Ford Galaxy / Ford S-MAX. Manual — part 1074

Repair of damage:

Remove the dust using an industrial fallout remover and thoroughly wash.
Polish the paint surface.

NOTE: Never try to remove the particles of industrial fallout by polishing or rubbing!

Use cleaning dough.

Damage caused by battery acid.

Splashes of battery acid caused by carelessly topping up the battery.

WARNING: Batteries contain sulphuric acid. When working near the battery, or where

there is battery acid on the vehicle body, protect the skin and eyes from contact with the
acid. If battery acid contacts the skin or enters the eyes, flush the affected area
immediately with water (flush for at least 15 minutes) and call a doctor without delay. If
acid is swallowed, call a doctor immediately. Failure to follow these instructions may
result in personal injury.
NOTE: High temperatures accelerate the attack on the top coat. At 50°C the top coat
layer breaks down after about 15 minutes!

Cause/damage pattern:

Etching of the paint layer to decomposition of the paint finish.

Repair of damage:

Flush the acid splashes with plenty of water and neutralize with car washing liquid.
If the contact time of the acid was short, perform a polishing repair.

Paint damage caused by brake fluid.

Careless handling of brake fluid. The glycols contained in the fluid cause swellings.

Cause/damage pattern:

The temperature and contact time are critical. Splashes lead to loss of shine and
lightening of color.

Repair of damage:

Flush immediately with plenty of water.
The swellings can often be made to recede completely by treatment with the radiant
heater or in the paint drying oven at max. 60°C for about 1 hour.

Mechanical damage

Stone impact damage or mechanical damage

Mechanical damage caused by impact of stones or other hard objects and extending down
to the metal panel lead very quickly to corrosion and rusting under the paint on the
adjoining surface.

Cause/damage pattern:

Paint damage caused from the outside, down to filler, primer or metal panel.

Repair of damage:

Sand or blast out.
Use anti-corrosion primer.
Apply top coat.

Damage due to corrosion

Blistering/rusting below

Air or water filled blister-shaped raised areas in the paint film.

Cause/damage pattern:

Overpainting corroded steel panel.
Condensation in the spray air.
Sanding water not dried out or salt crystal residues.
Road chippings and road winter grit containing salt.

Repair of damage:

Sand the affected area of damage or the body component and re-create the paint finish.
More severe and larger areas of rusting below must be repaired using the corresponding
repair painting, Repair Level III or IV.

Damage caused by faults in treatment

Craters
Paint boils
Adhesion defects
Adhesion defects - clear lacquer
Sanding scores
Formation of stripes
Peeling/blistering on plastic parts
Blistering on polyester material
Peroxide marks in metallic paints
Crack formation
Shrinking back/zone edge marks
Blistering
Etching
Paint wrinkles/puckering
Cloud formation
Spots/metallics
Metamerism/color deviations
Washing out
Loss of gloss
Covering ability/areas of thin paint
Flow problems/orange peel
Dirt embedded in metallic base paint
Dirt embedded in top coat
Water marks
Paint runs
Swirl marks

Craters

Crater-like single or extensively occurring depressions with raised edges, in top coat or the
intermediate layers.

Cause/damage pattern:

Substrate not adequately cleaned with silicone remover.
Spray air contaminated by oil residues and water accumulations.
Filter ceiling not adequate for requirements.
Use of polishes, cleaning agents or sprays (e.g. interior sprays) containing silicone.
Oil, wax, grease, silicone containing residues.
Working clothes contaminated by materials containing silicone.

Repair of damage:

Sand paint surface, clean with silicone remover and apply one thin spray pass. Let it
begin to dry well, then apply several thin and dry sprayed passes.

Paint boils

Small, hard, closed or burst blisters in the paint top coat. They appear locally in groups or
spread individually across the whole surface. Sanding opens up a larger cavity, under which
the primer can often be seen.

Cause/damage pattern:

Paint applied in layers which were too thick.
Specified flash-off and drying times between coats were not adhered to.
Specified working viscosity and spray pressure were not adhered to.
Use of unsuitable hardener and thinner materials. (Solvent combinations in paint system
not optimally matched).
Poor booth conditions.

Repair of damage:

Single boil blisters can be removed using polishing.
After thorough drying, sand the top coat at the affected areas, clean with silicone
remover and re-paint. Fill any fine pores still present with 2-component acrylic filler.
On larger areas of damaged topcoat, sand completely away and apply new paint finish.

Adhesion defects

Whole coating detached from substrate or individual layers one from another. Sometimes
adhesion defects can only be noticed after an external influence such as stone impact.

Cause/damage pattern:

Substrate not adequately prepared (rust, grease, moisture, sanding, cleaning).
Unsuitable material used.
Drying times, flash-off times too short.
Base paint not sprayed wet-in-wet, instead the intermediate drying times were too long.