Method for manufacturing translucent components of an outer skin of a vehicle

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for producing components of an outer skin of a vehicle, wherein the component comprises at least one transilluminable region. The process comprises the steps of: a) providing a main body produced from a light-permeable or transparent polymer material in an injection molding process, wherein the main body has a front side and a reverse side; b) applying a color-imparting coating to the front side of the main body, wherein this comprises a color-imparting, light-impermeable paint layer; c) treating the color-imparting coating in a two-stage laser process to produce the at least one transilluminable region, wherein in the first stage the color-imparting coating is removed using an IR laser and in the second stage the transilluminable region processed in the first stage is cleaned and smoothed using a UV laser; and d) applying a sealing clearcoat layer to the color-imparting coating and to the transilluminable region of the main body.

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