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Really? Moving the car to a separate space for drying is more expensive than holding up the line?
by dwild 12y ago
Really? Moving the car to a separate space for drying is more expensive than holding up the line?
- CocaKoala 12y agoPresumably you can't just move the car anywhere while it dries, since you don't want dust or particles to get stuck in the coat of paint. So now you have to create a second clean room, plus figure out how to keep the path in between the paint room and the drying room dust free. So why not just move the car to the drying room, and paint it there? Except now you have the same problem, you've just shifted it to a larger space.
- madvoid 12y agoSince there are multiple layers of paint I would guess that the wait time is for the intermediate layers, and that removing and replacing the car from the line is the expensive part.
- RyJones 12y agoYou guys should watch how it's made. Modern cars are dipped to get the "primer", then shot with a single coat of color/clear, and dried in an oven. It's been that way since at least the early 90s. Here's an example. Note, it's Bentley, but the process is just more refined. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rxjhDb_IAo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rxjhDb_IAo
- scott_s 12y agoI poked around. It appears that the chassis dries on the line. (I'm basing this off of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUqKUbmdOr0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUqKUbmdOr0 and https://www.bmwusfactory.com/manufacturing/production-process/paint-shop/ https://www.bmwusfactory.com/manufacturing/production-proces...). There are many layers of paint and finish, and I think those dry as it moves from point to point on the line.