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Heavy Duty Truck Repair

Specialized procedures for commercial vehicles.

About Heavy Duty Truck for Collision Repair

All of the work that you perform in a body shop – aluminum and composite panel repairs, seam sealer removal and installation, headlight restoration, corrosion protection – becomes larger and more important with the size of the job. Whether you’ve only started repairing heavy truck bodies or you specialize in heavy duty truck repair, you know how true that is. So, 3M has developed a collection of standard operating procedures and technical tips for repairing heavy duty trucks. This knowledge is designed to make the big job of heavy truck repair, repairing medium duty trucks, commercial fleet and utility trucks and semi trucks, as efficient and cost-effective as any other segment of collision repair.

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    Standard Operating Procedures for Heavy Duty Truck Repair

    For all the processes critical to heavy truck collision repair, 3M provides standard operating procedures (SOPs) to help you work faster, better and more efficiently. You’ll find clear procedures and best practices for seam sealer removal and installation, truck panel repair and reinforcement, corrosion protection and more.

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    Technical Tips for Heavy Duty Truck Repair

    3M technical staff provides the knowledge and experience to guide the effective repair of heavy duty trucks. These tips represent some of the most frequently asked questions from repair shops. You’ll find information on jobs which are unique to truck repair, including products and methods for SMC, FRP and composites.


  • Important Note
    There are of course many factors and variables that can affect an individual repair, so the technician and repair facility need to evaluate each specific application and repair process, including relevant vehicle, part and OEM guidelines, and determine what is appropriate for that repair.

Featured Standard Operating Procedures for Heavy Duty Truck Repair

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    Cosmetic Repair for Heavy Duty Trucks

    Cosmetic repairs are some of the most common procedures in heavy duty truck repair. These SOPs cover the basics of cosmetic repair for trucks, from cleaning, rough grinding and feather-edge to final sand and inspection. These SOPs contain the procedures for repairing the front side of SMC, FRP and composite materials common on utility and heavy trucks. You’ll also find helpful information on which substrates require the use of adhesion promoters. SOPs include the 3M products and tools for cosmetic heavy duty truck repair.

    Download English Cosmetic Repair Details (PDF, 1.7 MB)

    Download Spanish Cosmetic Repair Details (PDF, 199 KB)


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Heavy Duty Truck Paint Shop

Paint Application and Finishing


Technical Tips for Heavy Duty Truck Repair

These heavy duty truck technical tips are just a small sample of our specialized knowledge in commercial vehicle repair. Our technical team is here to help meet your technical challenges in the repair of heavy duty trucks.


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