Ford F-150 2015 Structural Repair Training Course page 82

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product￿maker.￿Do￿not￿intermix
refinishing￿systems,￿and￿be￿sure￿to
use￿products￿that￿are￿compatible
with￿aluminum.
When￿refinishing￿aluminum￿parts,￿refer￿to
the￿paint￿maker's￿technical￿data￿sheets￿for
the￿correct￿materials￿and￿processes.
Always￿follow￿the￿paint￿maker's￿recommendations.
When￿preparing￿a￿new￿part￿for
refinishing:
clean￿the￿part￿using￿soap￿and
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water￿followed￿by￿a￿wax￿and
grease￿remover.
scuff￿the￿E-coat￿with￿the
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appropriate￿sandpaper.￿Do not
break￿through￿the￿E-coat.￿If￿the
E-coat￿is￿removed,￿cover￿the
exposed￿metal￿with￿an￿approved
primer.
clean￿the￿part￿again￿with￿a￿wax
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and￿grease￿remover.
apply￿primer￿or￿sealer￿as￿required.
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apply basecoat￿/
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clearcoat according￿to￿the
refinishing￿system￿recommended
by￿Ford.
2015￿Ford￿F-150￿Structural￿Repair￿Training￿Course￿(FOR06)
Module￿4￿-￿Body￿Design￿And￿Construction
Stationary￿Glass￿Installation
Be￿sure￿to￿use￿the￿correct￿size￿adhesive￿bead￿when
installing￿stationary￿glass.
When￿installing￿the￿windshield:
bare￿metal￿flanges￿need￿to￿be
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primed￿as￿required.
use￿approved￿glass￿urethane
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adhesive,￿Dow￿BETASEAL￿Expess
urethane.￿Nonconductive￿glass
urethane￿adhesive￿may￿be￿used
but￿it￿is￿not￿required.
a￿primer￿may￿be￿required.￿Some
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glass￿adhesives￿require￿a￿primer￿to
be￿used￿on￿the￿bare￿glass.
duplicate￿the￿factory￿urethane
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height.￿Ensure￿that￿the￿urethane
bead￿width￿and￿height￿will￿closely
duplicate￿what￿was￿done￿at￿the
factory.
Foam-core￿butyl￿tape￿is￿used￿around￿the
perimeter￿of￿the￿backglass.￿Ensure￿where
the￿foam-core￿butyl￿tape￿is￿used,￿there￿is
no￿bare￿aluminum.￿The￿finish￿will￿work￿as
an￿insulator￿between￿the￿aluminum￿and
butyl￿tape.
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