respraying

Painting over again

Respraying is applying a new coat of spray paint, typically to a vehicle.

Cars get resprayed to repair damage, change color, or restore faded finishes: The insurance covered respraying the door after the accident.

The term applies to any surface refinished with spray equipment rather than brushwork.

automotive

bodywork

Vehicle's external structure

primer · clearcoat · basecoat · booth · masking · sanding · buffing · collision · repair · dent

furniture

upcycling

Improving discarded materials' value

cabinets · chairs · tables · vintage · restoration · DIY · sanding · priming · topcoat · gloss

graffiti

covering

Layer that shields or hides

  • buffingFriction-based shine work
  • tagsIdentifiers for sorting items
  • muralsLarge wall paintings

vandalism · council · whitewash · removal · aerosol · walls · overpainting · cleanup · defacement · maintenance

industrial

coating

Applied surface covering

protective · enamel · powder-coating · electrostatic · galvanizing · maintenance · metal · steel · pipes · tanks

Opposites
surface condition/treatment

resprayingstripping

Removing outer layers

paint stripping · paint removal · sandblasting · exposing · bare metal

restoration action

resprayingpreserving

Protecting from deterioration

maintaining · neglecting

originality/authenticity

resprayingpreserving

Protecting from deterioration

unrestored · untouched

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G