are completely different. Like me you are hard on yourself but I find it motivates me to become better. All the best Grant. Its a tough game but your doing great
Wow I’m surprised to see an imperfection in the paint from factory, it just goes to show that nothing is 100% perfect, not even a brand new car, as always you smashed this out of the park Grant, making this lovely car look the part again😊.
Trust me new cars are far from perfect. Many smart repair companies have "Dealer days" at main dealers. Brand new cars arrive with damage and are repaired on site. I would go as far as to say 3, maybe 4 in 10 have had smart repairs before a customer purchases there new car.
A nice long video with lots of good info. Really enjoyable as always, top stuff and definitely job jobbed. Thanks for the continued excellent content, stay safe, Cheers 👍🏽🙂
That was a stunning job you did there Grant - fantastic to watch it being done from start to finish. I never realised how the paint colour was achieved, that’s an art in itself. And from the other comments I see you only charged what you did, that amazed even more. A job very well done. Respect to you sir!! ✊👍👏🚙
I used to start with 320 then 500 and blend panels we used to grey scotch for metalic and red for solid with cutting paste, but like you say times change and each to their own. Cracking job fella see you soon.
Finishing on 5-600 is fine if your painting a solid colour I.e white /red blue if metallic you want to be around the 800 mark n 1000-1200 clear blending area I've painted a few light metallics and you can slightly see 800 through clear coat there's loads of methods but as grant says do what works for you 1 thing I will say Is bodywork n painting isn't for every 1 and it's hard graft sometimes 👍👍
Hi Grant . New to your channel. Great videos with honest information. I've been running my smart business since 2007 but only fulltime since July 2021 after being made redundant from Honda in Swindon. I'm always being told to put my prices up. Buy keen to know how much you charged for the Audi A1. Especially when you said that you were done for the day after one repair 😄 Thanks Gary GL Mobile Repairs
I have a question regarding the plastic adhesion promoter, do you only apply it to the bare plastic sanded area ? Or the entire panel ? And do you use it before primer and filler ? Thanks great video again grant
@@grantssmartrepairs thanks very much could you show you spray the fade out up close then polishing the blend up close show what's happening thanks again for vids very interesting
Yet again very interesting watching you do these repairs. One question - when mixing your paint and adding all the various tints, if you are slightly over with the amount of tint you add and have to take a little out with your thin bit of wood what if you accidentally take out a bit of the previous tint or tints with your stick will that not effect your mix ratio?🤔🤔
Hi grant. There’s a body shop near me and a customer bought in his brand new 22 reg Kia to have his bumpers painted because they didn’t match and the Bidyshop got em perfect.
@@grantssmartrepairs so polish up to 800 then lacquer to end of flatting,then fadeout thinner into old lacquer finish, wetting up the edge as you go,.then I take it u just tickle the blend with the polisher.talking of which whare did you get that battery one from,less cables.👌👍
First class job as always Grant you are to fussy over your work to put out a job that isn't right 👌 very interesting watching you mix the formula up mate and made me feel better to know I'm not the only one that over pours the tints😆 That looks like a water based scheme but I always thought you used solvent based 🤔 if it is water do you find it takes longer to flash off between coats when it's cold? that was the main reason I got my Kapci solvent based scheme 🙏👍
WOW!! that's amazing, when I was looking at a scheme I got some premixed waterbased to try and even in my little homemade booth it took ages to flash off so got the solvent which is really nice.
Yeah I was well put off when I tried spectral wave 2.0 I just couldn’t dry it in the booth, then went out with my mate for the week before I decided to go mobile he used lechler hydrofan and I was amazed so just went with this one and think it’s great
Yeah I remember you having the spectral wave mate you were saying that this #### has got to go 😂 really pleased you have got a good water scheme that works well for you 👏🙏👍
They don't put much factory paint on those bumpers if you went through so easily away from the job.... oh those Germans eh🤨,nice you pulled it back though,funny how what looks like an easy job always go 🍐 pear
Could litterally see the difference in the 2 clears the way they flowed out always nice to have a save like that
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Another good video mate. I like that you are honest about the complications involved with SMART repair. Even though we use a lot of the same tools and materials as high end bodyshops the environments are completely different. Like me you are hard on yourself but I find it motivates me to become better. All the best Grant. Its a tough game but your doing great
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Wow I’m surprised to see an imperfection in the paint from factory, it just goes to show that nothing is 100% perfect, not even a brand new car, as always you smashed this out of the park Grant, making this lovely car look the part again😊.
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Trust me new cars are far from perfect. Many smart repair companies have "Dealer days" at main dealers. Brand new cars arrive with damage and are repaired on site. I would go as far as to say 3, maybe 4 in 10 have had smart repairs before a customer purchases there new car.
This is 100% true 👍
Your awesome mate even when things don’t go 100% u still tell it how it is. My favourite channel.
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I agree. best way to be. Sign of a decent Technician
Yet another top video enjoyed watching thanks for sharing 👍👍
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Think that little lock up will be a god send in the winter.
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great work grant you so hard working man great channel
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Excellent job as usual!
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That’s a blinding job Grant! Thanks for showing the paint mixing - didn’t realise so many colours went into one finish! See ya on the next one!
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hi grant you have been doing some cracking jobs mate
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Hello Grant,another job jobbed 😀,nice work on the Audi A1.the results are amazing.
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Grant mate you would make a great teacher
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Despite the coagulated clear he still manages to turn out an excellent job 😄. Top quality work as always 👍👍
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Great job you did there Grant
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A nice long video with lots of good info. Really enjoyable as always, top stuff and definitely job jobbed. Thanks for the continued excellent content, stay safe, Cheers 👍🏽🙂
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The muck truck turned up 😅 nice bit of grub on that grant great tune in the background mate 👌
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That was a stunning job you did there Grant - fantastic to watch it being done from start to finish. I never realised how the paint colour was achieved, that’s an art in itself. And from the other comments I see you only charged what you did, that amazed even more. A job very well done. Respect to you sir!! ✊👍👏🚙
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Best explainer video yet, thanks fella
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Spot on repair mate adapt and overcome 👏 👌
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Yet another job jobed 😆great finish and just as good as the original paint in my eyes,👍👍
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The paint mix up is to say the least Grant a little bit of scientific-maths…never thought it had to be so precise interesting tho
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Audi “shiny primer” is the one of the best colours ever 👍🏻
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I used to start with 320 then 500 and blend panels we used to grey scotch for metalic and red for solid with cutting paste, but like you say times change and each to their own. Cracking job fella see you soon.
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Always love a video when I learn something, good job 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
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Finishing on 5-600 is fine if your painting a solid colour I.e white /red blue if metallic you want to be around the 800 mark n 1000-1200 clear blending area I've painted a few light metallics and you can slightly see 800 through clear coat there's loads of methods but as grant says do what works for you 1 thing I will say Is bodywork n painting isn't for every 1 and it's hard graft sometimes 👍👍
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Hi Grant . New to your channel. Great videos with honest information. I've been running my smart business since 2007 but only fulltime since July 2021 after being made redundant from Honda in Swindon. I'm always being told to put my prices up. Buy keen to know how much you charged for the Audi A1. Especially when you said that you were done for the day after one repair 😄
Thanks Gary GL Mobile Repairs
Hi Gary welcome to the channel 👊👊👊 this was for my landlord I charged £200 for this
Very interesting video showing the whole process Grant spot on again..
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I have a question regarding the plastic adhesion promoter, do you only apply it to the bare plastic sanded area ? Or the entire panel ? And do you use it before primer and filler ? Thanks great video again grant
Good 👍 job that did you do a blend and fade out thinners 😊
Great video mate👍
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Hi grant yet again amazing work with sparying magic making it like new again all the best to you and your family 😎👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
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have you moved back into your old workshop grant? sorry missed a few episodes .
Sold up and gone mobile all is explained in van build pt7 have a watch 👍👍👍
Top job Grant, love your vids. What pads and compound do you use?
I’m using the cartec system at the moment it’s doing a great job 👍👍👍👍
Another excellent job Grant 👌
What grit do you use to sand the clear coat before you polish it?
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2000 grit normally if I have some big dirt nibs will use 1500 grit then up grit 👍👍👍
Should do a gun set up video there popular specially with the little dv1s guns
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Lovely old job Grant looks cracking as always.....get yourself home and av a minute 👊👊👊👊👊👊💪💪💪💪💪💥💥💥💥💥
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Great job that, quick question.. how are the lights on the old work shop walls? I bought similar and they all failed after around a year
Yeah these are dead they have been in there years I need to change them
Great job grant as always brilliant 👍
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Your the MAN
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Good job m8 what uv primer kit do u use
I have a hedson irt lamp and I use sikkens uv primer 👍👍👍👍
You don't need to top coat it, just use gray primer and lacquer over the top. Not a fan of this sort of grey, looks like polished primer to me
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Great job yet again 👏
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What’s the name for the tag cloth you use? I always use the white tag cloth but I find it not good as it leaves small strands about
Veraclean I-Tack Light
Nice one Grant 👌🏽👍🏽 How do you workout how much paint to mix up
Just guess 😂😂😂 I’m still learning
Loving the vids matey stunning colour that car
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Love the old workshop! Any old school motors coming soon? Keep up the good work 👍🏻👍🏻
Don’t know about soon 😂😂😂 but trying to save up for something 👍👍👍
Hi Grant. I watch all your videos but my memory is toast. Do you use water based as the primer and colour then normal lacquer?
Primer is uv paint is waterbased
Love the vids ....... can I ask where you get your magnetic holders for plastic sheet .. thanks
Got mine off eBay 👍👍👍👍
Hi thanks but what are they listed as as I can't find them thanks for help ...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293935277422?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Jv7cUSx2QO2&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=7sdhwvgpqfc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
There the ones I got but they have gone up in price I paid 30 odd quid
@@grantssmartrepairs thanks very much could you show you spray the fade out up close then polishing the blend up close show what's happening thanks again for vids very interesting
Let's get back to the toys soon
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Hi mate what's that small mirka sander your using thanks andy
Flex lph80 I think it’s called 👍👍👍👍
Can't find it where did you get I've been after one on electric save the compressor running all the time and making water
cartecuk.com/collections/flex/products/pxe80-cordless-nano-polisher-compounds-pads-extension-bar-set
Sorry mate it was the small yellow one
Sorry just re read your question yeah will be the flat one you are on about I don’t know the model it’s the bigger one of the two they do
Great job grant nice 1
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Spot on 👍👊
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Another top Job Jobbed 👊🏻👊🏻
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Which clear you using grant?
Multimix 2 with air dry plus hardner 👍👍👍
One day you're give the missus her hairdryer back
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37 mins.. Rivaling the Johnny drop trial I see...😄
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Master at work! Tricky job that one Grant but you smashed it as per, job jobbed!!
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Yet again very interesting watching you do these repairs. One question - when mixing your paint and adding all the various tints, if you are slightly over with the amount of tint you add and have to take a little out with your thin bit of wood what if you accidentally take out a bit of the previous tint or tints with your stick will that not effect your mix ratio?🤔🤔
It would possibly but I make sure I don’t as the way the paints sit on top of each other it’s quite easy to remove a bit 👍👍👍
Hi grant. There’s a body shop near me and a customer bought in his brand new 22 reg Kia to have his bumpers painted because they didn’t match and the Bidyshop got em perfect.
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great job grant now enjoy the weekend mate. ps m@@k will get there in the end but like ive said to him rome was not built in a day
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Plastic bumpers matching,spot on move on.👌✅are you blending and polishing fadeout into 800, just thinking.
No I clear into 800 and melt into the old clear
@@grantssmartrepairs I found doing that way sometimes couldn't lose the edge don't you find it chases back not enough key, just curious to know 👍
If you sand it yes it can but if you polish it gently it’s normally ok 👍
@@grantssmartrepairs so polish up to 800 then lacquer to end of flatting,then fadeout thinner into old lacquer finish, wetting up the edge as you go,.then I take it u just tickle the blend with the polisher.talking of which whare did you get that battery one from,less cables.👌👍
Yep that’s what I do and mine is a flex pxe80 I got it from cartech 👍👍👍👍
Hi grant would you come over to beckenham to do a little job ?
Bit far for me mate it’s 2hrs away
@@grantssmartrepairs OK brother no worry
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First class job as always Grant you are to fussy over your work to put out a job that isn't right 👌 very interesting watching you mix the formula up mate and made me feel better to know I'm not the only one that over pours the tints😆
That looks like a water based scheme but I always thought you used solvent based 🤔 if it is water do you find it takes longer to flash off between coats when it's cold? that was the main reason I got my Kapci solvent based scheme 🙏👍
Yes mate it’s waterbased this lechler hydrofan is plenty quick enough I was that impressed with it that’s why I bought it 👍👍👍👍
WOW!! that's amazing, when I was looking at a scheme I got some premixed waterbased to try and even in my little homemade booth it took ages to flash off so got the solvent which is really nice.
Yeah I was well put off when I tried spectral wave 2.0 I just couldn’t dry it in the booth, then went out with my mate for the week before I decided to go mobile he used lechler hydrofan and I was amazed so just went with this one and think it’s great
Yeah I remember you having the spectral wave mate you were saying that this #### has got to go 😂 really pleased you have got a good water scheme that works well for you 👏🙏👍
Still may get a kapci scheme for a back up where did you get yours?
Don’t need a paint code. It’s still in primer.
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How much a job like that cost ? Thanks
That one I charged £200
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See your mate nearly made £15k on his fezz turbo
I didn’t see the auction tbh sounds like it done well 👍
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They don't put much factory paint on those bumpers if you went through so easily away from the job.... oh those Germans eh🤨,nice you pulled it back though,funny how what looks like an easy job always go 🍐 pear
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