Process for the production of a multicoat refinish

A process for the production of a multicoat refinish of a damage site, comprising the steps of:

• 1.) preparing the damage site by cleaning, sanding, and, optionally, applying a filler, and preparing areas bearing the old finish that are adjacent to the damage site by a pretreatment,
• 2.) applying a basecoat composition containing metallic pigments and/or special-effect pigments to the prepared damage site and adjacent areas bearing the old finish by spraying from a spraygun inclined towards the damage site to form an angle of between about 25 and 65 degrees with the surface of the prepared adjacent areas bearing the old finish, such that the basecoat is opaque in the region of the damage site and gradually runs out in the prepared adjacent areas bearing the old finish, using a spraygun inlet pressure of from 3.0 to 4.5 bar,
• 3.) forming a polymer film from the applied basecoat composition,
• 4.) applying a transparent topcoat composition to the resulting basecoat and, optionally, to adjacent areas bearing the old finish not coated with a basecoat, and subsequently
• 5. ) drying the topcoat together with the basecoat at temperatures between ambient temperature and 140.degree. C.