Panel Beating Services

We at Fran’s Crash Repairs believe that when you want excellence in a finish in a labour intensive trade, qualifications and experience is the combination that gets the results.

About Panel Beating

Panel Beating is the term used to describe the process involved in repairing auto vehicle bodies back to their factory state after having been damaged (e.g., after being involved in a crash). It is usually carried out by an auto body mechanic more commonly known as a Panel Beater. They do this using many skills such as planishing* as well as various other metalworking techniques, welding, use of putty fillers, and many more. Accident repair may require the panel beater to either repair or replace, and in many cases both, various parts of a vehicle. These parts may be made from various metals including various steels and alloys, many different plastics, fibreglass and others.

Panel Beaters

A typical Panel Beater will work on everyday vehicles, cars, vans, 4x4s for example. Specialised areas include repairs to motorcycles, trucks and even aircraft. Another specialty of a panel beater would be vehicle restorations.

* Planishing

Planishing is a metalworking technique that involves finely shaping and smoothing sheet metal by hammering it against a shaped surface called a planishing stake. Metal workers use planishing to finish shaping and smoothing an object after roughly forming it with other techniques, such as sinking and raising. Planishing is a hand driven process used in auto body repair and sheet metal craft work

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