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Car Painting

Restoring a damaged vehicle to its original finish, matching colours, shades, and textures exactly, in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.

Why is this skill important?

Car painters (refinishers) are responsible for reinstating the pre-accident paint finish to cars after the structure and/or the panels have been repaired or replaced. They may also be asked to completely repaint a whole vehicle either to change its colour or reinstate its newness. Car painters may also become involved in matching colours to an original colour no longer available or to colours that prove difficult to match. A car painter must match the colour, shade, and texture of the adjoining panels that are not being painted.

Car painters can work in various work environments from an autobody repair shop to an aircraft hangar, dependent upon what vehicle or transport system they are painting. They work to apply paints inside an enclosed spray booth/oven in order to protect the environment from harmful products.

Car painters prepare panels or vehicles to receive paint. They may carry out minor panel repairs and apply undercoats, colour coats, and clear sealant coats which provide the high gloss levels required. They may be required to identify a colour code using various methods, mix the correct amount of colour to pre-determined formulae, and spray test cards to test the suitability of this colour match to the original colour and shade.

A car painter needs to be aware of time schedules and may often be working on several vehicles at one time while waiting for previously applied materials to dry.

Car painters (refinishers) may be required to refinish a wide range of items such as passenger cars, racing cars, vintage and classic vehicles, commercial goods vehicles, trains, aeroplanes, static structures or furniture. They may be required to refinish a wide variety of materials such as metals, plastics, composite materials, or wood.

Location

Silkeborg, Denmark

18–21 October 2022

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Results

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Rank	Medal	Result	Competitor	Country/Region
1.	Gold	730	Victor BERTHELIER	France
1.	Gold	730	Jongyun Kim	Korea
3.	Bronze	725	Craig Kennedy	United Kingdom
4.	Medallion for Excellence	716	Johannes Brandl	Germany
5.	Medallion for Excellence	712	Dorien Lozeau	Canada
6.	Medallion for Excellence	709	Isabella Turrise	Australia
7.		691	Hazza Almansouri	United Arab Emirates
8.		690	Koki Miyano	Japan
9.		686	Yong-Jun Qiu	Chinese Taipei
10.		676	Prakash Sharma	India
11.		666	Casper Bjørn Christensen	Denmark
12.		634	Manuel PÉREZ	Spain