There is increased motivation in the aeroengine industry to extend the service life of high-value components by developing new repair technologies for previously unrepairable components, removing the need for replacement or remanufacture. Laser deposition is being increasingly used within the engineering sector to repair high-value components that have been damaged in-service to extend their life and economic operation. This work will form part of a project to develop a validated FE model of the laser deposition process that can be applied to the repair of aeroengine components, allowing parametric investigations to be carried out and optimum repair strategies to be determined without the need for lengthy experimental trials. The objective of this proposal is to measure the residual stresses in two IN718 laser deposition samples on thick IN718 plates to validate the developed FE model.